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Article #992RE: GALLIFREY.BU.EDU not accepting mail.
From: nauen
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:40
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:40
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In <p3svp40@sgi.sgi.com> roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com (roberts) writes: > Host GALLIFREY.BU.EDU has not been accepting mail for weeks. At present, I > have over 100 mail messages bound for GALLIFREY.BU.EDU queued on my internet > forwarder. The only MX record for GALLIFREY.BU.EDU points to that host > itself. I cannot ping or otherwise contact GALLIFREY.BU.EDU. If > GALLIFREY.BU.EDU is going to be down for extended periods of time, it would > be good if an alternate, MX record were provided. If that host has gone away > altogether, the A and MX records for it should be removed from the DNS ASAP. > > - Robert Stephens Silicon Graphics Inc. Well, yes, you're probably right. But wouldn't it be more effective to discuss it with someone at BU, rather than griping about it in public? Of course, you may have tried, but you don't mention it. Ric
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