Re: Dearborn in MI.US

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From: Steve Simmons
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 02:36

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wes@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (Wesley Craig) writes:

>Here's the question: should hosts in Dearborn be registered as

>    host.dbrn.mi.us
>or
>    host.drbn.mi.us

>I'm lead to believe that drbn is a semi-common city code, perhaps used
>by the post office.  On the other hand, I don't think I've ever seen
>anything but dbrn used on the net.  Any thoughts?

We went thru this with the first Ypsilanti site -- could we use
an abbreviation?  At that time, ISI (the .us masters) said only the
post office abbreviations could be used, and told us to call the post
office.  We did -- there's no valid abbreviation for Ypsilanti.

ISI may no longer stick to this rule, someone should contact them and
ask.  And the Dearborn PO is in the book.
-- 
scs:  Currently tied for 2536th on the Zwicky list with `zwicky'.  The
      list was compiled by Elizabeth Zwicky (not Fritz, not Arnold),
      zwicky@erg.sri.com.

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