Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Rerouting considered GOOD Message-ID: <1988Oct10.154932.4467@ateng.ateng.com> Date: 10 Oct 88 19:49:31 GMT References: <8809212215.AA21035@naggum.se> <2540@sultra.UUCP> <371@ditka.UUCP> <1988Sep27.105604.5152@ateng.ateng.com> <6@jove.dec.com> <12658@ncoast.UUCP> <2947@uoregon.uoregon.edu> <5 Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 15 According to moore@cygnusx1.cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore): >One of the reasons this works for BITNET is that each node only routes messages >as far as the next node in the path. [...] > >There's no inherent reason that the UUCP world could not be handled >similarly, but it would require substantial changes in almost everyone's >mailer, and more discipline as to how routing table updates were handled. Not to mention infinite loop detection. (Incidentally, active routers also have the potential for infinite loops.) -- Chip Salzenberg or A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.