Re: I-D (Re: Out of date contact information )

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cyberNOTHING org>]

On Fri, 3 May 1996, Paul A Vixie wrote:

> > [...] I'd suggest including (in no particular order) the following: 
> >
> >       Address   Operations Area      Example Usage
> >       --------------------------------------------------------------
> >       hostmaster Network Operations  DNS issues
> >       security  Network Operations   System security or hacking
> >       www       Customer Support     Same as webmaster
> >       listowner Customer Support     Mailing list administrator
> >       routing   Network Operations   Network routing issues
> >       nic       Network Operations   Same as noc
> >       news      Customer Support     Same as usenet
> >       help      Customer Support     Same as support
>
> hostmaster was done in the -01 draft, sent shortly ago.  security seems
> reasonable but is this current practice anywhere you know of?

        I beleive that SprintLink uses it, but I've got permanent routing
anomalies in my memory so I can't be sure. 

 [various other comments munged]
> should the document state which of these are recommended for new sites
> and which are listed only for backward compatibility with random older
> nonstandardized sites?  i think so.

        Agreed.

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