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1.1     ! root        1: From research!mtune!rutgers!SH.CS.NET!cic Thu Oct  1 01:45:12 1987
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        !             8: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 87 14:25:27 EDT
        !             9: Subject: ns-6 REGISTER by Mail
        !            10: Reply-To: rutgers!SH.CS.NET!cic
        !            11: From: CSNET INFO SERVER <rutgers!SH.CS.NET!info>
        !            12: To: [email protected]
        !            13: 
        !            14: Request: info
        !            15: Topic: ns-6
        !            16: Document Updated: 28 Jul 87
        !            17: Subject: Register by Electronic Mail
        !            18: ==============================================================================
        !            19: CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC)         Hotline: 617/497-2777
        !            20: 10 Moulton Street                                        Email:  [email protected]
        !            21: Cambridge, MA 02238             Info-Server requests to: [email protected]
        !            22: ==============================================================================
        !            23: 
        !            24:                      REGISTER BY ELECTRONIC MAIL
        !            25: 
        !            26: If no host computer at the CSNET member site runs the Local Agent
        !            27: Software, the CSNET Technical Liaison can arrange to have the
        !            28: registrations performed by the CSNET Coordination and Information
        !            29: Center (CIC) by sending a message to [email protected], or telephoning the
        !            30: CIC at 617/497-2777.
        !            31: 
        !            32: The information for users to be registered should be sent in a message
        !            33: addressed to [email protected].  Tables ns-6.1 and ns-6.2 show sample
        !            34: registrations for multiple names.  The field names, such as "Account",
        !            35: "MBox", etc., should start in column 1 of the body of the message.
        !            36: The field contents should start in column 2.  The User Name Server
        !            37: will turn the space in column 1 into a tab, so lines should be no more
        !            38: than 72 characters long.  
        !            39: 
        !            40: You may put as many registrations as you wish in a message -- just
        !            41: separate them with a row of hyphens or some other marker.
        !            42: 
        !            43: The tables show the MBox (MailBox) addresses for sites with
        !            44: domain-style names.  All Internet now have domain-style names, and
        !            45: CSNET PhoneNet sites have either converted to the domain system, or
        !            46: are in the process of doing so.  (For more information about
        !            47: domain-style names, see REFERENCES at the end of this document.)
        !            48: 
        !            49: The purpose of the Account string is to provide a unique identifier
        !            50: for each person registered in the User Name Server.  It has the form
        !            51: 
        !            52:        user,host,site
        !            53: 
        !            54: Before the Internet domain name system was adopted, the designers of
        !            55: the User Name Server, intended the "host" string to be the name of
        !            56: the user's host computer, and the "site" string to be a unique name
        !            57: assigned by CSNET to the CSNET member organization.
        !            58: 
        !            59: Now that the Internet domain name system assigns unique hierarchical
        !            60: names, the Account string should incorporate the domain names in some
        !            61: reasonable way.
        !            62: 
        !            63: "User", "host" and "site" are just strings of characters, as far as
        !            64: the User Name Server is concerned.  As long as we don't end up with
        !            65: duplicate Account strings, the exact scheme used to form the Account
        !            66: string doesn't matter very much.  Here are some suggestions:
        !            67: 
        !            68:     1.  The "user" string should be the user's login name, or the
        !            69:        name under which he or she receives mail.
        !            70: 
        !            71:     2.  The domain name assigned to an entire organization consists
        !            72:        of a second-level domain unique to the organization, followed
        !            73:        by one of the top-level domains such as ".edu" or "com".
        !            74:        For example, AAA College might have the domain name
        !            75:        "aaa.edu".
