[net.general] Berkeley Network Addresses & Mail

ARPAVAX:CAD:ESVAX:Cory:erik (06/15/82)

	From CSVAX:ihnss!ihuxl!ignatz Sat Jun 12 12:32:31 1982
	Subject: COBOL on UNIX: one answer Newsgroups: net.general

	Sorry for putting this on the net, but I can't seem to mail to
	the following path, which headed a request for info on UNIX
	COBOL:

	harpo!decvax!ucbvax!G:ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!reed!billst

	(If anyone can explain WTH is going on with that address, and
	why the berkeley mailer barfs on it, thnx much. This isn't the
	first time I've gotten munged up trying to go thru
	there...-dmi)

This path will `barf' as a result of the local Berkeley Network of which
G, ARPAVAX, and CAD are a part. For this particular path, all you'd have to
do is throw out the names with colon suffixes, and you have:

	harpo!decvax!ucbvax!teklabs!reed!billst

Which is a valid address, in so far as berkeley is concerned. The trouble
lies in that Berknet is organized like the ARPAnet, in that paths are
transparent, and all you need to know is the destination. Specifying a path
will definetly upset it.
	Currently the Berknet forwards news through one machine at a time,
in a uucp fashion, even though each site on the Berknet can get to the others.
If certain people are reading this (Harruph!) it may soon be that these wierd
and unnatural addresses will disappear from the news.
	One more thing: don't throw out the colons for local Berkeley
addresses! My return address through the berknet, for example, is
ucbvax!Cory:erik. That won't work if you take out the colon.

		Erik E. Fair
		ucbvax!ucbcory!erik	(UUCP)
		Cory.erik@Berkeley	(ARPA)