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From: clarke@acheron.UUCP (Ed Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: how many "pluto"'s are there on the net?
Message-ID: <248@acheron.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 88 15:24:39 GMT
References: <731@mailrus.cc.umich.edu>
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From article <731@mailrus.cc.umich.edu>, by emv@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti):
> There's a bug in the d.usa.fl.1 map entry of ucf-cs w/regard to the
> domain description of UCF.EDU.  It causes some of my paths to
> Florida to bounce through New York City.  In particular,
> 
> ucf-cs	mailrus!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!pluto!ucf-cs
> 
> The problem is that "pluto.ucf.edu" in the ucf-cs map
> collides with a 1987 map for "pluto" in u.usa.ny.3.
> The ucf "pluto" is apparently on a local network with
> "ucf-cs", hence the confusion.

A quick look through the maps shows at least three 'pluto' machines.
There are two lan connected machines - one at the Universito of
Central Florida ( the one you want ), and one at the University of
Toronto.  A third machine is only uucp connected and is not part
of a domain.  None of these three machines conflict if you use
'smail' (2.5).  You just have to fully qualify the addresses:

	smail -A person@pluto
		uunet!hombre!phri!pluto!person

	smail -A person@pluto.ucf.edu
		uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!ucf-cs!pluto.ucf.edu!person

	smail -A person@pluto.decnet.toronto.edu
		uunet!utai!pluto.decnet.toronto.edu!person

I know it's a pain, but this is the way mail is headed.  You're
going to have to fully qualify your destination.

As a side note, I'm not sure what would happen if I registered a
machine as uunet.COM ( besides having everyone on the net form a
lynch mob ).  I have a feeling that most map entries for uunet are
technically WRONG -  and should be of the form "uunet.uu.net(DEMAND)"
rather than "uunet(DEMAND)".  

This is only a horrible example - I'm sure no map coordinator would
permit it.  But what about 'pluto'?  I have a route through SOME
pluto to 'hp'.  And it's wrong.

	smail -A person@hp
		uunet!hombre!phri!pluto!hp!person

This should have routed through 'pluto.ucf.edu'.  

Ed Clarke
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Ed Clarke
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