>Posted on 26 May 1994 at 19:13:39 by Kenneth Blackwell > >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] only if you have Send=Public if your list is set to Send=Private, you will run in to trouble. -Nate