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>I just rebuilt my config
>database.  When I look into the xmailer.nodes file, the node is there and
>designated as net.EARN as opposed to net.BITNET what I think it should be, or
>shouldn't it?  How can reach that node?

Idiots!

Anna,
  Fixing this is a two-step process and I would strongly encourage you
to take both steps.

(1) Either edit the xmailer.nodes file to replace :net.EARN with
:net.BITNET globally before using it or (I suspect this will work, but
am not sure) go into your PMDF.CNF file and insert a rewrite rule to
change any occurrences of string.EARN it encounters into string.BITNET.

I would recommend checking the xmailer.nodes to be sure that it doesn't
contain such bogons as net.GULFNET also; if so, you will need to patch
those too.

(2) Figure out your xmailer.nodes file is coming from.  If it is a copy
of BITNIC's XMAILER NAMES, send, or have your BITREP send (if you are
not that person) a strong note to CREN protesting changes in the content
and semantics of these key files without consultation and approval (or
at least advanced warning) to members.

It might be worthwhile pointing out that this sort of thing doesn't
inspire institutional conviction that CREN dues are worth paying if
there are other options (see the last few days of flaming on FUTURE-L
for the context of that remark).

  john