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Article #4987Re: Mailing to the UK
From: Jonathan C. Kagle
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1988 13:26
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1988 13:26
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In article <2181@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> brantley@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (brantley) writes:
>A friend and I are trying to reach a machine in London, and while
>the address we are using doesn't bounce back, we aren't getting any
>replies.
You are probably confused as you are using JANET instead of BITNET or
INTERNET. Generally, JANET does not bounce back addresses to other networks,
as this saves a lot of work at the gateways.
>...
>The address we are currently using is:
> umeed04%vaxa.cc.imperial.ac.uk@cuny.edu.
You are pretty close, but JANET addresses are in reverse order from
least to most specific ("backwards" if you are used to INTERNET, just like
the roads in the UK :-). I am also not sure if cuny.edu is a valid gateway.
I have used Rutherford Labs with few problems.
Try:
umeed04%uk.ac.imperial.cc.vaxa@ac.uk
If this doesn't work, try writing to POSTMASTER at this address.
Virtually all JANET sites have a "postmaster" who can help with inquiries,
if made politely. (You may be missing a zero, try umeed004).
>brantley
>*******************************************************************************
>* ask me if i care, go ahead, ask me *
>* brantley@vax1.acs.udel.edu *
>*******************************************************************************
-Jonathan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!kagle From: kagle@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Jonathan C. Kagle) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Mailing to the UK Summary: Backwards in the UK Keywords: JANET, UK Message-ID: <6660@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 23 Oct 88 13:26:10 GMT References: <2181@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Reply-To: kagle@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Jonathan C. Kagle) Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 30