[net.mail.headers] the csnet btl address

gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (12/02/83)

When you specify the CSnet address

hosta!hostb!hostc .....!hostz.btl@csnet-relay

what is the uucp address of btl?  (ie. which node in uucp is this message a
appearing?)

(excuse me -- hostz should be a user)

--greg
...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gds

mark@cbosgd.UUCP (12/03/83)

The last I heard (a long time ago) the plan was for the machine
to be "owl".  (This machine is near eagle and in the same group.)
However, I don't think it's working yet and don't know of any
progress.

honey@down.UUCP (12/05/83)

as someone who was once close to the action, i can report that the
btl-mh site really did work for about a week.  then it was learned
that csnet would want big bags of money annually for the service
(which, if i may aside editorially, sucks), so interest quickly waned.
(it is **not** true that coincident to this revelation a conspiracy was
hatched within btl to destroy csnet by providing better services to
universities for free through frequent, costly, and unaccounted uucp
polls by major btl sites.) the people originally involved (who shall
remain nameless to protect their loss of innocence), have now lost all
interest.  chalk one up to mean and lean.
	among the nameless