>In other words: outbound FILES go to BITNET, outbound MAIL goes to the LAN,
>correct? Well I can have several RSCS as well as several MAILERs and only one
>of each set can be the networking machine. So why not give LISTSERV a MAILER
>which sends by default to BITNET?
Ask Princeton.
>I still don't understand how [log in to unmask] can subscribe as
>'JOE@RIGEL' - other than with two RSCS which will give a mess anyway.
With a M A I L E R. He does not even have RSCS access. Within the local
domain, the local domain suffix is implied, so that as I have said
JOE@RIGEL is, by definition, [log in to unmask] The MAILER LISTSERV
is using is a local one, so when [log in to unmask] sends a request,
the mailer sends it as JOE@RIGEL to LISTSERV. But this is a LOCAL
problem, it does not prevent people from a perfectly legally registered
BITNET node from getting mail depending on the phase of the moon. It will
not cause anybody to stop using DIST2, it is not *my* problem.
>If you tell RYERSON to "get yourself a decent MAILER" then you can as well
>tell whomever "configure your networking software properly".
Sorry but that's something different. If a MAILER can't handle .BITNET,
it won't survive long in this network. I've been in Princeton and
discussed this problem, among other things, for a couple days, and I can
tell you that there is no such simple solution, with today's software, as
"install MAILER release x.y" or "change one line in the tables".
>I remember the
>V*X-clusters sending with the clustername as nodeid swallowing the user's
>V*X-nodeid and then complaining "you must send to the individual node not the
>clustername" when getting something back.
I fail to understand the relevance of this.
>Yep, but need it be .BITNET ? :-). At least it's not a domain specification
>but an "address-space" and somewhat redundant. And it originates from software
>which first sees the local network and everything else as special case.
I really don't understand that. What should I use, if not .BITNET? Some
sites do have a valid official domain address, like CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU. What
should I do about the large majority of sites which don't? Generate a
random one? Wait until everybody on this network has one (I'll be dead
well before it happens)? Move to a bank or insurance company and forget
about all this nonsense?
Eric
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