Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!oliveb!felix!zemon From: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: dynamic routing for UUCP mail Message-ID: <4577@felix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 15:17:52 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.4577 Posted: Thu Aug 6 15:17:52 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 06:19:32 EDT References: <915@bsu-cs.UUCP> <13680@topaz.rutgers.edu> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 24 Xref: mnetor comp.mail.uucp:746 comp.mail.misc:466 In article <13680@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: >You get a message with the address > > a!b!c!d!e!f!dest!user > >You are machine "c" and you know a better way to "dest" is through >the path "x!y", then you rewrite the address... > > a!b!c!x!y!dest!user Please don't do this. "Dest" may not be a unique name. If it isn't and you send it to the wrong one, I'll be pretty upset. I may have specified d!e!f!dest because I know that "dest" is a little machine which only talks to "f" and no one else knows about it. Cheers, -- -- Art Zemon FileNet Corporation Costa Mesa, California ...!hplabs!felix!zemon