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Because the US internet won out over the UK JANET? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JANET_NRS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JANET_NRS Which caused no end of proble
by jbert 17y ago
Because the US internet won out over the UK JANET?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JANET_NRS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JANET_NRS
Which caused no end of problems in mail relay at the time.
- mdoar 17y agoYes, I think this is the answer. There are two choices, so being human, we chose both. Then eventually chose one of those two. I used to have an email address jmsd@uk.ac.cam.cl i.e. with the domains reversed. ~Matt