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From: molnar@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Tom Molnar)
Date: Fri, 30-Jun-89 22:46:36 EDT
Message-ID: <1989Jun30.224636.25675@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: can.uucp
Subject: Re: Adhocnet
References: <637@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> <89Jun27.081644edt.11740@neat.ai.toronto.edu> <1575@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Reply-To: molnar@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Tom Molnar)
Distribution: can

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.

Until quite recently, UGuelph handled .CA for NetNorth.  All BITNET and EARN
mail destined to *.CA was sent to CANADA01 (UGuelph) for resolution.

The Canada <-> U.S. NetNorth-BITNET link was relocated to Toronto.

The machine that gateways *.CA traffic from BITNET and EARN is now located
at Toronto and is in fact this machine, utgpu.uucp (aka utorgpu.bitnet,
gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca).

I am listed as the person responsible for the NetNorth CA gateway (not the
domain administration, just the gateway).

I'm afraid I have no extra knowledge of up and comming registrations.  All I
can do is check the primary nameserver data or look at the list of registered
CA domains.  UNCANET may well be set up to gateway traffic that has .AB. 
in it (do you mean .AB.CA or .AB.??), but I can't find any reference to it
in the registry.  A generic .AB.CA gateway hasn't been registered anywhere
that I can see.  The only site that has registered under .AB.CA is apss.ab.ca.

The CA domain is now in full use across the major Canadian networks whether
we like it or not.  Administrative authority for the CA domain lies with
John Demco of CDNNet in UBC.  The three major networks (UUCP, NETNORTH, CDNNET)
all have representatives who are able to handle registrations and issues
relating to the CA domain.

If you've had difficulty in registering something, please follow up with
one of the reps or with John Demco directly.  A speedy resolution of this
problem will benefit all of us.

-- 
Tom Molnar
Unix Systems Group, University of Toronto Computing Services.