Ingrid wrote: > I've had a slew of "Host unknown" error messages today from seemingly > unrelated sites--idirect.com, backdoor.com, rock.mobil.com, plus a few > I can't recall. I think they were all "com" sites. Any ideas???? > Cheers, > Ingrid > [log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask] > http://192.146.206.5/www/faculty/shaferi/index.html > Ditto for my list, mindspring.com and a whole lot of other ".com" host The bounce said "Name server: xxxx.com host not found" They occured (20-30 of them) from 07:00 EST to 16:00 EST They all come from LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU the Ultrix gateway (LISTSERV is on the VM mainframe) ... Any word on one "big name server" or backbone connection being down today ? Is that a sign of future major troubles ? -- Eric Paul-Hus , BLUES-L