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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: local site in a domain
Message-ID: <_L=-F2#@b-tech.uucp>
Date: 18 Feb 91 14:16:37 GMT
References: <1991Feb16.035314.2904@jpradley.jpr.com> <Xe5gX3w163w@mimas.UUCP>
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>> How do I disambiguate mail destined for apple.jpr.com as opposed to that for 
>> apple.com?
>> 
>   I don't think you should have a problem. Since mail destined for 
>apple.com is being sent to a specific domain. Your domain is jpr.com. The 
>only problem would be if you have a link to apple, and it's uucp site 
>name was also apple. THEN you'd have a problem.

You don't have a problem until you try to send mail to a uucp site (eg,
apple) that has the same name as a host in your domain (eg, apple).
Some mailers subscribe to the not very well though out convention of
attempting to tack on the local domain (ie, apple!user becomes
apple.jpr.com!user).

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Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ)	 zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us