        !            76: 
        !            77:         If outsiders can send mail to anyone at the site, for example,
        !            78:        "aaa.edu"  by using the address "[email protected]", the Account
        !            79:        string can be
        !            80: 
        !            81:                user,aaa.edu,aaa.edu
        !            82: 
        !            83:     3.  If outsiders must know the name of a lower-level domain --
        !            84:         which might be the name of a department within the
        !            85:        organization -- the lower-level domain can be placed in the
        !            86:        "host" string, and the domain for the organization should be
        !            87:        in the "site" string.  For example, a user in the Computer
        !            88:        Science Department of ZZZ University might have the Account:
        !            89: 
        !            90:                user,cs.zzz.edu,zzz.edu
        !            91: 
        !            92:        But if addresses must be specified down to the name of an
        !            93:        individual host computer, you can use hostnames, too.  You
        !            94:        might include the full domain name of the computer:
        !            95: 
        !            96:                user,zebra.cs.zzz.edu,zzz.edu
        !            97: 
        !            98:        Or, if you can guarantee that there is no other "zebra" in
        !            99:        "zzz.edu", you might use just the host name as it is used on
        !           100:        the internal network:
        !           101: 
        !           102:                user,zebra,zzz.edu
        !           103: 
        !           104: 
        !           105:      TABLE ns-6.1.  SAMPLE MESSAGE FOR USERS AT SITE AAA.EDU
        !           106: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           107: |HEADER FIELDS                                                       |
        !           108: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           109: |To: [email protected]                                                   |
        !           110: |Subject: User Name Server registrations for aaa.edu                 |
        !           111: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           112: |BODY OF MESSAGE                                                     |
        !           113: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           114: |Account                                                             |
        !           115: | alice,aaa.edu,aaa.edu                                              |
        !           116: |MBox                                                                |
        !           117: | [email protected]                                                      |
        !           118: |CsnPass                                                             |
        !           119: | abc123                                                             |
        !           120: |FullName                                                            |
        !           121: | Alice A. Amherst                                                   |
        !           122: |Address                                                             |
        !           123: | office: AAA College             home: 456 Something St.            |
        !           124: |         Computer Science Dept.        Somewhere, MA 00000          |
        !           125: |         123 Anything St.                                           |
        !           126: |         Anywhere, MA 00000                                         |
        !           127: |Phone                                                               |
        !           128: | office: 617/123-4567 x89        home: 617/765-4321                 |
        !           129: |Misc                                                                |
        !           130: | tcp 1 local area networks amhearst, amerst                         |
        !           131: |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
        !           132: |Account                                                             |
        !           133: | albert,aaa,aaa                                                     |
        !           134: |MBox                                                                |
        !           135: | [email protected]                                                     |
        !           136: |CsnPass                                                             |
        !           137: | efghij                                                             |
        !           138: |FullName                                                            |
        !           139: | Albert B. Carlson                                                  |
        !           140: |Address                                                             |
        !           141: | office: AAA College             home: 2728 Denver Avenue ...       |
        !           142: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           143: 
        !           144: 
        !           145:      TABLE ns-6.  SAMPLE MESSAGE FOR THE CS DEPARTMENT OF ZZZ.EDU
        !           146: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           147: |HEADER FIELDS                                                       |
        !           148: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           149: |To: [email protected]                                                   |
        !           150: |Subject: User Name Server registrations for cs.zzz.edu              |
        !           151: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           152: |BODY OF MESSAGE                                                     |
        !           153: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           154: fi/adr-2|Account                                                             |
        !           155: | zack,zebra.cs.zzz.edu,zzz.edu                                      |
        !           156: |MBox                                                                |
        !           157: | [email protected]                                              |  
        !           158: |CsnPass                                                             |
        !           159: | xyz321                                                             |
        !           160: |FullName                                                            |
        !           161: | Zack Z. Zimmerman                                                  |
        !           162: |Address                                                             |
        !           163: | office: ZZZ University ... (etc.) ...                                             |
        !           164: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !           165: 
        !           166:        -------------------------------------------------------
        !           167: 
        !           168: REFERENCES (Available from the CSNET Info Server):
        !           169: 
        !           170: Topics under Request: info
        !           171: 
        !           172:   adr-1  CSNET Addresses and the Domain System
        !           173:   adr-2  Transition to Domains
        !           174: 
        !           175: Topics under Request: rfc
        !           176: 
        !           177:   RFC733 "Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Text Messages", David H.
        !           178:      Crocker (The Rand Corporation), John J. Vittal (Bolt Beranek and
        !           179:      Newman Inc.), Kenneth T. Pogran (Massachusetts Institute of
        !           180:      Technology), D. Austin Henderson, Jr.(Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.) 21
        !           181:      November 1977.
        !           182: 
        !           183:   RFC822 "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages", David H.
        !           184:      Crocker (University of Delaware), August 1982.
        !           185: 
        !           186:   RFC882 "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities", P. Mockapetris
        !           187:      (Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California),
        !           188:      November 1983.
        !           189: 
        !           190:   RFC883 "Domain Names - Implementation and Specification", P. Mockapetris
        !           191:      (Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California),
        !           192:      November 1983.
        !           193: 
        !           194:   RFC920 "Domain Requirements", J. Postel and J. Reynolds (Information
        !           195:      Sciences Institute, University of Southern California), October 1984.
        !           196: 
        !           197:   RFC921 "Domain Names System Implementation Schedule - Revised", Jon Postel
        !           198:      (Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California),
        !           199:      October 1984.
        !           200: 
        !           201:   RFC973 "Domain System Changes and Observations", Paul Mockapetris
        !           202:      (Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California),
        !           203:      January 1983. Supplements RFC 883.
        !           204: 
        !           205:   RFC974 "Mail Routing and the Domain System", Craig Partridge (CSNET CIC,
        !           206:      BBN Laboratories, Inc.), January 1986.
        !           207: 
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