Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip
From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Grumpy != grumpy
Message-ID: <1988Nov14.115706.11635@ateng.ateng.com>
Date: 14 Nov 88 16:57:05 GMT
References: <398@ditka.UUCP> <42300005@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> <1689@edison.GE.COM> <12881@ncoast.UUCP> <Nov.8.13.32.58.1988.4408@NET.BIO.NET> <Nov.10.21.55.07.1988.23382@NET.BIO.NET>
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear):
>The point is that I (and a lot of other people, I think) view the
>uucp maps as a form of backward compatability for sites that do not
>use domains.

I disagree.  If UUCP is being used, you (the sender) still have to know how
to get to the *gateway* for the destination domain!  Thus maps will be
necessary as long as we use UUCP for our mail transport.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg             <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering             Me?  Speak for my company?  Surely you jest!
	   Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.