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

> Keith Moore wrote:
>
> > actually returning multiple results doesn't work very well for
> > either email addresses or domains.
> Please note that email systems today already return mutiple results:
>
> 1 - failed delivery, host unknown
> 2 - failed delivery, recipient does not like sender
> 3 - failed delivery, quota exceeded
> 4- delayed delivery
> 5- "out of office" bot reply
> 6 - "out of the company" bot reply
> ...
>
> without actually connecting anyone. So, would having multiple results,
> that may allow you to get connected, be a definite advantage over
> the current situation?
you're missing the point.  having meaningful error messages can be 
useful, of course.  but expecting meaningful error messages to
solve the problems associated with ambiguous names/addresses is
naive.

(note that the same problems are starting to exist at layer 3 due
to the introduction of ambiguous addresses at the IP layer - 
and they're causing problems there also.)
 
Keith