***** Karl L. Barrus <barrus@tree.egr.uh.edu> *****
I agree with Matthew that not mailing back an ack would help cut down the flurry of mail, but it still results in all sorts of extra id's.
Yes, but so what? That is, why does it matter so long as all the conversion from one to the next takes place automatically. The process strengthens your security as well as that of any respondent. True this may not be necessary, but under the circumstances (the whole point of alias servers) isn't a "lets not take chances" approach best? Lets take an extreme case (not that I'm suggesting things be implemented this way). Imagine that every time you or anyone else originates mail through an Aserver you are given a NEW ID (not just the first time, but EVERY TIME). Again, so long as a relationship is maintained between all your ID's on a given server and their corresponding ID's on the next machine down or up the line, it shouldn't matter to you at all! After a few years you could end up with hundreds or thousands of IDs. What difference would it make? You don't need to know what *any* of them are... matthew rapaport Philosopher/Programmer At Large KD6KVH mjr@netcom.com 70371.255@compuserve.com