Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!cit-vax!amdahl!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Another reason to hate smail Message-ID: <14337@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 02:34:46 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.14337 Posted: Fri Jan 16 02:34:46 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 22:38:20 EST References: <14239@amdcad.UUCP> <5484@ukma.ms.uky.csnet> <467@unicus.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 19 In article <467@unicus.UUCP> emc@unicus.UUCP (Eric M. Carroll) writes: >Really >what I need is a table that associates a domain to my prefered transport >mechanism (ie resolve the physical network to be used), then does the routing >lookup inside the associated connection graph for that physical network. No, you're making the same mistake that I complained about originally. You need to associate a transport mechanism with an *address*, not a domain. My site (amdcad) is in the .COM domain but that does not mean we are on the ARPA Internet, much to the surprise of many people's mailers. -- Warning: the California AAA is pursuing a policy which would spend gasoline taxes on mass transit instead of roads. Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,hplabs,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com