info-cpm (12/02/82)
>From dudley@Nadc Thu Dec 2 13:48:37 1982
To: info-cpm@Mit-Mc
Via: Mit-Mc; 2 Dec 82 10:32-EST
Via: Brl; 2 Dec 82 10:40-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 2 Dec 82 11:06-EST
I would like to reply to John Beals letter of 1-Dec but
don't understand address references with shrieks (!) in them.
What does 'whuxg!beal' mean, or for that matter,
'decvax!harpo!eagle!wheps!alc@ucb-c70' ?
thanks.. dudley
-------info-cpm (12/03/82)
>From clark.wbst@Parc-Maxc Thu Dec 2 21:45:07 1982
In-Reply-To: dudley's message of 2 Dec 1982 1018-EST (Thursday)
To: dudley@Nadc
Cc: info-cpm@Mit-Mc
Via: Mit-Mc; 2 Dec 82 20:10-EST
Via: Brl; 2 Dec 82 20:18-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 2 Dec 82 20:21-EST
! is directly analogous to @, except it is grouped from the other end. It
is a UUCP address. Unix to Unix CoPy is a utility under unix whereby
machines call each other up to transfer files, send mail, or execute
processes on a remote machine. normal phone lines and dial-up lines
are normally used with 300 or 1200 baud modems. It is a good system
because anybody can call anybody, sites can be added or removed
arbirarily and easily. It is a bad system because you have to know
the path through the network.
I don't know who calls whuxg . It is a Bell labs machine in Whippany.
I sent a letter to John at wheps!alc (alc is someone's login) asking him
to help. A shorter way to get to sheps from decvax is through zeppo,
so decvax!zeppo!wheps!alc@berkeley should work. You see, berkeley
on the arpanet and ucbvax on uucp are the same machine... actually,
they are a network, but the mailers at berkeley understand... It will go
from you over the arpanet to berkeley. berkeley is also ucbvax, and
ucbvax talks to decvax. decvax will send it to zeppo, who will send it
to wheps, who will say OH! I know alc ! and put it in his (or her)
mailbox.
have fun...
--Ray
clark.wbst@parc-maxc (don't ask about dots... )info-cpm (12/06/82)
>From goldfarb.ucf-cs@Udel-Relay Sun Dec 5 16:29:33 1982
To: dudley@Nadc, info-cpm@Mit-Mc
Via: UCF-CS; 4 Dec 82 19:35-EST
Via: Mit-Mc; 5 Dec 82 17:47-EST
Via: Brl; 5 Dec 82 18:17-EST
Via: Brl-Bmd; 5 Dec 82 18:31-EST
What you have there is a Usenet (uucp) address. Your response should
go to the Berkeley mail gateway (Ucb-C70). The uucp path is used
instead of a user name. Thus 'decvax!harpo!eagle!wheps!alc @ Ucb-C70'
is a valid address. BTW, the '!' if you haven't already figured it
out is used to separate path components; uucp is primitive and the
user must specify the appropriate path himself.