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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
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Subject: Re: Address Questions
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 01:28:19 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 01:28:19 1984
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In article <154@gcc-opus.ARPA> brad@gcc-opus.UUCP (Brad Parker) writes:
>	1. What do I read to learn about "domains" and how it affects me
Watch this newsgroup.  Within a month or so, we expect to post some
guidelines and rules for the UUCP domain, and some related ARPANET RFC's.

My paper in Salt Lake City: "What is a Domain?" might also be useful.
It was posted here about 10 months ago, and if there is demand I could
post it again.

>	2. Is UUCP really an official domain (I've heard it's not)
Not yet.  There are no official domains today except "ARPA".  Nobody
can apply for domain status until Jan 15.  Shortly thereafter, we
expect to apply for domain status for UUCP.

>	3. How does my local 5 machine ethernet net (wow!) fit in to
>	   this, and should I really have it set up as an ARPA domain
>	   internally (all internal mail says "user@host.ARPA")
Absolutely not.  There is a bug in sendmail, as I recall, that shows up
unless you do this, but that's a bug.  You can't call yourselv host.ARPA
unless you have registered with the ARPA domain, which probably won't let
you unless you are on the ARPANET.

I don't know where gcc-opus is (why haven't you posted a newsite announcement?)
but assuming that gcc is an organization near Washington DC, chances are
you would fit in as opus.gcc.east.uucp under the currently envisioned
framework.  That is, mail to you would go to brad@opus.gcc.east.uucp.
The gcc.east.uucp 3rd level domain would be your Ethernet, roughly.

>	4. If internally the net should not be .ARPA, can I make up a name
>	   like .GCC ?
Yes, but not as a top level domain, you almost certainly won't qualify for
a top level domain with 5 hosts.  In UUCP you'd probably be 3rd level.
>	does .LOCAL exist ?
Only as a kludge in sendmail.cf.  There is no such domain.

	Mark Horton