Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: .bc.ca domain park Message-ID: <1352@van-bc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Sep-87 02:34:24 EDT Article-I.D.: van-bc.1352 Posted: Sun Sep 20 02:34:24 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 17:46:12 EDT References: <1341@van-bc.UUCP> <75@ncc.UUCP> <2100@ubc-ean.UUCP> Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Distribution: can Organization: Public Access Network, Vancouver, BC. Lines: 37 Keywords: domains canada In article <2100@ubc-ean.UUCP> John Demco writes: >Representatives from each network are actively working on setting up the >domain. It's not a simple task. We're almost there. Almost there? As in "Almost there, only a couple more weeks." or as in "Almost there, only a couple more months!". A firm statement of intent showing a brief outline of your plans and a time schedule which you believe you can keep would be (I think) very much appreciated. We were "Almost there" last spring too as I remember. >Registering a subdomain under the Canadian domain is only going to give you >a widely recognized name. It won't automatically give you access to anything. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Which as a loyal, flag waving Canadian is what I would like to have. >That's a separate matter, perhaps best resolved on a network by network >basis. For example, if you expect to communicate with the Internet you will >have to find an organization which is willing to forward mail to you, and >you will have to find a way to actually exchange mail. I've had that in place since June! The problem is that with using the current ".uucp" type of map entry I'm getting mail to forward which should be going through other channels. Making me, for example, an ersazt mail forwarder for your network (cdnnet). It's not that I particulary mind doing it, but I only poll UUNET once every two or three days (as my pocket book allows) so the service via here is terrible. >In other words, we're setting up a Canadian domain, not an internetwork. An >internetwork is a good topic for discussion, but it's not going to >materialize the moment CA starts being used. Don't expect a naming scheme to >solve connectivity and cost distribution problems. I'm not. -- {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!Stuart.Lynne Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532