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From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Size of the Internet vs. UUCP net
Keywords: RFC-822 conformant?
Message-ID: <3174@epimass.EPI.COM>
Date: 9 May 89 19:11:05 GMT
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Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1046@ittg.UUCP> pete@ittg.UUCP (System Administrator @ 207-796-2301) writes:
>Preface:  I am now reading the document "Introduction to the Internet
>Protocols" dated 3 July 1987 by Charles L. Hedrick.
>
>Question #1: Am I on the right track towards conformity ("what is
>conformity?")

Not really.  One document you want is RFC976 (if only we could transmit
that one back in time, it would have avoided a lot of the problems we
have now).  This tells how UUCP-Internet gateways should work.


>Q #2:  Do uucp sites have the ability to get _conformant_?

Yes.  Get smail, and become part of a registered domain or register one
yourself.

>Q #3:  I am running pathalias and smail 2.5 (about a month now).  Did I
>become 822 conformant and not know it ;-?

Partially.  You're not fully conformant because pete@ittg.UUCP is not
a "real" domain address.

You can become fully legal several ways:

1) Become a UUNET customer and be part of their domain.  You could be
pete@ittg.uu.net.

2) Become a UUNET customer, and register your own domain with UUNET as
your domain forwarder.

3) Get some Internet site to agree to be your forwarder, and pay the
UUNET gang a one-time fee: $35, I think, and they'll do your paperwork
for you.

4) Like 3, only file the registration information yourself.  Not recommended
except for experts.

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-- Joe Buck	jbuck@epimass.epi.com, uunet!epimass.epi.com!jbuck