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Article #810Re: Can not mail off-site, RTFM not much help
From: Lisa Gronke
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 21:31
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 21:31
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In article <801@dsacg2.UUCP> nam2254@dsacg2.UUCP (Tom Ohmer) writes: >In an attempt to NOT post an article with a question (like I'm doing now), >I tried to mail to Henry Spencer at the University of Toronto Zoology Dept. >The mail program here did not like any of the three addresses I used. >I tried: uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry from Henry's .sig Well, Henry should have said ...!uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry If you are going to use a bang path from a uucp site, the path must start with the name of a site that has a uucp link to your system. You can list the sites that have direct links with the 'uuname' command, but that doesn't help you with the names of other intermediate systems on the way to uunet. Henry starts his bang path with the name of a well known system and leaves it up to you to figure out how to get from your system to uunet. Ask locally. Lisa Gronke UUCP: ...!uunet!oresoft!m2xenix!lisa
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!claris!sts!ditka!qiclab!m2xenix!lisa From: lisa@m2xenix.UUCP (Lisa Gronke) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Can not mail off-site, RTFM not much help Keywords: unknown domain Message-ID: <442@m2xenix.UUCP> Date: 20 Nov 89 21:31:06 GMT References: <801@dsacg2.UUCP> Reply-To: lisa@m2xenix.UUCP (Lisa Gronke) Distribution: na Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US Lines: 17