Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!yale!bunker!stpstn!aad From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Rerouting considered GOOD Message-ID: <2221@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 16 Oct 88 17:56:40 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> Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 21 In article <2947@uoregon.uoregon.edu> dboyes@drizzle.UUCP (David Boyes) writes >Having dealt with networks that are totally map-driven (BITNET, for >example), it *IS* possible to have reasonably* up-to-date maps, As I remember, most of BITnet is done with 9600 baud, always-connected lines. Propagation delay is orders of magnitude different in the uucp world. > | BITNET: dboyes@uoregon | >DECnet mail addresses -- just say no. I heartily say no to DECnet mail addresses (Run PMDF and fake it:-), but BITnet addresses aways annoyed me too. 8 char limits are pretty bad, and I've seen all too many BITnet machines where user names are just numbers (Hi! My name is 5.) -- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is@>beak is not Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) stpstn!aad