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1 total messages Started by Andrew Macpherson Mon, 05 Nov 1990 09:28
Re: Resolving domain ordering problems
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Author: Andrew Macpherson
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 1990 09:28
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I observe that in general mail is generated as replies --- the simple
answer then is to always deliver a fqdn (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
to the users' mailboxes (especially for the local site) and the problem
is vastly reduced.  Add to this explicit rules to deal with those poor
unfortunates who need to re-register (delete) their short-forms, and
the problem is cracked, specially if your "global-alias table" also
uses fqdns.  After all, you are going to rename your 'ph' (cs) host(s)
aren't you?

[[ Aside this list is form ambiguity as well --- Time you changed too! ]]

Having made the transition to PP for the STC gateway I am glad to say that
the problem has gone away for me.  --- Internally everything is in strict
822 format, and only the greybook channel has to deal with reversals.  The
only difficulty remaining is education of users that "academic sites are a
bit backward" ;-).
-- 
A.Macpherson@stl.stc.co.uk     - or -      Post@stl.stc.co.uk
"Quot homines, tot sententiae"
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