Mixed format addresses

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From: David Barr
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:49

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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
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