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At 04:29 PM 1/2/00 -0500, Christian Kuhtz wrote: >Personally, I don't like systems which do not have backup paths to deal with >transient conditions. And we do know that even "authoritative does not exist" >can be a transient error condition caused by a registry glitch etc. Sure, we >can all just ignore reality and assume we live in a perfect world, but.... I prefer to know immediately if I mistyped an e-mail address, which happens more often than even NetSol's screwups, rather than wait five days (or even four hours) to get a bounce from a message I thought had been delivered. And if it is a NetSol screwup, I would like to know that ASAP as well. >Christian Kuhtz Architecture, BellSouth.net TTFN, patrick -- I Am Not An Isp - www.ianai.net ISPF, The Forum for ISPs by ISPs, <http://www.ispf.com> "Think of it as evolution in action." - Niven & Pournelle (OhMyGod - Watch out 'Net, I got enable again! ;-)
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