Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: news.config Subject: Re: format for usenet map entries Message-ID: <124@jove.dec.com> Date: 11 Jun 89 00:25:28 GMT References: <3291@epimass.EPI.COM> Distribution: news Organization: DEC Western Research Lines: 19 In article <3291@epimass.EPI.COM> jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes: >There is no need for you to generate a map entry. The UUCP map >already says how to get to the .edu domain from UUCP-land, so we all >can already mail to you. >There is no map for Usenet, only a map for UUCP-net (no, folks, they >aren't the same thing). This is all quite true, but I would like to encourage as many people as possible to submit comp.mail.maps entries. They contain valuable information over and above their original purpose which was the routing of uucp mail. They are a database of host administrators. They are a database of machine types. They contain latitude and longitude information that can be sued to draw maps of any network. They contain telephone numbers to help reach people. Even though Joe is right, that you don't need to generate one, it would be awfully nice if you did anyhow. At least I think so. Brian Reid