I-D (Re: Out of date contact information )

bmanning at isi.edu bmanning at isi.edu
Fri May 3 19:58:25 UTC 1996


> 
> > From: bmanning at ISI.EDU
> >
> > 	You might consider using the domain Example.ORG (sort of the 
> > 	RFC 1918 of domains) if you decide to build some appendixen.
> 
> If a domain example were all I needed, I'd do as you suggest.  What I'm
> trying to avoid is aliases point to either real, or imagined addresses.
> If I put "root: steve" in the document, some poor Steve somewhere some
> time is going to get inundated by root's mail and he'll (correctly and
> justly) blame _me_ for it.
> 

	Might be a good time to reflect that using fqdn's in alias files
	is a good practice; e.g.  

		geek: bmanning

	is less prefered than

		geek: bmanning at example.org


	(Oh, and if volunteer use would be an acceptable alternative,
	 please consider using bmanning as an example :)

-- 
--bill





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