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Re: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS
--On 1. juli 2001 14:49 +0200 Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> BTW you might be interested in Mokapertis' RFC1034:
> <quote>
> The terms "domain" or "domain name" are used in many contexts beyond the
> DNS described here. Very often, the term domain name is used to refer to
> a name with structure indicated by dots, but no relation to the DNS. This
> is particularly true in mail addressing [Quarterman 86]. <unquote>
> Interesting. Jefsey
Those of us who remember user@kremvax.uucp and user@ucbvax.bitnet know what
he was talking about.
Not to mention user@uk.ac.ucl.
But at least it was easier to deal with than host1!host2!host3!host4!user.
Harald
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