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From: I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: UUCP path cost reduction
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Date: 2 Aug 90 07:57:42 GMT
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lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
> the Internet. Our MX record points at wrl.dec.com (aka decwrl). If you
 [...]
> it costs us around $.45/minute to connect. On the other hand, an excellent
> UUCP path to us can be had via the ...!ubc-cs!alberta!atha path. A number
> of sites advertise connections to ubc-cs. Most of these actually travel over
> the Internet. ubc-cs->alberta is an Internet link, and alberta->atha goes

So why isn't alberta your MX?

ian