Transition away from .oz.au (was Re: mail to "brisnet.org.au" problem)

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From: Gregory N. Bond
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:33

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>>>>> On 27 Aug 92 07:48:17 GMT, kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz) said:

kre> Similarly, while registering in oz.au is trivially easy, you just
kre> have to make your node visible on ACSnet - you do have to do that,
kre> if you're not visible, then an oz.au MX won't be installed.  (Visibility
kre> can be achieved by either actually connecting to ACSnet using MHSnet
kre> or SunIII, or by connecting, directly or indirectly, to an ACSnet site
kre> and getting them to broadcast a connection to you over ACSnet).

What sort of options are available for sites that move away from
SUN-III transport?  You can start using new .com.au names in outgoing
mail etc, but a lot of people know and use the old .oz.au one.  Will
the MX czar allow .oz.au MX records to remain in this case?  What else
will I need to arrange?

Greg.
--
Gregory Bond <gnb@bby.com.au> Burdett Buckeridge & Young Ltd Melbourne Australia
``USL has never sold long distance.  You're going after the wrong men in black 
  hats.  (Or, in the case of Plan 9, black space suits)'' - Tom Limoncelli

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From: gnb@duke.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond)
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Subject: Transition away from .oz.au (was Re: mail to "brisnet.org.au" problem)
Message-ID: <1992Aug28.003325.12000@bby.com.au>
Date: 28 Aug 92 00:33:25 GMT
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