NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/mail/misc/3983

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From: [e-mail] (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
In-Reply-To: [e-mail]'s message of 15 Dec 92 03:35:55 GMT
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:37:19 GMT
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JS> == John Stanley <[e-mail]>

 JS> Uhh, let's see here. If I register in the UUCP maps, I don't need to
 JS> find any other machine to talk to, whether on the Internet or not.

Not that it wouldn't be tough to get you mail if you don't talk to anyone.

 JS> If I register in the .US domain, I need to be talking to an Internet
 JS> connected machine who is willing to forward mail to me. If I am not,
 JS> then I need to find one. The latter seems to be more effort than the
 JS> former.

Well, you need to find one that is willing to route (not punt; I make a
distinction between "hand all mail of a certain class to this site" and
"route all mail of a certain class according to this database", even if you
don't) mail to you.  You can be ten hops off the Internet as long as some
Internet site is willing to convert mail for "[e-mail]" to
"nearby!farther!wayout!boonies!stanley!user".
--
Christopher K. Davis      | ``Usenet seems to run much like the Kif (or,
<[e-mail]>   EFF #14   |   for the TV generation, Klingon) high command.
System Administrator, EFF |   Whoever takes action and can be heard wins.''
[phone]  [CKD1]   |   --Peter da Silva <[e-mail]>