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From: phil@ls.com (Phil Eschallier)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,news.admin
Subject: Re: UUPSI's new rules
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Date: 19 Mar 91 13:39:39 GMT
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In article <1991Mar19.020431.28067@jpradley.jpr.com> jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes:
>
>I don't have here any of the documents which define domains.  Simple
>question, net-folk:
>
>I've got a domain: which sites may or not be IN my domain, and by what
>criteria?
>
> Jean-Pierre Radley   NYC Public Unix   jpr@jpradley.jpr.com   CIS: 72160,1341

i have been passively reading this thread -- admittedly i am somewhat confused.

about 2 months ago i decided to get information from psi about their uucp
services, hoping for a cheaper way to handle e-mail.  in all, the information
i got looked quite appealing and i decided i would go with their service
(the $75/mo service that i gather is the service being discussed here).
being short on time i didn't get to it right away -- but john eldrige did
give me a follow up call, which i figured was convenient.

i told him i was interested in the service and confirmed there were modems
available in the philadelphia area.  before we were about to cemment the deal,
it (luckily) came out that we could not receive any mail other than what is
addressed for .ls.com.  that was the end of the conversation.  who was he
to tell me who/what mail my computers could pass.

i understand theirs is a flat rate service -- if they did not have this
restriction then i could buy a uucp account from psi then distribute e-mail
to the entire philadelphia area -- they would have the expense of maintaining
the equipement and would only take in $75/mo for the area.

if your site is a leaf node, psi sounds like a good way to get connected.
otherwise i would suggest a alternative service -- usually you get what
you pay for.

now i understand that psi is saying you can only send AND receive mail for
your domain -- this may be appropriate for corporation with branches around
the country.  but for the leaf node (or one site domain), you are now paying
$75/mo to be connected with yourself -- not exactly my definition of con-
nectivity!!

after much ramblings about my psi confusion -- the question at hand: what
sites can be in a domain??

.ls.com was formed in the days of stargate and at that time it was a fee
of $150/yr (i think ... it has been some time since i thought about stargate)
for a second level domain -- but it was yours.  you controlled routing,
site memberships, domain parks ... the works.

i still treat .ls.com in this fasion although there is no fee as i am no
a uunet subsciber.  but i'd be interested in knowing what the current rules
are -- and if they have tightened (or been restricted), who's going to
enforce them??  psi??  if so, get a different service.

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