Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!coolidge From: coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge) Subject: Re: Who pays the bill? Message-ID: <1990Sep14.031841.305@julius.cs.uiuc.edu> Summary: Sometimes you have to... Sender: news@julius.cs.uiuc.edu Reply-To: coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu Organization: U of Illinois, Dept. of Computer Science, Systems Research Group References: <3275.26b54aab@mccall.com> <1990Jul31.211125.11451@mlb.semi.harris.com> <818@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1990Aug1.201232.23136@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1990Aug1.230858.3264@iwarp.intel.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 03:18:41 GMT Lines: 22 towfiq@interlan.Interlan.COM (Mark Towfigh) writes: >On the flip side, has anyone else noticed that many people these days >are putting their FQDN into the Path: header? I'll bet if everyone >who could do this did, we would see from the Path: many easy ways to >send reply mail. We don't have the option --- our USENET name _is_ our FQDN. We don't do UUCP, just NNTP. Therefore, we're not allowed (according to our map coordinator) to have a map entry. Therefore, we can't register a USENET short name which will have a reasonable chance of staying unique. Therefore, our USENET name is our FQDN. I'd just as soon have a map entry and a USENET name, and not use my FQDN in Path: lines. But that doesn't seem to be possible... --John -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John L. Coolidge Internet:coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP:uiucdcs!coolidge Of course I don't speak for the U of I (or anyone else except myself) Copyright 1990 John L. Coolidge. Copying allowed if (and only if) attributed. You may redistribute this article if and only if your recipients may as well.