[net.mail] dynamic routing

honey@down.FUN (Peter Honeyman) (05/04/86)

in a message titled "Re: Neighbor optimized away," fred avolio talks
about all the wonderful things done is "Real Networks," implying that
uucp is Something Else.  well, it is and it ain't.

uucp is a real network between a pair of hosts.  all else is application,
e.g., mail/netnews.

in the early days, uucp oriented mailers were unable to provide even
rudimentary routing.  this has changed, but keep in mind that the mailers
do the routing, not uucp.

dynamic/adaptive routing for uucp applications would be A Good Thing; i
know i'm not alone in thinking about algorithms to support it.

	peter