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From: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid)
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Subject: Re: Internet Interconnections
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Date: 21 Jan 91 15:59:09 GMT
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In article <1991Jan18.192450.26078@cns.umist.ac.uk> jf@ap.co.umist.ac.uk (John Forrest) writes:

I don't know if there is a  BIND MX entry for "*.ac.uk" - there ought
to be really.

There is. All UK academic sites in the NRS (the UK's naming registry)
are automatically entered as MX records in the Internet's DNS. This is
done by the people operating the JANET/Internet gateway in London.

		Jim