mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (01/14/85)
There have been some questions about what the valid codes in the pathalias information are. I am including a list of those that are understood. When updating your maps, please use these codes, or arithmetic based on them. (For example, DAILY/2 means one-half the value of DAILY, or 2500; i.e. that connections are made twice per day.) These numbers represent the "cost" of the connection, and are used by the pathalias program to find the "least cost" route to send mail. The enclosed information is excerpted from the pathalias manual page. LOCAL 10 (local-area network connection) DEDICATED 95 (high speed dedicated link) DIRECT 200 (local call) DEMAND 300 (normal call) HOURLY 500 (hourly poll) EVENING 1800 (time restricted call) DAILY 5000 (daily poll) WEEKLY 30000 (irregular poll) In addition, ARPA is either a very large number or a very small one, depending on whether the local site is on the \s-2ARPANET\s0, DEAD is a very large number, and HIGH and LOW are \-5 and +5 respectively, for baud-rate or quality bonuses/penalties. The numbers are intended to represent frequency of connection, which seems to be far more important than baud rates for this type of traffic. There is an assumed high overhead for each hop; thus, e.g., HOURLY is far more than DAILY / 24. Mark