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- From: barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr)
- Subject: Mixed format addresses
- Message-ID: <6#81H#ikbb@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Originator: barr@darwin.pop.psu.edu
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- Organization: Penn State Population Research Institute
- References: <ByzBuu.2Hq@cs.psu.edu> <eBmLVB4w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 22:49:26 GMT
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- In article <eBmLVB4w165w@willard.UUCP> dawson@willard.UUCP writes:
- >You'll NEVER have the case where EVERYONE is registered in MX.
-
- You'll never have the case where EVERYONE is registered in the UUCP maps,
- what's your point?
-
- >Even so, the
- >MX system could soon be overwhelmed by the load of systems joining one domain
- >or another.
-
- For God's sake what are you talking about? I suggest you get some
- real-world experience with the internet mail world before you make
- statements like this that have no factual basis whatsoever.
-
- >Perhaps I'll be proven wrong.. but I don't see how this system
- >of managing email routing is any better (by itself) than pathalias in its
- >management of system resources or in its ability to properly route email.
-
- Which one is larger? (DNS) Which one is easier to update? (DNS)
- Which one is more reliable? (DNS) Which one is faster? (DNS)
- Which one is is fat and prone to neglect? (pathalias)
- Which one comes standard with most vendors' flavor of UNIX? (DNS)
-
- --Dave
- --
- System Administrator, Population Research Institute barr@pop.psu.edu
- End of article 2565 (of 2565)--what next? [npq]
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