Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ogicse!emory!att!icus!limbic!gil From: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) Newsgroups: news.config Subject: Re: Unregistered-but-referenced sites (was Re: deleted UUCP sites) Summary: Additional... Message-ID: <596@limbic.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 90 04:44:09 GMT References: <4195@convex.UUCP> <30273@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> <43496@improper.coherent.com> Reply-To: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) Distribution: news Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, NY Lines: 28 In article pleasant@porthos.rutgers.edu (Mel Pleasant) writes: >What's the difference? Well, a conditionally registered site may hold on to >its name for as long as no one else wants it and remain without a map entry >for that period of time. However, should some other site want the name >*and* is willing to register it with a map entry *and* insists upon >attempting to steal it, the conditionally registered site is first offered >the opportunity to upgrade its registration to permanent status. And further, what this means (for those who can't see into it) is that one should not just blindly stick a site name in their map entry without first checking (either though smail -AR with an _UP_TO_DATE_ pathalias file [how many of you *really* have up-to-date ones???] or by a simple message to your regional coordinator) if the site name exists already! >because conditionally registered sites may have picked up quite a few >connections over time. Very true! By the way, the simplicity of creating a map entry really means it's kind of silly to have a site registered conditionally if that site plans to be around for a while! Do your friend a favor and help him/her make a map entry if he/she doesn't already have one! ---- | Gil Kloepfer, Jr. | ICUS Software Systems/Bowne Management Systems (depending on where I am) | ...ames!limbic!gil