🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <CrInoK.GA4@uuhare.rabbit.net>,
Customer Liaison Service <liason@uuhare.rabbit.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> SPECIAL - RABBITLINK INTERHOST DIAL-UP SLIP/PPP <<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>     THREE MONTHS FREE TO THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE    <<<<<<<<<<<
>
>Rabbit Network's InterHOST Dial-up SLIP/PPP offers an economical 
>way to use all of the fine features available on the Internet. This
>service includes:

$ traceroute rabbit.net
traceroute: unknown host rabbit.net

$ dig ns rabbit.net 
job control requires tty

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> ns rabbit.net 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 8, Addit: 10
;; QUESTIONS: 
;;	rabbit.net, type = NS, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
.	346532	NS	NS.INTERNIC.NET.
.	346532	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL.
.	346532	NS	NS1.ISI.EDU.
.	346532	NS	C.NYSER.NET.
.	346532	NS	TERP.UMD.EDU.
.	346532	NS	NS.NASA.GOV.
.	346532	NS	NIC.NORDU.NET.
.	346532	NS	NS.NIC.DDN.MIL.

Hmmm... "bite me" in response, eh?  Let's try this:

; <<>> DiG 2.0 <<>> mx rabbit.net. 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY , status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra ; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 8, Addit: 10
;; QUESTIONS: 
;;	rabbit.net, type = MX, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
.	346488	NS	NS.INTERNIC.NET.
.	346488	NS	AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL.
.	346488	NS	NS1.ISI.EDU.
.	346488	NS	C.NYSER.NET.
.	346488	NS	TERP.UMD.EDU.
.	346488	NS	NS.NASA.GOV.
.	346488	NS	NIC.NORDU.NET.
.	346488	NS	NS.NIC.DDN.MIL.

;; Sent 1 pkts, answer found in time: 7 msec 
;; FROM: Mercury.mcs.com to SERVER: default -- 192.160.127.125
;; WHEN: Thu Jun 16 23:17:45 1994
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 28  rcvd: 383

No records.....

Rabbit.net?  Where?

>Customer Liason Services    liason@rabbit.net  Phone: 313.790.0094 
>The Rabbit Network, Inc.                              800.456.0094
>31511 Harper, St. Clair Shores, MI  48082        FAX: 313.790.0156

You can't mail there now, as there are no MX or NS records.  The NIC says:

$ whois -h internic.net rabbit.net
The Rabbit Network, Inc. (RABBIT1-DOM)
   31511 Harper Ave.
   St. Clair Shores, MI 48082
 
   Domain Name: RABBIT.NET
   Domain Status: On Hold Pending Server Activation
 
   Administrative Contact:
      Kechak, Stanley  (SK30)  kechak@RABBIT.NET
      (313) 790-0094
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Havel, Jon S.  (JH5687)  havel@RABBIT.NET
      313 790 0094
 
   Record last updated on 09-Jun-94.
 
   Domain servers in listed order:
 
   UUHARE.RABBIT.NET            160.79.1.3
   NS.RABBIT.NET                160.79.1.1
   MERIT.EDU                    35.1.1.42

Ah.  I'm not hallucinating....

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