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

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:07:47 PDT, Ed Gerck said:

> 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
1) You find out about the "other" domain *how*?

2) Explain how to deal with the case of "fred(_at_)harris(_dot_)com" being a 
valid
destination for more than one site?

3) Do you intend that this would work like multiple A records for one
name, where you basically get luck-of-the draw, or would you have an MX-style
scheme were there are preferences, so if you've figure out which "fred@"
you mean, it will keep going to that one rather than the OTHER one?  What
happens if harris.COM changes registrars while I'm not looking - does my
mail bounce because it's pointing at some OTHER harris.com now?

4) Tell me what my Listserv system should do with a subscription request
from an ambiguous address - I already get <*censored*> enough bounce messages
from bogus hostnames, 

5) Tell me what my CGI script should do when it prompts the user for a
e-mail address or URL.

6) "2 matches found:

Harris Motor Company at Harris.COM
Harris Motor Company at Harris.COM"

Which one's the typosquatter?  Or are they the SAME company, similar to
companies that register foo.com and foo.net? (you didn't actually expect
them to list "Harris Typosquatters" as the organization, did you? ;)

And now repeat your explanation so my mother the Hotmail user can follow it.

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