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From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron)
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Subject: Re: UUCP domains (and a few misunderstandings)
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Date: Mon, 9-Mar-87 14:07:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  9 14:07:09 1987
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In article <313@aramis.RUTGERS.EDU> lear@aramis.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear) writes:
>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? 
>...
>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).

Just a technical point:  There are no such things as MF or MD records any
longer.  They've been replaced by MX records.

--Pat.