Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jetson!john From: john@jetson.UUCP (John Owens) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin Subject: Re: Can someone explain the relationship between domains and uucp? Message-ID: <71@jetson.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 88 14:01:22 GMT References: <1830@stpstn.UUCP> <2254@epimass.EPI.COM> <568@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <3354@palo-alto.DEC.COM> Organization: SMART HOUSE Limited Partnership Lines: 37 In article <3354@palo-alto.DEC.COM>, vixie@palo-alto.DEC.COM (Paul Vixie) writes: > Note that site.uu.net is equivilent to site.uucp%uunet.uu.net, since uunet's > mailer will treat them more-or-less identically. It's not just for customers > of uunet, though you'd need to be a customer of uunet to actually _register_ > a host.uu.net name in the uucp map. NOTE: I believe that Rick has said that if people start using uunet as a general Internet->UUCP gateway (like they used seismo) he will disable auto-routing, meaning that only uunet customers will be able to use either of the two syntaxes. There are no sites (that I know of) that have volunteered to be general Internet->UUCP gateways. Specific Internet sites have agreed to forward for specific UUCP sites; specifically, those that are forwarders for UUCP Zone domains. So the answer to > # My site is on INTERNET and has a UUCP connection also. Given that > # we can reach UUCP sites via INTERNET, is it useful for a site like mine to > # bother with maintaining UUCP maps and pathalias? is: Yes, definitely! Besides letting you reach UUCP sites more directly, you can also use the data to route via UUCP to zones that have MX, but for which UUCP is better/faster. Now, a question for Paul or anyone who knows: > able to reach people who've registered their UUCP hosts with the NIC (either > in .US or through the UUCP project or by approaching the NIC directly). And When did .US become active, what is it being used for, and how does one sign up?! I haven't heard anything since 6 months ago, when it was totally empty. Thanks! -- John Owens SMART HOUSE Limited Partnership john@jetson.UUCP (old uucp) uunet!jetson!john +1 301 249 6000 (internet) john%jetson.uucp@uunet.uu.net