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* stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> [1157 00:57]:

> ...... Generally, however,
> the tertiary domain level is the system's function: www, ftp, mail,
> etc. if the system is public.

<nitpick>
the function is often the leftmost component, not the tertiary - plenty
of domains have more than 2 domain components.
</nitpick>

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