Xref: utzoo comp.mail.sendmail:2489 comp.mail.misc:4478 Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!mcr From: mcr@Latour.Sandelman.OCUnix.On.Ca (Michael Richardson) Subject: Re: Another Novice Needs sendmail Help Message-ID: <1990Dec12.021841.4983@Latour.Sandelman.OCUnix.On.Ca> Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Summary: Encourage municipal/state domains. Reply-To: mcr@fts1.UUCP Organization: Sandelman Software Works, Debugging Department, Ottawa, ON References: <1990Dec07.200835.20108@chinet.chi.il.us> <1990Dec8.234514.11668@vmp.com> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 02:18:41 GMT [followup's to comp.mail.misc. This doesn't really belong in comp.mail.sendmail. Some might think comp.mail.uucp might be more k appropriate though -- change the followup] In article <1990Dec8.234514.11668@vmp.com> oc@vmp.com (Orlan Cannon) writes: >sites just like the Internet sites and set up a not-for-profit >nameserver just to handle the correct routing of this kind of mail. >Thus was UUNET born. (Can anyone fill me in on this part of UUNET >history?) This was not entirely the way I understood uunet's creation. >My personal feeling? UUNET is a great start, but they're close to >overloaded. We need to start the UUCP Project all over again. >Perhaps a not-for-profit UUNET2? I had also understood that there might eventually be multiple uunet-like sites. But I don't think that making .UUCP official is such a good idea either. What needs to be done is to encourage people to start registering under their municipal domains. I understand that .us doesn't want people registering AND having sub-domains. I really can't fanthom the reasons for this kind of thing. It just seems silly to me. So does .com -- what is wrong with .com.us? (Other than its length) You likely can't reply to the address in the From: of the post --- I'm still waiting for the ocunix.on.ca MX to appear. -- :!mcr!: | The postmaster never | So much mail, Michael Richardson | resolves twice. | so few cycles. mcr@julie.UUCP/michael@fts1.UUCP/mcr@doe.carleton.ca -- Domain address - Pay attention only to _MY_ opinions. - registration in progress.