>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: >> >> CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU unable to deliver following mail to recipient(s): >> <[log in to unmask]> >> 550 Host 'CCADFA.CC.ADFA.OZ.AU' Unknown >> >> 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 > >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 -- NASA Center for Computational Sciences -- Goddard Space Flight Center -- BITNET: XRHAH@SCFVM -- Internet: [log in to unmask] -- NSI-DECnet: SDCDCL::HUSTON -- IBMMAIL: USSCFYTE -- Ameche: +1 301 286 7803 -- Snail: Code 931, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA