Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!Anselmo-Ed From: Anselmo-Ed@cs.yale.edu (Ed Anselmo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Imminent death of UUCP Zone predicted Message-ID: Date: 17 Jul 90 19:15:40 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 38 In-reply-to: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu's message of 17 Jul 90 18:12:57 GMT >>>>> On 17 Jul 90 18:12:57 GMT, karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu said: karl> All you're defining is the number of domain qualifiers needed. Around karl> here, it is possible to write mail to "karl" if you're within this karl> department; "karl@cis" if you're within OSU and have a mailer config karl> that will attempt partial domain matches; "karl@cis.ohio-state.edu" if karl> you're outside the domain entirely. Defining the universe as "the set of machines properly supporting DNS-compatible mailers" then yes, "karl@cis.ohio-state.edu" is an absolute address. Of course, this isn't really practical yet, so "karl@cis.ohio-state.edu" is your address, relative to the previously mentioned machines. karl> Similarly, "last N digits" is within your local phone system; xxx-yyyy karl> is within your area code; aaa-xxx-yyyy is within (approximately?) karl> North America; cc-aaa-xxx-yyyy if you're trying to address another karl> country. karl> Looks domainist to me -- universal naming with abbreviations allowed karl> when operating within the local domain. The extent of relativity in karl> the address in both cases is merely defining the part of the address karl> that isn't "oneself." Domainist, perhaps. Absolute, no. We'll define the phone universe as "the set of phones reachable from my desk phone here at Yale". Let's assume that cc-aa-xxx-yyyy is my full, unabbreviated phone number. This number won't work from the office down the hall. The abbreviation is required, not just allowed. I don't think there's a phone number that is guaranteed to connect to me from an arbitrary phone. Therefore, I'll assert that phone numbers are relative addresses. Nonetheless, I wholeheartedly support domain registration for UUCP sites :-). -- Ed Anselmo anselmo-ed@cs.yale.edu {harvard,decvax}!yale!anselmo-ed