bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (06/22/83)
There should be a net.uucp because this belongs there. When people send out lists of uucp connections in the nmail of Steve Bellovin pathalias format, they should be sure not to include local aliases in the lists. Around here we keep a special file for these so as to avoid sending them out, since it caused some problems when we did. Many people send out all kind of aliases only meant for locals. The only aliases you should send out are ones for the world, or ones that alias a particular machine to your domain name (eg. "watmath = wat"). In particular, never send out the one and two letter name aliases that many have. Some mailers actually put these short names in mail return addresses - I think UCB has been this way in the past. This is a no-no and should be fixed. -- Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304