On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 20:43 -0500, Stan Ryckman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sorry if I'm not asking the right question.  My list (GS-L) seems to have
> "disappeared" since Friday/Saturday, and I'm getting many questions about
> posts not getting through and no mail coming out.  My own mail goes into
> hyperspace as well. The list is at vm.ege.edu.tr, which I believe is (or is
> related to) TREARN. Any clues?  Also, is there any way for me to inquire
> status automatically somehow, without bothering a mailing list?

Clue #1.  Send a 'SHOW ALIAS TREARN' command to any LISTSERV.
          Note any relationship between 'TREARN' and 'VM.EGE.EDU.TR'.
Clue #2.  Send a 'SHOW NODE  TREARN' command to any LISTSERV.
          Note the telephone-numbers and FAX-numbers which are listed.
          Speculate on their potential usefulness.
Clue #3.  Enter the command 'PING VM.EGE.EDU.TR'
          or 'TraceRoute VM.EGE.EDU.TR' or 'TELNET VM.EGE.EDU.TR'.
          Note the lack of response.
Clue #4.  Send a 'SHOW PATH CUNYVM TREARN' command to any LISTSERV.
          Note the BITNET "link" between 'DEARN' and 'TREARN'.
          Speculate whether authorities at 'DEARN' can be contacted,
          assuming that any "outage" is "localized" to 'TREARN'.
Clue #5.  Send the command 'QUERY TREARN' to [log in to unmask]
          Note that over 2500 files are "queued" on that link.
          Speculate that the people at both 'DEARN' and 'TREARN'
          already are working on the problem.
Clue #6.  If you sent your E-mail from a UNIX system, enter 'man sendmail'
          to see the documentation:
                mailq, which is the same as /usr/lib/sendmail -bp,
                       lists the entries in the mail queue.
          Try probing hyperspace, via the 'mailq' command.