Re: How do I get to domain .ac?

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From: stephen
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1987 21:17

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In article <329@its63b.ed.ac.uk> bct@ecsvax.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett) writes:
>>Effectively, "uk" is an ARPANET domain.
>
>  Is this a recent event?

You'll need to ask Steve Kille <steve@cs.ucl.ac.uk> when he did it.

>that either this is a recent feature, or the host name records have not
>reached MILNET.

Some ARPANET sites have broken software not capable of interpreting MX records.
(Just as many UK sites cannot interpret application relays.)  I assume some
(all) MILNET sites have broken software too ...
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References: <426@umnd-cs-gw.umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> <327@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <296@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> <329@its63b.ed.ac.uk>

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From: stephen@dcl-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: How do I get to domain .ac?
Message-ID: <298@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 16:17:47 EST
Article-I.D.: dcl-csva.298
Posted: Mon Mar 16 16:17:47 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Mar-87 03:45:21 EST
References: <426@umnd-cs-gw.umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> <327@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <296@dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk> <329@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir)
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.
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Keywords: JANET uk gateway MILNET ARPA

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