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From: markw@gvlf1-c.gvl.unisys.com (Mark H. Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Use domains without registering?
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Date: 5 Mar 90 13:26:49 GMT
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In article <72@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes:
>
>Why can't I just add a domain address to my uucp map entry and use
>it anyway, without registering?  I realize that mail will not be
>able to traverse into the realm of Internet.  But isn't it the eventual goal
>to have everyone using domains anyway?  Why can't I just add the entry
>to my map (assuming, of course, I don't care about Internet)?
>
There are several reasons for registering:

1) Domain names must be unique, so there must be some central registry of
all domain names to prevent duplicates. This is done by the Network
Information Center (NIC) of the Defense Data Network (DDN). The UUNET
registration service is one of several "user interfaces" into the NIC.

2) Use of a domain name implies to most sites that the mail can be delivered
via use of the Internet name servers. Very few sites use the uucp maps to
determine uucp paths to sites with domain names. If you do not register,
sites which do not read the maps will bounce your mail back to the
sender. This leads to:

3) In order to use the Internet name servers, you must have an "Internet
forwarder", and Internet site which will agree to get your mail off of
the Internet and forward it to you via uucp.

Hope this helps,
Mark

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