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From: karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg)
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Subject: smail wants you to register a domain (using Path: for replies)
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Date: 26 Aug 88 01:17:36 GMT
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In article <946@cbnews.ATT.COM> tgt@cbnews.ATT.COM (Tim Thompson) writes:

>It was decided that domains appearing in the d.* files should by UUCP
>Zone member ONLY! Non-UUCP Zone domains should go into the u.* files.
>We are charging the UUCP Zone members, and as such, they need to be
>separated out from the run-of-the-mill map entries. Any and all
>services we provide, both now and in the future, will only be made
>available to UUCP Zone members, and as such, we need to keep them in
>their own separate set of map files.

I think that maybe there should be z.* for the UUCP ZONE, d.* for other
registered domains, and u.* for unregistered sites.  Whoever (and you listed
them) it is that made this decision clearly left a lot to be desired (in my
opinion).  There doesn't appear to me to be any benefit to the splitting
chosen.  I REALLY resent being called run-of-the-mill.  I can't understand
why you should have to separate out the ones that you charge - maybe it's
the only way to make them feel they are getting their money's worth? :-)

-- Karl --

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