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aej@wpi.wpi.edu (Allan E Johannesen) writes:
>i.e. The problem hinges on figuring out what organization generated
>     the message....
>
>Does anyone know the address cl.cam.ac.uk ?
>
>Does anyone know how to do the equivalent of "whois" for the UK sites?

IRC is probably the best way to get these kinds of answers *fast*.
For an Internet, C, or other computer related questions you need to
know the answer to in a very short time, IRC works very well.  Just
log in, join a channel like #Twilight_Zone, #help, or #us-ops, and
ask.  Or look for any large channel, avoiding ones with names like
#hottub.  For this specific question, you could do a /WHO *.uk, find
people from the UK on IRC at that time, and /MSG each one individually
until you get someone who knows.  You can get the answer within
minutes.  Imagine, a practical use for IRC :-)

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