Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!VTVM1!VALDIS From: VALDIS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Valdis Kletnieks) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.policy-l Subject: Re: A new LISTSERV Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 90 23:37:48 GMT Sender: Discussion about BITNET policies Reply-To: Discussion about BITNET policies Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Lines: 9 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Comments: To: Discussion about BITNET policies In-Reply-To: Message of Sun, 11 Feb 90 18:13:30 EST from On Sun, 11 Feb 90 18:13:30 EST Andrew T. Robinson said: >My primary gripe with the current LISTSERV concept is that it requires >"smart" file distribution--routing over routing. You have a topology >of LISTSERVs which is constrained by the topology of the real network. Andy: *all* network services are constrained by the topology of the real network. You can't send bits over a non-existent link. Valdis Kletnieks