[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains] Top-level Domains

cjsv@cc.adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance) (04/09/90)

How does one go about getting an official list of top-level domains? How
can we find out when the list changes?

Last time I checked, the root servers did not seem to have this
information in the DNS root domain, which seems to me to be an obvious
place to put the information, although I'm happy if you want to say why
not. 

Since we run a variety of protocols, not just Internet ones, it would be
nice to know when new domains get added (like .HK and .BR recently), so
we can configure our mailer properly (like telling it to follow MX
records, instead of handing the problem to somebody else...). 

-- 
Christopher