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From: emv@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.config
Subject: Re: Solution to news dup site names
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Date: 25 Aug 88 19:55:15 GMT
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In article <20729@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
>
>So, use of Path: instead of Reply: is described as a recognized and
>tolerated thing that people out there tend to do, especially those
>with older versions of the software.  Even those older versions may
>not do it right to help each other.  Path: is used for replies in the
>default configuration of 2.11 if you leave INTERNET undefined, but
>there's no reason not to define INTERNET if you have LIBDIR/mailpaths
>set up correctly.
>
>Maintenance of valid mail links in the Path: line is encouraged, but
>not required.  It's even common these days for the link not to exist
>in a form usable for UUCP mail.  For example, your note, as it arrived
>on our system, has a Path line like
>tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!ane, but there's no UUCP connection
>between OSU and Case.  It came across NNTP.

Is "older versions of the software" also a reference to the uucp
that you're running on tut?  If you have t protocol support, it's
real easy for the Path: line to be a replyable one.

One alternative that no one has mentioned from the RFC is
this one, which would break I don't know how much software:

	tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, cwjcc!hal!ane

A quote from Scripture:

"Letters, digits, periods and hyphens are considered part of host
names; other puncutation, including blanks, are considered
separators."

As I say, I hate to think how much software relys on a "!"
character, but any other separator is legal.

--Ed
Edward Vielmetti, usenet news admin, U of Michigan.

Obligatory anti-Ohio slur: 
	Columbus: South until you smell it, east until you step in it.