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In article <4llf14$h1r@ubszh.fh.zh.ubs.com>, urs.gubser@dwc.ch wrote:

>There are many inactive domains. I don't like this behaviour at all. I'm  
>trying to set up some new services, but I can't because the  
>owners/registrants of the (inactive)-domains don't respond to my  
>requests/questions. There a registrants without Email!!!

The registration of a domain has almost nothing to do with
reachability. There are even RFCs that suggest that a network be
registered before, if ever, it is connected to the Internet; to avoid a
renumbering should such a connection happen.

Even if a network is connected to the Internet, there is no obligation
whatsoever to run an E-Mail service of any sort, all that is required
is a zone contact, and that may be at another organization. An
organization could decide to use only proprietary application level
protocols; as long as these use the TCP/IP suite for transport over the
Internet, that's OK.


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  Andi Karrer, Institute for Electronics, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland

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