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]