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From: tonyg@eagle.cvs.rochester.edu (Tony Giaccone)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Use domains without registering?
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Date: 9 Mar 90 01:10:10 GMT
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Reply-To: tonyg@cvs.rochester.edu (Tony Giaccone)
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Ok, I know this is probably not the best way to go about this, but
I can't think of a better one. I've recently found myself with very
limited internet access (through this account which is about 350
miles away from my currently real location). I've got a copy of
uupc, and I'd like to make my home machine a uucp host primarily
for recieving mail, but possibly for news reading as well.

My questions are:

1) I've heard of folks talking abouut uunet, and seen mail addresses
that have uunet in the domain name. Who are uunet, and what services
do they provide. 

Second, I get the impression from this line of postings that I could
register my name and become a "real" internet host. What is the
significance of this name registration, and how do I do it?


If you've got some advice, please mail to this account

tonyg@cvs.rochester.edu


			Thanks in advance.

					Tony