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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
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Subject: Re: mail servers
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Date: 27 Aug 90 22:21:30 GMT
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In-Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com's message of 23 Aug 90 22:12:21 GMT

In article <9RE5N-9@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
   So how should a UUNET customer get data from FTP-able archives? The
   only way I know is to use a (*shudder*) mail-based archive server
   Ruling them out is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

That's an example of a good use for a MBAS.  I don't urge abandonment,
only awareness, caution, and responsibility.

   Just make sure your mail-based server can recognise a NZIC
   [Non-Zero Incremental Cost] link (easy, it's got a "!" in it) and
   refuses to send if it's not terminal.

(1) There are many ways to build NZIC networks, and few of them use a
"!" delimiter to mean the same thing as a UUCP-based network does.

(2) Among the other features of the Domain Name System is its
assistance in hiding such transport-level properties from
applications.