Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!rouge!ralph!pja From: pja@ralph.Lafayette.LA.US (Pete Alleman) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Convincing Smail to use FQDNs Message-ID: <3890@ralph.Lafayette.LA.US> Date: 21 Aug 90 02:17:13 GMT References: <5IA5TY9@ggpc2.ferranti.com> Organization: Home Sweet Home, Lafayette, LA Lines: 11 In article <5IA5TY9@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >But the point in question is that having an FQDN doesn't mean you're on the >internet. Simple point. Why do people keep forgetting it? Maybe I missed something. Under what circumstances would a site with a FQDN ending with an Internet Top Level Domain not be accessible from the Internet? Do many sites use names that are indistinguishable from proper Internet names and have no Internet Name Server records? -- Pete Alleman pja@ralph.lafayette.la.us