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RE: Architectural issues with the SPF specification

2005-01-05 17:01:10
John A. Martin [jam(_at_)athene(_dot_)jamux(_dot_)com] wrote:
So, is "mehnle.net" a host or a domain?  Please give reasons for your
answer.

That is my point.  Is it a collective or a single box?  Before "The
Web" replaced "The Net" in many minds, I would suppose it to be a
domain containing hosts, nowadays I wouldn't venture a guess without
more information.

Feel free to ask DNS. :-)

IIRC naming a host something like "mehnle.net" became popular when some
apparently considered it a neat way to get a few more hits on a web site
with four fewer key strokes than "www.mehnle.net".

195.30.85.225 has many names, probably more than 100, including
"io.mehnle.net", "mail.mehnle.net", and "mehnle.net".  I don't see a
problem here.  Do you?

[...]  I only wanted to suggest _not to encourage_ the overloading, not
to go hammer and tongs on a crusade against it.

What overloading?  Sorry if I'm being stupid.