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nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:

> In article <BzzGKp.4L5@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us writes:
> 
>    In article <BzxvDC.CoK.2@cs.cmu.edu> Karl_Kleinpaste@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>    
>    >There is far too much ad hoc support for .uucp out there, with
>    >the result that there has been no real incentive offered. 
> 
>    Perhaps not everyone shares the opinion that there is only one email syste
>    and that users within it have no reason to want to connect to anyone
>    outside of it.
> 
> There *is* only one email system.  Check out advertisements in
> computer journals.  IF they list an email address, it is their FQDN.

Just as a wee little counterpoint, many also use x.400 addressing.
(or are you only reading journals from the US?)

> .UUCP sucks because implies that a particular transport is being
> used.  Names, addresses, routes, and transports are all distinct
> characteristics.

... unique to each different networking system in use.  *Not* every
networking system in the Universe uses the FQDN business.  This is
Karl_Kleinpaste's point?

> 
> -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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