Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!stephen From: stephen@dcl-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: How do I get to domain .ac? Message-ID: <298@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 16:17:47 EST Article-I.D.: dcl-csva.298 Posted: Mon Mar 16 16:17:47 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Mar-87 03:45:21 EST References: <426@umnd-cs-gw.umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> <327@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <296@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> <329@its63b.ed.ac.uk> Reply-To: stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK. Lines: 18 Keywords: JANET uk gateway MILNET ARPA In article <329@its63b.ed.ac.uk> bct@ecsvax.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett) writes: >>Effectively, "uk" is an ARPANET domain. > > Is this a recent event? You'll need to ask Steve Kille when he did it. >that either this is a recent feature, or the host name records have not >reached MILNET. Some ARPANET sites have broken software not capable of interpreting MX records. (Just as many UK sites cannot interpret application relays.) I assume some (all) MILNET sites have broken software too ... -- EMAIL: stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk | Post: University of Lancaster, UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!stephen | Department of Computing, Phone: +44 524 65201 Ext. 4120 | Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK. Project:Alvey ECLIPSE Distribution | LA1 4YR