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From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: using Path: for mail replies
Message-ID: <2409@epimass.EPI.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 88 16:56:06 GMT
References: <676@bacchus.dec.com> <881@vsi1.uucp> <10135@e.ms.uky.edu> <60@minya.uucp> <8528@swan.ulowell.edu> <879@ncrcan.toronto.ncr.com> <63@volition.dec.com> <do0ro#3cRrZV=eric@snark.UUCP>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
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In article <do0ro#3cRrZV=eric@snark.UUCP> eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
>I understand the problem you've been discussing, but I have rejected (for now)
>the idea of eliminating Path lines as available for reply generation. Doing so
>would leave an awful lot of small UUCP-only sites (the ones *not* running
>smail) in the lurch.

That's what the "mailpaths" file is for, Eric.  (I hope you provide
similar functionality in 3.0 news!)  Sites with dumb mailers can still
define INTERNET and have mail sent to a smart neighbor for routing.


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