Re: sigh (was Re: Short-circuiting a route)

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From: Eliot Lear
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1989 05:50

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In article <1989Jul13.153336.3175@eci386.uucp> clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis) writes:

> It also appears obvious that anyone giving an explicit bang path
> (eg: a!b!c!d) may very well know what they're doing, and it shouldn't be
> touched.

Far from obvious!  In some instances, it will be users memorizing
paths that they were told.  In others, uucp addresses are placed in
mailing lists and forgotten.  In fact, it is impossible to tell what
the intentions of an individual are when they use a UUCP address.
-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear@net.bio.net]

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!purdue!ames!bionet!lear
From: lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: sigh (was Re: Short-circuiting a route)
Message-ID: <Jul.13.22.50.58.1989.14014@NET.BIO.NET>
Date: 14 Jul 89 05:50:59 GMT
References: <1062@aber-cs.UUCP> <59767@uunet.UU.NET> <3648@ncar.ucar.edu> <3842@phri.UUCP> <1989Jul13.153336.3175@eci386.uucp>
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