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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,news.sysadmin
Subject: Regarding earlier post on domains.
Message-ID: <75@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 90 02:01:11 GMT
Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Organization: Dynasys:  Consulting for the Future.
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I recently posted an article asking why I couldn't use domains without
registering.  The more I find out about this, the less convinced I am
of the greatness of domains.  Question:  Why in the world would I want
to have mail sent to another site just so that site could send it to
me?  If, for example, my domain is "dynasys.com", what is the advantage
of having my mail sent to the entity that takes care of the "com" domain
only to then be sent to me?  Especially when we have smart mailers that
will route the stuff directly to me.  After reading the RFC and asking
all these questions, domains do not seem to be the great thing that many
are making them out to be.  Comments?


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Jesse W. Asher - Dynasys - (901)382-1705     Evening: (901)382-1609 
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