I've added SECURITY since we need something like it and this is the name
most people who have it now are using.
I've added ROUTING to do what TROUBLE is often used to do.
Since I agree with Randy than a minimum useful set seems ideal, I've added
a new section ("optional, less well known addresses") with NIC, WWW, NEWS,
LISTOWNER, TROUBLE (no longer "recommended", in favour of ROUTING and NOC),
and HELP.
From: kaminski@nanospace.com (Peter Kaminski)
Here are a couple more in a similar vein:
info Customer Support automated response
sales Customer Support directed to sales dept.
ftp-admin Customer Support FTP administrator
I'll add INFO as a general contact point. SALES is outside our scope (this
is a technology document after all). Rather than FTP-ADMIN how about FTP?
I'll make FTP-ADMIN an "optional, less well known address".
From: David Stoddard <dgs@us.net>
On our net, we have developed a series of role accounts based on
various ways our customers have tried to reach us over the past
three years. This list is intentionally comprehensive in order to
reach the widest possible audience. Some folks may find these
useful. Some of these, including billing, info, and sales, are
used commonly by many providers.Role Account Aliases Description
------------ ------------ --------------------------------------
postmaster maiser SMTP Administration
hostmaster Domain Contact
gophermaster Gopher Server Administration
webmaster Web Server Administration
uucp UUCP Administration
usenet news NNTP Administration
news-request news-requests News Group Requests
root operator System Administrator
ops
abuse security Security Administrator
secure
decode
dns dnsadmin Domain Administration
noc trouble Network Operations
routes routing Routing Administrator
admin manager Administrative Management
office
asNNNN AS Contact (where NNNN is AS number)
billing bills Customer Billing
account accounts Account Administration
subscribe
subscription
info information Automated Info Reply Server
info-request
sales marketing Sales and Marketing
support supports Customer Support
service
services
help
bounce test Mail Test Reflector
Some of those choices are amazing to me, like ABUSE->SECURITY. I will add
ROOT to the less-well-known table. I briefly considered adding asNNNN but
I think ROUTING will serve adequately for the purpose of this document.
With this feedback, I believe the document is ready to go to Cynthia. I'll
send it to the OPS AD's, both of whom have said this thing is reasonable.
Remember that although this started on NANOG, that was because NANOG hosted
a discussion thread that inspired me to write this common knowledge down.
Once IETF gets it, the document's scope becomes international. Thus, there
will probably be some more addresses added in the first post-Cynthia rev.