Apur-ee.123
net.general
utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!aef
Mon Aug 24 16:13:14 1981
UUCP gateway
With regard to the ARPA/UUCP gateway problem, it appears that arpanet
sites refuse to process mail from UUCP machines, while UUCP machines
typically don't bother checking who stuff comes from before passing it
on.  In most cases this costs real money in terms of phone rates, use
of spool space, etc.  Perhaps programs that only allow items from uucp
sites to go through would be in order, and all others returned...  We
could have messages of the type:

	Gateway to UUCPnet Closed.... Service Unavailable.

Any ideas about what kind of response would result if this was implemented?

		A. Feather

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