Path: utzoo!yunexus!spectrix!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley
From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Rerouting of explicit paths
Message-ID: <406@ontenv.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 19:07:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: ontenv.406
Posted: Thu Mar 10 14:07:26 1988
References: <327@vsi1.UUCP>
Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto
Lines: 24

In article <327@vsi1.UUCP>, lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes:
> (FLAME ON!)
> As far as rerouting [explicitly addressed] mail sent through your site 
> goes, this should be considered to be a no-no subject to immediate de-netting!
I agree but can we really afford to kick that much of the backbone off
the net? 
> I propose that a new field be added to the map entry where sites that reroute
> other people's mail indicate so.  
Agreed 
> Pathalias should be changed to accept an
> option that only uses these sites as a last resort (since I found out that
> rutgers is rerouting, I changed their map entry to show all their connections
> as DEAD).
I don't see the point of this. What makes the paths your pathalias
generates any better (or for that matter any different) than paths
generated by the offending site? Pathalias has the -a (for avoid this
site) flag which can minimize you're use of bad sites why not use it? 


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Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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