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Article #1760Re: Bogus .UUCP addresses under SCO
From: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 22:32
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 22:32
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In <95@mq.com> alan@mq.com (Alan H. Mintz) writes: >I don't know about _brain-damaged_. Not everyone has a registered >domain address. Such sites are usually distinguished by the .UUCP suffix, >which is known to be bogus. SCO provides a service to people without >access to a developement system by shipping a compiled Bnews distribution. >Documentation regarding the configuration used to compile it is sparse, but >I suppose it wouldn't mean much to those requesting it anyway. Exploring >around in the binaries let me patch mine to change the uucp suffix to com. Alas, you cannot fit "oz.au" in the space "UUCP" provides. The fellow tried. I did pass along the localdomain stuff, and I'll wait to see if that helps. I've got nothing against SCO shipping binaries. I do object to SCO shipping ONLY binaries. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!umigw!mthvax!wb8foz From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Bogus .UUCP addresses under SCO Message-ID: <1990Oct1.223201.22378@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: 1 Oct 90 22:32:01 GMT References: <1990Sep30.220547.7205@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <95@mq.com> Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Distribution: na Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers Lines: 25