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From: MRC@SIMTEL20.ARPA.UUCP
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Subject: HOSTS.TXT
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Date: Sun, 29-Jun-86 17:40:19 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 29 17:40:19 1986
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Here's another vote to remove the non-domained aliases from HOSTS.TXT.
I'd like to see each host have a maximum of two names; the current
domain name form (which should appear on all mail) and for a while the
old ".ARPA" form.  There is no excuse for any host which doesn't play
the mail game to have more than one name (let's abolish TAC nicknames!).

I would also like to propose that "NIC" be made a new top-level entity,
and that the current SRI-NIC.ARPA machine be renamed simply "NIC"
instead of something like "NIC.SRI.COM".  The NIC is at SRI because
SRI has the contract to run it, but in the (probably unlikely) event
that SRI loses the contract there will still need to be a NIC.
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