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From: mcb@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Stuck with .UUCP forever?
Summary: Internet forwarding
Message-ID: <233@ncis.tis.llnl.gov>
Date: 12 Jun 89 05:16:13 GMT
References: <9426@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> <300@capmkt.COM> <9436@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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In <9436@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)writes:
> In article <300@capmkt.COM> brent@capmkt.UUCP (Brent Chapman) writes:
> >When, oh, when will people learn that just because a site has a "domain
> >style" name, that does _not_ mean it's on the InterNet.  My site, for
> 
> As you should have been able to guess from "b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us", 
> I'm quite aware of this.  You could either check each site to make 
> sure it handles mail directly or simply allow the non internet site to 
> do the forwarding.  
> 
> >definitely _not_ an InterNet site; we're strictly UUCP-only, and thus
> >totally unable to perform the type of gatewaying you propose. 
> 
> Why is a uucp site unable to do mail forwarding?  Most do.

This totally misses the point of the previous discussion.  "Forwarding", 
in this contest, MEANS "Internet forwarding". A UUCP-only site, by definition, 
is not on the Internet, and, ipso facto, is unable to do Internet forwarding.
In order to do Internet forwarding you have to be ON the Internet, so
that Internet hosts using the Domain Name System that receive MX
records pointing at your host can contact you to send mail that is to
be forwarded to the UUCP universe. It does not mean just "passing mail on".

Mr. Zeeff, if you're having a problem getting through this, please
drop me a note and I'll attempt to explain the best I can via e-mail.

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Michael C. Berch  
News/mail admin, tis.llnl.gov systems
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