Rainer M Woitok <MAINT@DERRZE1>
Wed, 11 May 88 11:47:33 CES
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Recently I tried to subscribe REDIST-L by issuing
TELL LISTSERV AT DEARN SUB REDIST-L
When I received the message
FROM DEARN(LISTSERV): * Your request is being forwarded to
FROM DEARN(LISTSERV): * [log in to unmask]
I felt fine. Until I received another message:
FROM EB0UB011(LISTSERV): * Your name is unknown to this LISTSERV. You must
FROM EB0UB011(LISTSERV): * specify it, for example: SUB REDIST-L John A. Doe.
Ooops, of course, LISTSERV@EB0UB011 doesn't know me. But LISTSERV@DEARN
knows me well enough, why couldn't it tell it's fellow LISTSERV my full
name? Anyway, once again:
TELL LISTSERV AT DEARN SUB REDIST-L Rainer M Woitok
Now it seems to go smooth:
FROM DEARN(LISTSERV): * Your request is being forwarded to
FROM DEARN(LISTSERV): * [log in to unmask]
FROM EB0UB011(LISTSERV): * The nearest REDIST-L host to you is
FROM EB0UB011(LISTSERV): * [log in to unmask] Your SUBSCRIBE request is being
FROM EB0UB011(LISTSERV): * forwarded to [log in to unmask]
Ok, I don't really mind, if I'd be subscribed at all. But shortly
after, I received the following:
FROM DB0TUI11(LISTSERV): * Your node is outside this LISTSERV's service area.
FROM DB0TUI11(LISTSERV): * Your subscription request has been denied.
So back to square one. I then tried to send mail to LISTSERV@BITNIC
directly and received the optimistic reply
> SUB REDIST-L Rainer M Woitok
Your request is being forwarded to
[log in to unmask]
but I never heard anything from [log in to unmask] So as a last resort I
tried
TELL LISTSERV AT FINHUTC SUB REDIST-L Rainer M Woitok
Guess what I got. You'll never imagine:
FROM FINHUTC(LISTSERV): * The nearest REDIST-L host to you is
FROM FINHUTC(LISTSERV): * [log in to unmask] Your SUBSCRIBE request is being
FROM FINHUTC(LISTSERV): * forwarded to [log in to unmask]
FROM DB0TUI11(LISTSERV): * Your node is outside this LISTSERV's service area.
FROM DB0TUI11(LISTSERV): * Your subscription request has been denied.
Seems as if the whole thing is going to spin round and round. So,
please, what am I suposed to do?
Rainer
P.S. Of cource I know that the explanation of this phenomenon is just a
little bug in just a little file and that it'll be fixed in just a
little while. But as good as I regard the technical concept of
LISTSERVs, as week I regard its user interface (not passing on full
names, having to deal with a lot of different LISTSERVs etc). And
though I know, Eric doesn't find it a bright idea, I still vote for the
concept of "regional" service, which I proposed earlier (regardless of
whether one implements it using tables or more sophisticated
functions).
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