Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!uni-koeln!uvax!a0020 From: a0020@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Axel Clauberg) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: Clarification Re: .de (was: Domains created in June 1990) Message-ID: Date: 17 Aug 90 20:05:11 GMT References: <2152@unido.UUCP> <3686@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> Sender: news@rrz.uni-koeln.de (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne, F. R. Germany Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: henkp@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl's message of 17 Aug 90 13:26:20 GMT In article <3686@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> henkp@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl (Henk P. Penning) writes: > Great. Could somebody explain why mail to (fi) uni-mainz.de > gets MX'ed to cunyvm.cuny.edu (that's in New York I think). I think mail to Mainz is delivered via Bitnet, not SMTP(IP). As MXes are global you have to make some compromises... A european gateway might be better for europeans, but not for the "rest of the world". Axel -- Axel Clauberg, Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne Robert-Koch Str. 10 D- 5000 Koeln 41, West-Germany Phone: +49 (221) 478-5589 Internet: cl@rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE Bitnet: a0020@DK0RRZK1