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gih900@cruskit.aarnet.edu.au (Geoff Huston) writes:

>IP connectivity from AARNet to the MILnet will be effectively curtailed
>in the near future (11 March). If there are specific requirements for
>IP connectivity from Australian net numbers to the MILnet please email
>me with the details and I will try to get connectivity restored for the
>network in question.
[...]

Is there a prefered place to send mail through to get to MILnet or will
any site that is still connected be sufficient ?

After trying some sample mail, it seems that there arent any MX records
intercepting mail destined for hosts in MILnet.

eg:

% dig mx stl-03sima.army.mil.

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> mx stl-03sima.army.mil. 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 7
;; flags: qr aa rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS: 
;;	stl-03sima.army.mil, type = MX, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
army.mil.	512172	SOA	ns1.army.mil.  postmaster.westpoint-emh2.army.mil. (
			920311	;serial
			3600	;refresh
			300	;retry
			3600000	;expire
			518400 )	;minim


;; Sent 8 pkts, answer found in time: 14532 msec  sent 6 too many pkts
;; FROM: coombs to SERVER: default -- 130.56.4.1
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 17 01:38:27 1992
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 37  rcvd: 111