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In article <1599@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> edward@engr.uky.edu (Edward C. Bennett) writes:
>In article <1631@umix.cc.umich.edu> honey@citi.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) writes:
>>it follows from bitter experience that routing in the DA should be of
>>the most casual style ("dumb" or "first host" routing).
>>the UA is precisely where routing belongs, where it can be as smart as
>>you like since the user can inspect and modify the result.
>
>I must disagree. With the advent of domains, users aren't supposed
>to need to know about routes any more. DA's are the ones that know
>all the good routes to places. That way, all a UA has to know is
>how to compose and submit a piece of mail.

If domains worked perfectly, if databases were always up to date, if
uucp connections never changed...  but they do.  And as long as they do,
I want to be able to play with the mail routing myself.  
I want to be able to say "route me around system X, please."
Or, "go through systems a and b, please."  Right now I do routing the hard way:
first, I see what the mail message (or article) has for a path - then
I try pathalias.  I also check whether the system is on Arpanet...  all
by hand.
It would be nice to have this done automatically - IF I could tell the
mailer, "no, please don't send it that way - it bounced the last time."
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Ariel Glenn  (std.disclaimer)  {rutgers,ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmcsd1!calyx!ariel (UUCP)
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