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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: *Long* bang paths
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Date: 3 Jan 91 04:14:57 GMT
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fletcher@cs.utexas.edu writes:
   If you short circuit this particular bang path to the rightmost FQDN,
   please be aware the effort is doomed.  Cs.utexas.edu has no UUCP peer
   named "evax", nor do I see such a host in the UUCP maps.  So it will 
   fail here with "unknown host".

Well, then it'll fail with "unknown host" whether it's short-circuited
or not, yes?  It's just a matter of how many hosts will be bothered
with it on the way toward a certain death anyway.