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?
 
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