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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: map data, d. files, UUCP project, etc.
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Date: 24 Aug 88 15:26:52 GMT
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Rick Adams has pointed out that the d. files are basically silly.

From what I recall of about two years ago, the originally intent was to
phase out the u. files in favor of the d. files as more and more sites
went domainist.  This plan seems to have gone by the wayside, however.

Shane P. McCarron notes that:
>It is only slightly less of an outrage that the UUCP Project refuses to 
>list properly registered domains in the d. files....
Shane's jumping the gun.

At the SF Usenix, Mel Pleasant said that the UUCP Project wants to charge
EVERYONE for being listed in the d. files, even those who don't use
Project as their domain registrar.  The rational is that they are
responsible for maintenance of the UUCP zone, some costs will be
incurred.  That may be all well true, but I would like to see them try to
get $150/year out of MIT, Harvard, or BBN (to pick three places at random
:-) just to be listed in the maps.

If push comes to shove, I suppose someone could just be an Internet
coordinator, and post "forged" articles to comp.mail.maps as a freebie
every now and then.  Many people, myself included, know how to do this.
	/rich $alz
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