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From: markw@gvlf8-e.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber)
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Subject: Re: What is a Sponsor in Internet?
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Date: 26 Jun 91 19:48:18 GMT
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In article <16130001@hpcmm7.HP.COM> chin@hpcmm7.HP.COM (fred chin) writes:
>
>I had some one ask me about Internet.  The question they asked
>had something to do with a sponsor.  I had no idea what a sponsor
>is in relations to internet.
>

Perhaps the person is referring to an "internet forwarder", an internet
site which is willing to act as a gateway between the internet and a uucp
site. This is required for uucp sites which want to register in a "real" 
domain such as "com", "org", or "us". A "mail exchanger" (MX) nameserver
record is then created, showing that internet mail for the uucp site is
to be sent to the "internet forwarder", which forwards it to the uucp site.

Mark