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In article <1606@umd5.umd.edu> dzoey@umd5.umd.edu.UUCP (Joe Herman) writes:
>There seems to be some sort of movement in the uucp
>community to create addresses that look like internet addresses.

No, I haven't seen anybody generating mail from addresses like
	root@[192.11.2.1]
which is what an internet address would look like.  Addresses like
"dzoey@umd5.umd.edu" and "mark@cbosgd.MIS.OH.ATT.COM" are *domain* addresses,
which are a widely implemented standard, they are by no means specific
to the Internet.  (I have no idea what "dzoey@umd5.umd.edu.UUCP" is.)

>Since uucp hosts are starting to use domain format, does that mean that
>they are registering their hosts with the NIC and future name resolution
>will provide me with a path to that host?

Of course, one of the basic principles of the domain system is that each
level has a unique registry.  Anyone who uses a domain name is obligated
to get it properly registered first.

As to name resolution, if your machine is up to current ARPA specs,
including RFC 973 and 974, everything works.  This has been in operation
for nearly a year now.

	Mark Horton
	Managing Director, the UUCP Project