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From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTE, COMP.INTERNET.ADDR AND COMP.INTERNET
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Date: 12 Mar 89 20:02:47 GMT
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In article <2078@pikes.Colorado.EDU> netnews@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Robert M. Sklar) writes:
>comp.internet	General Internet related discussions of interest

If you think there is a need, why don't you create it as an internet
mailing list?  When it succeeds, you can try convincing Erik Fair that
it deservese an inet distribution newsgroup.

>comp.internet.addr - simular to comp.mail.maps where a monthly posting of the
>most up to date hosts table would be published and changed in Internet address
>can be posted throughout the month.

Definitly not needed.  Hosts with reasonbly modern software use the domain
name system, and have no need to bother humans with this dribble.  Hosts
with ancient software (that should upgrade, but havn't for some reason)
should fetch HOSTS.TXT from sri-nic.arpa as frequently as they feel the
need.  This file only contains the 6000 or so hosts that want to be
listed.

You seem to have missed the required discussion period, I assume you meant
"call for discussion" rather than call for votes.

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