"Roeland M.J. Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, I am saying that the mail system, when confronted by a destination
> address it doesn't know, should forward the message to a relay that may
> know better what to do with the message. This algorithm was worked out over
> 15 years ago, in fidonet systems.
Incidentally, similar algorithms were used by UUCP systems to relay mail
to the [IP reachable] Internet, BITNET, CSNET, etc, during the same
time frame. You can read the namedroppers archives from that period
to see what was thought of such algorithms vis-a-vis the developing
DNS. (You will find quite a few imho interesting remarks from Stef
regarding connectivity between the [IP reachable] Internet and other
network organizations.)
--gregbo
