Domain name

The MMDF mail router uses the ``domain name'' to route messages, such as mail, from machine to machine. The domain name allows your network to fit into a hierarchical network structure. Some common domains at the top of this hierarchy include:

.com	commercial organizations
.edu	educational institutions
.gov	government institutions
.mil	military institutions
.org	miscellaneous organizations

Sample domain names are sco.com (the domain name used by SCO) and berkeley.edu (the domain name used by the University of California at Berkeley).

Base your domain name choice on:

• If other machines on your network already use a domain name, use the same name for the machine you are installing.

• If you are creating a new domain and want to use BIND to connect to the outside world, you must register the name with the appropriate network (Internet, CSNET, or BITNET). To register a domain name, write to:

  DDN Network Information Center
  Suite 200
  14200 Park Meadow Drive
  Chantilly, VA 22021

• If you are creating a new domain and might or might not eventually connect to an outside network, use the name name.UUCP, where name is the name of your company or organization.

• If you will never attach to a network outside your company, choose company.com, replacing company with your company name.