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From: glc@akgua.UUCP (G.L. Cleveland [Lindsay])
Newsgroups: net.news.adm
Subject: Re: mail/uuxqt small buffer vs. long mail path
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Date: Sun, 15-Jul-84 00:26:38 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 15 00:26:38 1984
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phil@amd.UUCP says:

>but do we want to encourage users to be lazy and waste other
>sites' money? perhaps requiring paths less than 100 characters
>is a good way to encourage people to optimize their paths.

Well, I certainly agree it is laudable to encourage other sites
to upgrade their sofware, especially if it is supplied to them
in net.sources.

However, the reality is that we stand a better chance of
getting a recompile at a "not all that knowledgable" site than
an installation of new software.

Candide I'm not!  I *know* this is not the best of all possible
worlds!

Cheers,
  Lindsay

Lindsay Cleveland  (...{ihnp4|mcnc|sdcsvax|clyde}!akgua!glc)
AT&T Technologies/Bell Laboratories ... Atlanta, Ga
(404) 447-3909 ...  Cornet 583-3909