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- From: steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (Steve Harding KA6ETB)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Bang paths (was: UUCP mail processing ethics)
- Message-ID: <rLjDrARNBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 08:00:27 -0800
- References: <BxyC5H.Cqn@cs.psu.edu> <XNDiuB14w165w@pinetree.org>
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- In <XNDiuB14w165w@pinetree.org> gordon@pinetree.org (Gordon Dewis) writes:
- >fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
-
- >> In article <uHBguB1w165w@clovis.felton.ca.us> tcbowden@clovis.felton.ca.us (T
- >> |=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
- >> |tcbowden@clovis.felton.ca.us -
- >> |uunet!scruz.ucsc.EDU!clovis.felton.ca.us!%A
- >>
- >> For some reason, I don't think that sending mail to the bang-path above will
- >> get to you, Timothy. Personal sig files don't have percent-variables expande
- >> you need to replace the %A with your own name.
-
- >In the bang path above, isn't the uunet reference redundant since
- >scruz.ucsc.EDU!clovis.felton.ca.us!%s (where %s is the user) presumably a
- >valid bang path in itself assuming the scruz knows clovis? (And
- >shouldn't clovis be in a map somewhere if it's part of the .us domain and
- >not a sub-domain off a main site in a city?)
-
- Well...if clovis.felton.ca.us is indeed registered in the US domain, then
- the bang path is redundant. However, if clovis is not registered, then
- it most likely is needed, and clovis should get on the stick.
-
- steve
-
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