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- From: stu@valinor.mythical.com (Stu Labovitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
- Keywords: DNS,MX,FQDN
- Message-ID: <g0ycwB2w165w@valinor.mythical.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 16:06:27 CST
- References: <eio7VB1w165w@visavis.cam.org>
- Distribution: world
- Organization: (What? Organized??) - Mythical Computer Systems
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- abolins@visavis.cam.org (August Abolins) writes:
- > stu@valinor.mythical.com (Stu Labovitz) writes:
- > > _This_ is the specific reason for obtaining a FQDN in the Internet DNS and
- > > having an MX record. The MX record provides the routing information for
- > > any Internet host to send email to your host, even if it is really a
- > > uucp-only system...
- >
- > I give up; what does MX stand for?
-
- Sorry about spouting trade jargon. FQDN = Fully qualified domain name.
- DNS = Domain Naming System. MX = Mail eXchanger (a type of DNS RR that
- identifies an (IP-reachable) Internet host that is willing to receive your
- email and which knows how to forward it onward to your site).
- RR = Resource Record (a record in the DNS that contains information on a
- domain or host). HINFO = Host INFOrmation RR (contains info on your H/W
- and S/W configuration). For more information on any of these topics, you
- can read one of the many books about the DNS now available on the market;
- or send an email to service@nic.ddn.mil that contains the commands HELP
- and INDEX (one command per line), get the appropriate Internet RFC
- (Request for Comments (the Internet "Standards" documents)) and read!
-
- Happy Holidays!
-
- Stuart L Labovitz Internet: stu@valinor.mythical.com
- (insert standard disclaimer here) UUCP: uunet!valinor!stu
-
- Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side,
- and it holds the universe together. --- Carl Zwanzig
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