Mon, 20 May 1991 16:44:49 EDT
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>On Mon, 20 May 91 15:32:16 -0500 [log in to unmask] said:
>> I couldn't find a mailing list where the question I have really fits
>> in. And since it's tangentially related to Listserv, I'm posting it
>> here. For the last week or so, all mail to Australian mailling list
>> subscribers has been bouncing with the error:
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>> CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU unable to deliver following mail to recipient(s):
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> 550 Host 'CCADFA.CC.ADFA.OZ.AU' Unknown
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>> despite the fact that the hosts (I have several) can all be verified
>> locally using "nslookup". The postmaster at Cunyvm.Cuny.EDU confirmed
>> there was a problem getting to Australian nodes, but that's it. Since
>> I'm assuming that the rest of you are having similar problems, I wanted
>> to ask two questions. One, any ideas on how to get this fixed? I have
>> no idea who to contact. Second, what have you done with your Australian
>> subscribers? I "SET ... NOMAIL" for all mine and hopefully will be able
>> to re-enable their mail service soon. Any information or suggestions
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>> -jj
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>I think the postmaster at CUNYVM.cuny.edu was giving an answer from the
>CUNY view of the world. Yes, it is likely that CUNY could not reach
>Australia... but I just telnetted to the host you describe and I am
>getting reasonably good ping times to boot (about 0.6 seconds).
>
>One way to get this fixed is to not send ausie mail to cuny.
>
>/mrg
I forwarded a copy of the original posting to Robert Elz, the gatemaster
for the OZ.AU subdomain. Apparently he reports to work rather early, as
a few minutes ago I received a reply saying that he'd be looking into the
problem from his end.
As a sidebar, the best forum for discussing problems like this is Info-Nets.
It's just the sort of problem that the networking gurus there love to in-
vestigate. Postings go to [log in to unmask], and there's a BITNET re-
distribution to the INFONETS list. It has reported (but I can't verify)
that there is bi-directional exchange with a bit.listserv.infonets news
group.
-- Herb Huston, Postmaster and Systems Programmer
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-- Goddard Space Flight Center
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