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Re: How do you email DEC employees? (person@machine.enet.dec.com)

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From: Mike O'Connor
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:28
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In article <1992Nov17.223719.27865@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
grusin@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (GRUSIN MICHAEL) writes:

:I have some friends that work at DEC who have given me email addresses
:("person@machine.enet.dec.com"), but my school machine always responds
:with "host not known" when I try and email or finger them.

You can't finger nodes with .enet.dec.com 'cause they're probably
hidden by DEC SEAL or not directly on the "world" Internet at all.

You probably can't email them 'cause your mailer setup doesn't
understand MX records.  I'd inform your systems administrator if this
is the case.

					...Mike

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From: mjo@slee01.srl.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
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Subject: Re: How do you email DEC employees? (person@machine.enet.dec.com)
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