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From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: "From:" vs. "From_"
Summary: These aren't domains.
Message-ID: <2710@sultra.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 00:38:12 GMT
References:  <1297@ucsd.EDU> <4999@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <4999@bsu-cs.UUCP>, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>
> If domains such as .BITNET and
> .DECNET were recognized by Internet software, most of this mangling would
> no longer be needed.
> 
> Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi

Ah yes, but as stated many times before, .BITNET and .DECNET (and, for that
matter, .UUCP) are not domains.

The NIC *does not* want any domains which are specific to certain network
types.
							- Der
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	dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM  (Dermot Tynan @ Tynan Computers)
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