[news.sysadmin] forwarding mail through att

tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) (11/27/90)

In article <1990Nov24.163906.19793@chinet.chi.il.us>
laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes:

$ [...]  att, for
$ example, is listed by pitt in the u.usa.pa maps as "the world's biggest
$ leaf node" because they normally deny forwarding privileges to mail.>

Slight correction:  They forward within AT&T but not outside it.  For
example, sending to uunet!att!sitea!siteb!joe will work if sitea and
siteb are AT&T machines.  Sending to att!uunet!sitec!joe will not
work.
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