lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) (08/05/88)
In article <Aug.4.13.20.49.1988.373@pilot.njin.net> brisco@pilot.njin.net (Thomas Paul Brisco) writes: =In article <881@vsi1.UUCP> lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes: => => There is nothing wrong with letting the MTA route for you if the first hop => is a non-connect. Your mail WILL get to mcvax, unless (pet peeve!) it goes => through some Bozo site, like rutgers, that thinks that the maps are gospel => and refuses to let you do your own routing. As long as the MTA allows => specific routing, it is far better to concentrate route generation in the => one facility. => => Btw, our bounce rate for "reasonable" paths has gone to zero since I added => "-d rutgers" to our pathalias run. = = In fact, there is nothing wrong will letting your MTA do all =the routing for you. I've had very few sites bouncing back to me, =and I _usually_ route through rutgers. I do get a few bounced now =and then -- but I attribute that to brain-dead administrators who =can't be bothered to keep their maps up to date. = You can hardly blame rutgers for letting pathalias do *all* =of the routing -- the maps are supposed to mirror the actual =connectivity available (but are also used to add "administrative" =weights at some sites). I've had one site directly off of rutgers =[[ more comments about maps, administrators, etc.]] OK, time to restart the age old argument. If I want to send mail to abc!xyz!tut!user, I don't want abc to send it to Finland. If they talk to xyz, that's where it should go. I have NEVER heard a single good reason for a site to reroute. Rerouting saves the offending site nothing. In fact, they end up having to process the same mail twice when it bounces! [That is a perverse justice] If you want to prevent your users from using explicit routing, go right ahead. At least they can come into your office and bitch. But if you expect me to send your mail where you intend for it to go, extend me the same courtesy. To my mind, usenet is entirely a courtesy arrangement (AT&T, apparently, excepted). How can it work if you won't forward my mail? How can we flame att, but allow rutgers? -- * * O Larry Blair ames-----\ * * O VICOM Systems Inc. pyramid---\ * * O 2520 Junction Ave. uunet!ubvax!vsi1!lmb * * O San Jose, CA 95134 sun-------/ * * O +1-408-432-8660 +1-800-538-3905