Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:3929 comp.mail.uucp:5088 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!sgi!vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: novice question re mail maps/bang paths. Message-ID: <67708@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 25 Aug 90 22:42:38 GMT References: <6745.26c97d33@vax1.tcd.ie> <1990Aug20.210800.21492@cbnews.att.com> Sender: guest@sgi.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 16 In article , emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: > > ... wanted to specify a whole path (mail host_a!b!c!d!e!f!host_a!my_login) > This is one reason why rabid rerouters exist and are welcomed. This is one reason why rabid rerouters are routinely cursed. Consider trying to debug a mail problem among b!c!d!e!f!host_a from host_a if b,c,d, or e is rabidly offisious. Do you think we could condense the next 37 rounds of this argument into 3 or 4 keywords? How about a monthly posting of the arguements of both sides? The only excuse I have for continueing is to try to limit the number of converts the Other Side makes among newcomers. I have no hope of reclaiming those who have already chosen Evil. Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com