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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Domains for UUCP Sites, was: Bogus .UUCP addresses
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.223039.3474@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 27 Jun 91 22:30:39 GMT
References: <9106270056.AA09258@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <9106270056.AA09258@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> nauen@WRAIR-EMH1.ARMY.MIL ("1159-DIRECTOR/OVERSEAS OPS") writes:

>As of last night, 1,864 .COM subdomains were registered with nic.ddn.mil. 
>I suspect that many of these subdomains have been created because of the
>increasing interest in having a domain name and that quite a few may consist 
>of only one machine.

Or the general refusal of internet-connected sites to exchange mail with
anyone who isn't registered...  Somehow the value of turning the
flat .UUCP space into a flat .COM namespace escapes me.

>Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, but I'm curious as
>to why more emphasis hasn't been placed on the .US domain option.

I think the following is the main reason:

>        Wild card records are not currently allowed in the US domain.

People who go to all the trouble of setting up their uucp software to
handle domain style addressing want the added benefit of being able
to add their own subdomains without being required to coordinate it
with anyone else.  A wild-card MX lets you do whatever you want behind
the gateway.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us