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From: barton@holston.UUCP (barton)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: How does one get to machines with a .UUCP suffix?
Summary: pseudo domain .UUCP
Message-ID: <435@holston.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jul 89 05:23:48 GMT
References: <8562@cbnews.ATT.COM>
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Organization: Barton A. Fisk & Co.
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In article <8562@cbnews.ATT.COM>, merchant@cbnews.ATT.COM (shahrukh.s.merchant) writes:
> I frequently see postings with a "From:" or "Reply-To:" field that
> looks like
>                         name@system.UUCP
> If I try to reply to this address, my suspicion that this address is
> insufficient or incomplete (and probably non-unique) is almost always
> confirmed.  At least, it is not recognized by my gateway (att.att.com).
>      My question is:  Are machines that identify themselves as
> system.UUCP in fact officially registered somewhere so that I can
    
If you are asking if there is a registered domain named .UUCP, the
answer is no. This is what is known as a pseudo domain and is reach-
able by certain smart mailers, smail for one.

However, the machine may be on the usenet map for the state in which
it is located and is "registered with the net gods at rutgers".
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Barton A. Fisk          | UUCP: {attctc,texbell,vector}!warble!holston!barton
PO Box 1781             | (PSEUDO) DOMAIN: barton@holston.UUCP     
Lake Charles, La. 70602 | ----------------------------------------
318-439-5984            | +++++ "Hal, open the pod bay doors" --- Dave