Re: get technical, please? , Re: Trees have one root

"vinton g. cerf" wrote:

> ed,
>
> sorry I asked an ambiguous question!
>
> your answer worked for the case that harris.com was unambiguous.
As below, the answer works when an  email address returns ambiguous results
-- whatever the cause of that ambiguity.

> I was trying to ask what if the "harris.com" part of 
> "user(_at_)harris(_dot_)com" produced ambiguous results?
In the same way, where both my short and long answers apply.  Please note
that you just moved the same problem to a higher node.  To exemplify, the short
answer could be something like:
-----
This is an automatic reply to your request for:

Harris.COM

2 different domain names are named Harris.COM

Please choose which one of the following domain names you
would like to reach, by clicking on the link shown on the right.

Harris Motor Company at Harris.COM

Harris Models at Harris.COM
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Cheers,
Ed Gerck

> At 05:09 PM 7/30/2002 -0700, Ed Gerck wrote:
>
> > "vinton g. cerf" wrote:
> >
> > > ed, how would you suggest to resolve an email address if it returns 
> > > ambiguous results?
> Vint Cerf
> SVP Architecture & Technology
> WorldCom
> 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115
> Ashburn, VA 20147
> 703 886 1690 (v806 1690)
> 703 886 0047 fax