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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Standard site aliases, are there any?
Message-ID: <30@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 90 13:47:24 GMT
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Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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tp@mccall.com writes:

>postmaster is specified by RFC822. If you are using site!postmaster to
>reach a site, it is possibly not a registered domain. In this case, there
>is no reason to expect the site to conform to RFC822. If they run a smart
>mailer, they might, and if they have a registered domain, they have to (to
>be in compliance with the standard). Repeat after me: "uucp has no
>standards". 

	For an environment that "has no standards", interoperability is
	rather remarkable! It might be more precise to argue that:
	1) uucp does not address issues of concern to some users;
	2) uucp does not behave in accord with some users' requirements;
	3) uucp does not insist that users act in some desired way.

	Lighten up, guys! UUCP is a remarkably elegant solution to many
	requirements. If it doesn't meet your needs, find something that
	does. But try to keep things in perspective.