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From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: What does "on the internet" mean -- to YOU?
Message-ID: <103@gnome6.pa.dec.com>
Date: 19 Nov 88 07:22:42 GMT
References: <56@gnome6.pa.dec.com> <2587@decuac.DEC.COM>
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(Vixie, West Coast DEC)
# [...]  We don't want all traffic to have to
# have at least one IP hop in it, do we?

(Avolio, East Coast DEC)
# Well, actually many people say yes...  Think about it a bit.  Every
# UUCP site with an MX record.  Every one within a hop or two of an
# Internet host.  Would cut down on the UUCP maps.

For several reasons, I expect that UUCP or otherwise non-IP links will still
exist for some time to come if not forever, since they are loose enough that
even business competitors find it useful and secure enough to connect to
eachother directly.  _Directly_.

Even in the case where an IP path exists between two machines, sometimes it
may be quicker or otherwise desirable to move mail via UUCP.

Given this, I expect the maps to continue to be useful for a long while yet,
and I expect that some fraction of mail will always be deliverable along an
ideal path that contains no IP hops.
-- 
Paul Vixie
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