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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: rewriting FROM: lines
Keywords: RFC 822, RFC 976, rudeness, bounce
Message-ID: <7288@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 18 May 89 17:53:47 GMT
References: <1936@edison.GE.COM> <1989May17.194701.16816@ateng.ateng.com> <528@texsun.Central.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
Distribution: usa
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <528@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> jthomp@hemaneh.UUCP (Jim Thompson
Sun Dallas IR) writes:
>UUCP (and 'bang addressing') are a really stupid way of doing things.
>Hence, foo@bar.UUCP is (almost) as bad as bar!foo.  I have no idea
>which 'bar' you mean.  foo@bar.baz.{com,edu,org,net,...} Does tell me
>which 'bar' you mean, and I have some hope of delivering it.

No site is obliged to recognize bar!foo unless it has a direct link
with bar.

A site that wants to forward mail intelligently can maintain a UUCP map
database and look for bar in it, and route the message accordingly.

There is no need to consider bar!foo stupid.  Bounce it or route it.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
UUCP:    ...!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi