Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jetson!john
From: john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US (John Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Eeek! Pathalias error!
Summary: #N collision
Keywords: incorrect-output
Message-ID: <239@jetson.UPMA.MD.US>
Date: 23 May 89 18:44:39 GMT
References: <601@acheron.UUCP> <2659@splut.conmicro.com>
Organization: SMART HOUSE Limited Partnership
Lines: 41

In article <2659@splut.conmicro.com>, jay@splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes:
> I don't quite know how fulcrum.bt.co.uk got sent to splut!fulcrum. The
> fulcrum I feed is a site here in southeast Texas.

But the fulcrum you feed has no uucp map entry.

> I thought domains were supposed to fix this kind of problem.

If fulcrum.bt.co.uk didn't want to have a uucp name, it would be no
problem.  But they do want a uucp name and have it registered in the
maps, with a "#N fulcrum" line and a line that says
fulcrum = "fulcrum.bt.co.uk"
so, by rights, they own the name "fulcrum" in the maps, aka "fulcrum.UUCP".

Now, since they don't seem to actually have any UUCP connections, you
might be able to convince them to give up their UUCP name (keeping
only their domain name) so your neighbor could use it.  Alternately,
you could have them register as fulcrum.WTVR.TX.US [*] and list them
in your maps as

splut	fulcrum.wtvr.tx.us(DIRECT)

and never use "fulcrum" as a UUCP name for them in the maps.

One or the other of you can be "fulcrum", but not both.  Both of you
can have domain names. [**]

Good luck!
-John

[*] WTVR is the official Western Union city code for "Whatever, TX". :-)

[**] If it weren't for the presence of active rerouters, one could
claim that "splut!fulcrum" was unique, but that doesn't solve the
problem.



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