Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!vsi1!octopus!pete From: pete@Octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: rerouting to an absolute address Message-ID: <1990Aug7.134658.23389@Octopus.COM> Date: 7 Aug 90 13:46:58 GMT References: <1990Aug6.230109.4220@ibmpa> <1990Aug7.081953.6108@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Reply-To: pete@octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann) Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA Lines: 47 Peter Honeyman writes: >Steve DeJarnett writes: >>From: steve@qe2.paloalto.ibm.com (Steve DeJarnett) >>... >>BOING! If apple.sgi.com isn't Internet-connected, and doesn't have anyone >>MX-ing for it, the mail bounces. Now, this is a worst-case analogy, but it >>does happen. >>... >>I would love for Rabid Rerouting to work. However, until every workstation is >>IP-reachable (or at least has a host MX-ing for it), this isn't going to work >>(IMHO). > >according to ibm.com, qe2.paloalto.ibm.com is a non-existent domain. as >david herron put it, your use of domains is very very very very wrong. > >your name server must recognize the names that you make, or people and >other mailers that comprehend the domain name system are going to be very >very very very upset with you. Maybe I'm totally misinformed about this, but something seems to be wrong with this situation. I always thought that turning foo.com into an officially registered domain meant that it is up to foo.com to define what anything.else.foo.com means, including whether or not it is a valid address. If foo.com is not directly connected to the Internet, then it cannot answer any queries regarding anything.else.foo.com. peter, are you saying that this is a vvvvv wrong use of domains? If so, what in the world am I supposed to do? Go bug my nameserver every time I add a subdomain? That sounds like a pain in the neck, for me and for them! They didn't sign up for a hassle like that. Seems to me that a mailer should look at something.else.foo.com, and take the longest 'published' FQDN out of it. In this case, just foo.com, and send the message there. It is up to foo.com to decide what to do with the rest! Doesn't that make the most sense? Pete -- Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises |(if you're a techie Christian & are 19611 La Mar Ct., Cupertino, CA 95014 |interested in helping w/ the Great UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete |Commission, email dsa-contact@octopus) DSA office ans mach=408/996-7746;Work (SLP) voice=408/985-7400,FAX=408/985-0859