Why does the path information provided by news in the form: sysA!sysB!sysC!user at sysD.UUCP which really means: sysA!sysB!sysC!sysD!user There are many sites/mailers that interprete the news path format as: sysD!sysA!sysB!sysC!user Which should have higher precedence the '@' sign or '!' ? Russ {idis,pitt,mi-cec,vax135}!cadre!ry