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- From: e07@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Eric Wassenaar)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
- Subject: Re: SMTP mail to IBM VM system
- Message-ID: <1854@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 09:49:43 GMT
- References: <1745@ernohb.UUCP> <17ttinINNt8l@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> <1992Aug31.224442.9969@mp.cs.niu.edu>
- Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
- Lines: 73
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- Please forgive me for posting the following junk, but I couldn't resist ;-)
-
- In article <1992Aug31.224442.9969@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
- > syntax for host names, as defined in RFC952, requires:
- > 1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
- > to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
- ^^
- > sign (-), and period (.).
-
- Nowadays, one can't blame people for not having enough creativity
- to beat this rule.
-
- These are some of the current longest hostnames
- (dns 'A' records) per (European) country:
-
- fib3_33_10.inflab.auc.dk 24
- calvin-gw.tecno.inescn.pt 25
- gerwertztraminer.cs.tcd.ie 26
- sun4_sun4c_4_1_1.fuw.edu.pl 27
- SparcStation-0.elfo.sztaki.hu 29
- domenech_i_montaner.ac.upc.es 29
- sekretariat_1.mathe-at.unibas.ch 32
- sparcmaster.montefiore.ulg.ac.be 32
- tnmacverbruggen.dimes.tudelft.nl 32
- j315-sekretariats-pc.wu-wien.ac.at 34
- pashosh-gate.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 34
- jukeboks.solid-earth-physics.uib.no 35
- Mac_II_Arrigoni.Lab_Fisica.SCI.sns.it 37
- isosun.ariadne-t.gr.test.ariadne-t.GR 37
- mac-aile-nord-ouest-umpa-1.ens-lyon.fr 38
- jklpkk-e1.datanet.tele.fi.datanet.tele.fi 41
- mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk 42
- computerroom-gw.stacken.kth.se.IN.stacken.kth.se 48
- indcip1.ind.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de.ind.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de 69
-
- Unfortunately, a few of them are in error (trailing dot problem)
- such as the last one. Nevertheless '.de' remains the champion with:
-
- marlene.medpsych.theoretische-medizin.uni-tuebingen.de 54
- lst-ew-1-zabeck.erziehungswissenschaft.uni-mannheim.de 54
- ufo232sco.betriebswirtschaftslehre.uni-mannheim.de 50
-
- But if we allow also 'MR' records, we get:
-
- Lehrstuhl.fuer.Nachrichtentechnik.mail.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de 70
- Sebastian.Snoopy.Schmitz.mail.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de 61
-
- Triggered by mr-potter etc. etc. I found some companions:
-
- collapsible-frink.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.8
- little-cat-z.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.5
- ruins-of-ronk.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.11
- genghis-kahn-schmitz.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.14
- mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.12
- doctor-seuss.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.65.220.7
- zayt-highway-eight.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.13
- vlad-vladikoff.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.7
- zyxuzpf-bird.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.9
- kaverns-of-krock.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.10
- green-eggs-and-ham.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.3
- valley-of-vung.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.15
- the-cat-in-the-hat.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.131.79.2
- agnus-dei.fulcrum.co.uk A 192.65.220.36
-
- Quoting Simon Leinen <simon@liasun6.epfl.ch>
- CONGRATULATIONS !!! (for each email message that makes it to you :-)
-
- Eric Wassenaar
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