Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Imminent death of UUCP Zone predicted Message-ID: <961@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 19 Jul 90 20:12:05 GMT References: <1990Jul16.202721.271@chinet.chi.il.us> <11R41EF@xds13.ferranti.com> Organization: USENET Public Access, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 26 In article <11R41EF@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1990Jul16.202721.271@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: >That's the bottom line, isn't it. Email is way more efficient than FAX, >but it's just too inconvenient. > >What we need is a ".phone" domain. Mail to someone at "+17135551212.phone" is >accomplished by making a call to +17135551212, logging in as anonymous, and >sending mail. Interesting idea... user@+number.phone for dialup mail user@+number.fax for fax Are we going to allow them in routes? site_a!site_b!+18005551234.phone!site_c!site_d!user What about using BFT via fax? site_a!site_b!+18005551234.bftp.fax!site_c!site_d!user Lot's of interesting variations... -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice)