NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/bbs/waffle/5498

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Klotz)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 08:49:56 CST
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Robert Klotz)
Organization: Nova Research Inst., Norman, OK, USA
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[e-mail] (Robert Coe) writes:
> [e-mail] (Lord Yertle) writes:
> > [e-mail] (Lance A. Brown) writes:
> >
> > >OK, now for the fun part.  Finding a new MX site that is willing to
> > >forward your mail.  I'd be worried about finding an Internet site nearby
> > >UUCP-wise that will MX for anybody.
> >
> > You have to do this before you send the (re)registration in.  It's
> > kind of pointless otherwise, and I'm not sure they'd let you do it.
>
> There really is a "Catch 22".  You need an operational MX in order to regis-
> ter, but until you've registered, you can't be absolutely sure that your site
> name doesn't conflict with someone else's.  If you have a really good rela-
> tionship with your MX site, you can at least get them to do a "whois" for
> you, and this will identify a conflicting site name that has fully percolated
> into the system.  But until you've actually registered, you can't be sure
> that someone won't beat you to the name.
>
well actually, you can do your own "whois" by sending a message to
[e-mail].  a good place to start is by sending them a message
with "help"(without the quotes) as the subject of the message.

...robert