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Article #5238Re: Use domains without registering?
From: David Elliott
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 1990 17:27
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 1990 17:27
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In article <KARL.90Mar4084303@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
>I suppose you _could_ just add a domain name to your map entry, if you
>could get it past your regional map coordinator (which I doubt). But
>it seems awfully pointless.
It could also lose mail.
A number of sites I know of (including mine) use the rules:
If the domain is local or directly connected, send directly.
If there is a domain other than "UUCP", send to the internet
forwarding host.
If the domain is "UUCP", look it up in the maps and send by
that route (we use smail for this).
Otherwise, assume local mail.
A non-"UUCP" domain in the UUCP maps gets sent to the internet
forwarding host. If they don't check the UUCP maps themselves,
the mail gets bounced.
The above rules may not be correct, but they work pretty well,
especially since they force use of the Internet as much as possible.
--
David Elliott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!smsc.sony.com!dce From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Use domains without registering? Message-ID: <1990Mar4.172757.9739@smsc.sony.com> Date: 4 Mar 90 17:27:57 GMT References: <72@dynasys.UUCP> <KARL.90Mar4084303@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp. Lines: 30