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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: More routing question information
Message-ID: <1991Jan01.085110.10170@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 1 Jan 91 08:51:10 GMT
References: <1990Dec29.182422.8788@kithrup.COM> <1990Dec30.194331.16965@vmp.com> <116623@uunet.UU.NET>
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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In article <116623@uunet.UU.NET> revell@uunet.uu.net (James R Revell Jr) writes:

>The problem is that you're now using the internet solely as a transmit
>medium.  That is, neither source nor destination is on the internet.
>Strictly speaking, this is a internet no no.  You might want to reconsider
>use of such routes.

And just exactly what is supposed to happen to mail that is sent from
a uucp site using the DNS-registered addresses for another uucp site?
Even if the machines share common uucp connections, there is no reason
for anyone but the mx-er and forwarder to know what the DNS name means.

Les Mikesell
 les@chinet.chi.il.us