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From: mark@cbosgd.ATT.COM (Mark Horton)
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Subject: new files in UUCP map
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 20:23:41 EST
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Beginning with this month's posting of the UUCP map (which started
today and will run for about a week) there is a new feature.

In parallel to the u.* files there is now a set of d.* files.
These files list domains for officially registered UUCP domains.
The intent is that the d.* files will grow and the u.* files will
shrink over time.  We'll probably begin to remove entries from the
u.* files, when they have a domain in a d.* file.  We encourage
domain sites to update their d.* file rather than the u.* file.

If you're receiving the map, you may want to change your pathalias
command to use d.* u.* rather than just u.*.   You have the choice
of using only u, only d, or both.  There is no reason to use only
u, since the d.* files will not interfere even with very old software.
The d.* files are self sufficient, but since there are currently only
about 40 UUCP domains, you'll still need the u.* files for quite some
time.

This is a reminder that registration for UUCP domains is still being
processed for no charge.  A charge is likely to go into effect sometime
in the next few months.  You can find the registration information
in the INFO.REGISTRY file in the smail distribution; if you missed
the smail distribution (posted to mod.sources in early September)
you can get it from a mod.sources archive.

	Mark Horton
	Director, the UUCP Project