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In <BxG1oJ.Et7@pronto.mh.nl> jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:

>--> How to get the Squirrel Mail Server Software via e-mail:

>    NOTE: In the following I have assumed that your mail address is
>	  "fred_flintstone@stone.age.edu"; of course you must substitute
>	  your own address for this.
>	  ** PLEASE USE VALID DOMAIN ADDRESSES. DO NOT USE ADDRESSES **
>	  ** WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET **

This seems very restrictive. It seems that there are (at least) three classes
of people who want to get software from "the Internet".

1) people with direct Internet access. They don't need these directions, since
they would follow the FTP directions listed previously.

2) people who have Domain addresses thru MX records. This could well be the
situation for Mr. Flintstone above.

3) people who must use uucp. For example

	bedrock!barney_rubble@stone.age.edu

Poor Mr. Rubble. He's not directly on the Internet. He hasn't been able to
persuade a forwarder to register an MX record for him. Fortunately, a site
that IS on the Internet will accept mail for him. And yet, you don't want to
send him a response. Why do you disenfranchise Mr. Rubble this way?

I don't think it's better if Mr. Rubble supplies an address of the form

	barney_rubble@bedrock.uucp

because he is better off explicitly specifying a known good path than having
the software attempt to auto-route to him.