alan@ariel.UUCP (a.yorinks) (12/02/86)
A few weeks ago, I was able to access simtel20. I received the INFO package and then received some catalogues. I have asked simtel for some more catalogues and have received no reply. I received the following information. It is excerpted from an article on netnews: > ....if you are sending a message through an >Internet host which is not using its Official Host Name, or does not >advertize one of the TCP services listed above, do not expect to see a >reply from us. What I would like to know is, did I originally access simtel20 legally, and if so, can I still access it ? I communicate to simtel through ihnp4. Does this satisfy the above requirements? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
WILD%FREMBL51.BITNET@wiscvm.ARPA (David Wild) (12/05/86)
I've been getting files from the Archive-Server at SIMTEL20 since its inauguration without any problems, but now seem to have hit on one.... During the last ten days or so, I have sent off several requests (via the Bitnet-Arpanet gateway at WISCVM ) but have not had a single reply. I understand that there is some congestion between Bitnet and Arpanet - is this the reason? Other stuff from Arpanet appears to be getting through, including my INFO-CPM mailings. Could anyone throw any light on what is happening? Have other Bitnet requestors encountered this problem recently? David
FISHER%RPICICGE.BITNET@wiscvm.ARPA (John S. Fisher) (12/08/86)
I also have experienced a major problem getting ANYTHING from SIMTEL20
lately. I had entered requests every other day for about two weeks and
received nothing. On a hunch, I tried sending a hand-constructed request
file, bypassing my mail system (even though it had always worked before).
I received the archive file the next day.
Has something strange happened to the BITNET/ARPA gateway regarding
mail from mailers, or perhaps has ARCHIVE-REQUEST support changed slightly
so that my (formerly acceptable) RFC822 headers are rejected?