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johnw@bnd2.bnd.oz.au (John Warburton) writes:

 > Hello All,
 > 	being a good net.citizen, I like to use
 > archie to look for files. Since working at a
 > dial-up MHSNet site, I have had to use mail
 > based archie. This has worked fine for a while,
 > but a few months ago, queries were either being
 > chewed up or spat out with the following:
 > 
 > > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:01:51 +1000
 > > To: johnw@bnd2.bnd.oz
 > > Subject: Undelivered mail returned from mystra.nu.oz
 > >
 > > ********************************************************
 > > MAIL SENT TO "archie@archie.au"
 > > RETURNED FROM "mystra.nu.oz"
 > > MESSAGE ID WAS "1eqBl72Hn+qBl5"
 > >
 > > Failure explanation follows :-
 > > Address ".archie.au" unknown at "mystra.nu.oz.au"
 > > ********************************************************
 > 
 > So, where is mystra.nu.oz, and why is it affecting me?

archie.au's real name on ACSnet is "plaza.aarnet.oz.au", and is exporting
the alias "archie.oz.au", rather than the more obvious "archie.au". So you
would be better off using "archie.oz.au".

The reason that your messages are ending up on "mystra.nu.oz" is that it
is the nearest site to your main routing node (metro) that claims routing
knowledge for the region "au".
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