Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830919); site haring.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcvax!haring!teus From: teus@haring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: path aliasing for sendmail - done - (nf) Message-ID: <183@haring.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Feb-84 12:32:08 EST Article-I.D.: haring.183 Posted: Fri Feb 3 12:32:08 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 04:18:58 EST References: <1392@pur-ee.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 16 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL Of course it is great what you have done. I think all little things will help in the time between good rerouting software and no routing software at all. A few remarks, which should not cause to much trouble in your software: - Do not rerouting if the route sounds reasonable (that is the way mail is done now), i.e. recreate the rout if the connecting site is failing or if no rout is given (f.i. the case teus@mcvax.UUCP). Or when the path is too long (15 sites or something?). - Do not give a full rout to sites who are doing the same thing. It saves speed, computing power, delays and is more reliable. So some sites should get a reliable mark or something. I.e. only the difficult problems should be forwarded to your program, so you donot need the DIRECT pseudo site at all. -- Teus Hagen teus@mcvax.UUCP (CWI, Amsterdam)