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From: lear@aramis.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: UUCP domains (and a few misunderstandings)
Message-ID: <313@aramis.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 01:07:07 EST
Article-I.D.: aramis.313
Posted: Fri Mar  6 01:07:07 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 00:44:45 EST
References: <145@tdi2.UUCP> <17718@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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To: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU


Jordan,

With UUCP I believe domains must be geographically oriented!  Suppose
you follow use some manner for domains other then Geographic.  Is it
then possible that one could call across the country to get an MF
record for one's neighbor?  For the internet, the cost is obviously
much cheaper (although there is still a cost) - but what if you want
to mail a neighbor whose root domain is 3000 miles away?  Or are does
one rely upon the DDN for all one's mail transport - I think I'll go
back to USMail ;-)

No.  It seems to me that there should be domains added to the current
system to indicate geographic location - ie interface .OH or .CA or
.NJ with .EDU, .ARPA, .COM, .etc...  Am I missing something?

By the way I consider both UUCP and ARPA to be root level domain
names.  Is this incorrect?  (UUCP, of course, can only have MF
records).

				Regards,

					...eliot
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