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- From: djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
- Message-ID: <zzyQrA+OBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 12:25:07 +1100
- References: <BzzD0F.2wM@chinet.chi.il.us> <qVbPrAVBBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> <921224.011650.9F1.rusnews.w165w@ricksys.lonestar.org> <C0199E.5Kx@puma.uucp>
- Reply-To: David.Keegel@apana.org.au
- Organization: Private site, Melbourne, Australia.
- Lines: 21
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- In <C0199E.5Kx@puma.uucp> puma.uucp!john@becca.rain.com (John Meissen) writes:
- >In article <BzzD0F.2wM@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
- >>Uucp mail doesn't have any concept of "feeds". There are only neighbors.
- >>Perhaps you are thinking of news.
-
- >You are picking nits here.
-
- >My news and mail come over the same transport. My "neighbor" uses UUCP to
- >"feed" data to me via modem. I could care less if it's news or mail.
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- >Actually, I have many neighbors. Only one is a connection to the outside
- >world. That is my feed site.
-
- Thanks. Yes, if my node has a unique neighbor (whether it be UUCP or
- something else like ACSnet) through which traffic to/from The Internet
- goes, I call that a "feed". If my node has more than one path to The
- Internet, things become more complicated.
-
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- <David.Keegel@apana.org.au> <werple!tuple!boombox!djk> Tel: +61 3 593-1460
- aka: djk@boombox.apana.org.au, djk@cs.mu.oz.au. Formerly: djk@bby.com.au.
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