mail forwarding through 128.101.101.101 to be blocke

[Rob Vatalaro]

On 10 Feb 97 at 15:27, Scott Bertilson wrote:

> We recently discovered that a number of machines on campus are
> forwarding e-mail via the main campus name servers. This interferes
> with the critical service the machines provide, so this will
> eventually be blocked. If you have a machine which is doing this,
> please re-configure it to forward using:
> relay.tc.umn.edu
> If at all possible, PLEASE USE THE SYMBOLIC FORM of the address
> because the numeric form (128.101.131.50) may change with little or
> no notice.

Quite a while ago (but within the last year) I think we discussed
this -- or something very much like it -- in either Novell-Group or
Net-People.

We also discussed that some S/W cannot use the symbolic form, and are
stuck with 128.etc.etc.etc.

We also discussed the turnaround around here, and must reckon with
the fact that some of us are forced into net-admin duties due to
attrition, and we don't always have a clue as to what you're even
talking about. (In other words, some users will not benefit from
your announcement or your warning.)

In my case, I discovered a Mercury-related mail-forwarding problem,
and tracked it down to using the wrong relay. Now I use the numeric
format you gave above. (This if memory serves.) I'm sure there are
other administrators that will not know what corners of their S/W will
be affected. The only reason I looked at Mercury and discovered the
relay problem was because I was looking into Mercury to solve another
problem, so had to come somewhat up-to-speed, etc., etc., etc.

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