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From: henkp@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl (Henk P. Penning)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: Clarification Re: .de (was: Domains created in June 1990)
Keywords: topleveldomain .de EUnet unido
Message-ID: <3688@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 20 Aug 90 14:41:09 GMT
References: <2152@unido.UUCP> <3686@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <4045@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>
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In article <4045@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> k2@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) writes:

>>  I write:
>>  Great. Could somebody explain why mail to (fi) uni-mainz.de
>>  gets MX'ed to cunyvm.cuny.edu (that's in New York I think).

>Yes, that's the standard MX for all site's inside de (wildcard MX), which have
>no Internet connection. I think there is also an MX to mcsun.eu.net,
>and unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de, but cunyvm.cuny.edu has the highest
>preference as I know.

 I don't see unido or mcsun listed as an MX.
  
>cunyvm.cuny.edu knows how to deliver (it knows, that *.de
>has to be delivered to DEARN.BITNET).

>That's not the best solution for european sites, I think it should be 
>possible to add a MX for *.de to unido with higher preference.

 I think so too. Question: why isn't it done yet.

>That will allow an delivery more closer to the destination, and will
>fallback to cunyvm, if the transatlantic link to unido will fail.

 That is, if you look at it from an North-American perspective.

>Klaus Steinberger

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