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Article #4418Re: routing in the user agent
From: Kris Stephens
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1987 16:58
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1987 16:58
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In article <2589@xanth.UUCP> kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) writes:
>I completely agree that users should be given the option to override
>paths; pathalias/smail are not infallible. But I do question putting
>routing information into *the headers* and I question having the *UA*
>do the routing.
>
>In all the cases cited so far "routing by hand" is used as a last
>resort, so why should the uninitiated have to see the way routed are
>crazy-glued together? Furthermore if the UA uses the same data that
>the DA uses to produce its routes, you gain nothing. So you're left
>doing the routing by hand, in which case it's simple to format your
>own messages and hand them to the DA directly (with a good route).
I have no real problem with this as long as the user-interface remains
constant. It's tough enough teaching someone how to use this system
without letting them in on multiple pipes into the mailer. If a user
can send mail to "name" or "name-at-site" or to a fully-specified path
all with the same command and with all other tactile aspects the same,
I think we've done him a great service.
...Kris
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!krs From: krs@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kris Stephens) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: routing in the user agent Message-ID: <15357@amdahl.amdahl.com> Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 12:58:00 EDT Article-I.D.: amdahl.15357 Posted: Tue Sep 29 12:58:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Oct-87 02:42:46 EDT References: <7333@e.ms.uky.edu> <1631@umix.cc.umich.edu> <1599@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> <15291@amdahl.amdahl.com> <2589@xanth.UUCP> Reply-To: krs@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kris Stephens) Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 26