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Article #5262Re: Use domains without registering?
From: Syd Weinstein
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 19:50
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 19:50
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ben@val.com (Ben Thornton) writes: > This brings up a question I have had for some time: Who DOES >use the domain name information contained in the UUCP maps? >...and why? Seems superfluous to me if you have a valid registered >domain... Ok, there are two reasons why... 1. I list my return address in my reply-to field as syd@DSI.COM, note that dsi.com is not our uucp name. How would a uucp site get that message to me if they could not figure out that dsi.com == dsinc. 2. I use that information, in a reverse fashion to see if I can get to that site via smtp or via uucp. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 syd@DSI.COM or bpa!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!syd From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Use domains without registering? Message-ID: <1990Mar10.195008.15998@DSI.COM> Date: 10 Mar 90 19:50:08 GMT References: <72@dynasys.UUCP> <9909@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <1990Mar9.191451.28093@val.com> Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA Lines: 18