>Posted on 26 May 1994 at 19:13:39 by Kenneth Blackwell
>
>On Thu, 26 May 1994, Melvin Klassen wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 May, 18:29 ET, Kenneth Blackwell <[log in to unmask]>
>> > On my list I got a subscriber yesterday whose address is:
>> >
>> >         [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > and whose name is
>> >
>> >         Carleton Distribution
>> >
>> > Now "russell-l" happens :-) to be the name of my list, and "carleton" the
>> > name of an Ottawa university. Can anyone tell me what kind of fish I've
>> > caught, and more important how it's likely to behave in terms of posting
>> > to the list?
>> > Fingering the address produces an unknown host.
>>
>> Correct.  The hostname 'CUNEWS.CARLETON.CA' has *no* 'TYPE=A' record
>> in the Internet name-server database, i.e., it is not "directly-connected"
>> to the Internet.  Note that the 'TYPE=MX' record in the database points
>> to the host 'BERTRAND.CCS.CARLETON.CA', and a check on that host reveals:
>>
>>    VRFY RUSSELL-L
>>    250 <"|/usr/local2/shared/news-filter culist.russell-l">
>>
>> i.e., an E-mail-to-news transformation-filter.
>>
>> I think that you've located a helpful and considerate person at Carleton,
>> who wishes to make your mailing-list available via their "news" system.
>
>Many thanks. Can you tell me whether readers of this news
>system are thereby enabled to post to my list?
>
>            KENNETH BLACKWELL / The Bertrand Russell Archives
>        McMaster University Library, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L6
>    For Russell Archives info, finger [log in to unmask]
 
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if your list is set to Send=Private, you will run in to trouble.
 
-Nate