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]