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From: kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Grumpy != grumpy
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Date: 24 Oct 88 01:14:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!kai    Oct 23 20:14:00 1988


> /* Written  3:41 pm  Oct 20, 1988 by kls@ditka.UUCP */
>
> Changing the name is, of course, the *right* solution.

Are we supposed to register EVERY site on EVERY local network with a name
unique to the world, just so that some rude people will be happy?  How long
before we run out of unique names?

I'd rather just register the gateway between our local network and the rest
of the world, and let people route through it.

If someone far far away tries to route mail through our registered gateway to
a non-registered host on our local network, a re-routing host might
incorrectly recognize that local name as someone else's registered host, and
send the mail to the wrong place.  Is that my fault for making sure every
hostname we use is unique?

A better solution would be to avoid and/or eliminate those obnoxious
re-routing programs.  Maybe this has been proposed before, but how about a
new header, "NOreroute:".

I see no benefit to forcefully re-routing all mail.  If the address path
given to your mailer correctly lists a host you talk to, please LEAVE IT
ALONE!

Patrick Wolfe  (pwolfe@kai.com, uunet!kailand!pwolfe)