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From: dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng)
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Subject: Re: *uucp* addresses
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Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 10:39:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 10:39:31 1983
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	"Where is a new site suppose to get the list of currently
	 used uucp site names?"

Well, I would hope that whatever site gives them a connection to the net
would make sure that their name was not already in use.

I can't imagion an auto-routing scheme which does NOT require that
site names be unique.  By auto-routing, I refer to a system which
will allow me to send mail to a site several hops away without 
having to specify the exact path that the message travels.  Maybe
I'm narrow minded, but I don't see how we can ever adopt any form
of internet addressing without having the mailer make the assumption
that site names are unique.  I'm not aware that this is a problem
at present, at least with UUCP sites which are on Usenet.


Don Wegeng

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