[14024] in Athena Bugs
the whole bit with mail sent to lastname@mit going to someone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carla Fermann)
Thu Nov 30 16:11:53 1995
To: bugs@MIT.EDU, postmaster@MIT.EDU
Cc: accounts@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To:
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 16:11:46 EST
From: Carla Fermann <carla@MIT.EDU>
Hi!
I guess this probably really isn't a bug, but I think it's a bad
feature.
You know that whole thing with mail sent to lastname@mit.edu will go
to the person with that lastname, if it's unique, even if it's not
their username? Well, I'm not sure that's such a good idea, especially
around account deactivation time. Yesterday, mail sent to
"gilad@mit.edu" went to Gilad Zlotkin, who used to be MITS (and who
will be again, as soon as his paperwork goes through). Today, though,
mail sent to "gilad@mit.edu" goes to sgilad, who is Shalev Gilad. That
just doesn't seem right to me. I think there should at least be some
suitable waiting time before the name starts pointing to someone else.
Of course, I have no idea how you would implement something like that.
Thanks,
Carla
