Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:4898 news.software.b:5279 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!ziploc!eps From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,news.software.b Subject: Re: Who pays the bill? Message-ID: <818@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Date: 1 Aug 90 02:32:32 GMT References: <3275.26b54aab@mccall.com> <1990Jul31.211125.11451@mlb.semi.harris.com> Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Followup-To: news.software.b Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 18 While netnews is commonly thought of as "usenet software," by now you should be aware that it is often used in other ways: for example, to distribute "alternative" hierarchies in parallel with the seven sisters. Now imagine, if you will, an organization with an isolated, internal network, that likes the functionality and available user interfaces we enjoy, and wants to deploy it for their own use. It may make sense for them to choose the non- INTERNET configuration. What the documentation should clearly state for sites that are using netnews for ->usenet<- traffic, that INTERNET should ALWAYS be #defined (even for sites not "on" the Internet, and even for sites not running pathalias). Path: lines DO NOT WORK FOR REPLY. Maybe for intra-Eunet traffic, but not in general. It doesn't make sense in North America. The "INTERNET" conditional may be misnamed, but it's a bit late to change it. -=EPS=-