[comp.mail.uucp] Re^2: Short-circuiting a route

gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Gregory M. Paris) (06/29/89)

Just to note a case where short-circuiting uucp paths to the rightmost
domain doesn't work:

	hop!abc.xyz.com!node.decnet!user

I see these things all the time.  I believe something called Ultrix
generates them. :-)  If you short circuit to the rightmost domain,
then letters so addressed cannot be delivered.  Isn't the ultimate
goal to provide better service?

Since this is uucp we're talking about, I don't think you can say that
node.decnet or node.dnet is illegal, though I'd agree heartily that it's
ugly and disgusting.

-- 
Greg Paris <gmp@ray.com>
{decuac,necntc,uiucdcs,uunet}!rayssd!gmp

"You!  What planet is this?!"

lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) (06/30/89)

I handle such a case by keeping a list of valid top level domain
names.
-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear@net.bio.net]