[26621] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Selection of Appropriate Local SMTP Relay
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Jan 10 14:42:15 2000
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:39:37 -0800
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> I hear it was one of the first Internet's ideas - to declare well-known
> addresses in addition to the well known ports.
and notice that, in general, it did not catch on. and in the few places it
did, it's been a continual pain in the ass. bad-idea fairy strikes again.
randy
