jim@b-mrda.UUCP (jim sadler) (03/16/88)
So what happens when two sites are using the same name ? We have a machine by the name of portnoy. Its been around for awhile. while I was working on the new maps, I noticed that there was a portnoy in california. So now what ? jim sadler 206-656-5422 hpubvwa!b-mrda!jim P.O. Box 3707 MS 6R-24 Seattle, Wa. USA 98124 Any opinions expressed are mine and mine only and not that of my employer. Also add in whatever else should be said at this point.
woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) (03/18/88)
In article <1040001@b-mrda.UUCP> jim@b-mrda.UUCP (jim sadler) writes: >So what happens when two sites are using the same name ? We have a machine >by the name of portnoy. Its been around for awhile. while I was working on >the new maps, I noticed that there was a portnoy in california. If both names are in the uucp maps, then the map coordinators have made an error. If not, then he who publishes first gets the name. If you never published a map entry for your site, then it is not even an "official" site and mail directed to it is likely to wind up in California. Bottom line: choose unique names and PUBLISH them if you want them to be accessible from the entire net. --Greg
jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) (03/18/88)
In article <1040001@b-mrda.UUCP> jim@b-mrda.UUCP (jim sadler) writes: >So what happens when two sites are using the same name ? We have a machine >by the name of portnoy. Its been around for awhile. while I was working on >the new maps, I noticed that there was a portnoy in california. > >So now what ? Wellllll, there's only one portnoy.UUCP. It's the one in the UUCP map. So if you hook up your portnoy to Usenet, you can't have it call itself portnoy.UUCP or chaos will result. You'll get their mail, etc. First one on the map gets the name. If you have a registered domain, you have no problem. Your portnoy can be portnoy.boeing.com or some such. Ideally, bang paths should be bang paths, but some sites insist on rerouting mail even if the path is valid. As a result, anyone attempting to mail to portnoy right now risks having mail go to the other portnoy even though the path is unambiguous. Especially if they mail through rutgers, the best-connected of the promiscuous rerouters. Grr, Mel. The good news on this score is that the new, soon-to-be-released whizbang version of Smail won't reroute bang paths. We had a room full of frustrated users stand up and cheer when that was announced. -- - Joe Buck {uunet,ucbvax,sun,<smart-site>}!epimass.epi.com!jbuck Old Internet mailers: jbuck%epimass.epi.com@uunet.uu.net