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From: lamy@ai.utoronto.ca (Jean-Francois Lamy)
Subject: Re: Adhocnet
Message-ID: <89Jun30.173043edt.10376@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
References: <637@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> <89Jun27.081644edt.11740@neat.ai.toronto.edu> <1575@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 89 17:30:37 EDT

forster@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Russ Forster) writes:

>	My understanding is that UGuelph handles .CA.  UNCANET will Handle
>	.AB. so if these are our forwarders then yes that part has been set up.

A forwarder is a machine that knows what to do with mail addressed to
mtroyal.ab.ca; optimally you would have one for each of the Internet,
CDNNET, UUCP and Bitnet gateways.  The forwarder takes the message, massages
the header to suit your network, and sends the message to you, through
whatever route is required.

If you look at the tables for bitnet, UUCP or the internet you will see a
mapping from a domain name like mtroyal.ab.ca to a machine that takes care of
it; not all machines under .ab.ca need have the same forwarder.  At least on
the Internet and UUCP there is no global entry for .CA; all officially
registered sites appear individually in the tables, and if it's not there its
bogus, and if it's there it's official.

>	Whats all this about a cheque?  I don't remember seeing anything
>	saying we needed for fork out $$$.

You can register in a number of ways.  UUCP sites can apply to
registry@ai.utoronto.ca and there is a small "paperwork fee" to cover the
expenses of running the organization and attending relevant meetings.
Internet sites usually set up their own name servers and ask John Demco
(demco@ean.ubc.ca) to delegate authority to their site once they have filled
up the administrative details.  I am unaware of the Netnorth set-up.

Jean-Francois Lamy               lamy@ai.utoronto.ca, uunet!ai.utoronto.ca!lamy
AI Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4