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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Domain Registration
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Date: 7 Jun 89 05:15:54 GMT
References: <7589@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <KARL.89Jun6155004@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
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In article <KARL.89Jun6155004@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) quotes me as saying
   "If you want to get mail to a BITNET host, just give it to a gateway
   and let BITNET be 100% responsible for delivering it."

and responds:

>That is exactly what is wrong: Asking mail users to know the network
>connectivity underlying their correspondence.

There is a misunderstanding here.  The "you" in the quote refers to the
software responsible for correctly routing mail, not to the user.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
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