WANCHO@simtel20.arpa (02/01/87)
The Archive Server attempts to send its replies to the requestor based on the Reply-To: or From: lines of the messages it receives, in that order. Recently, messages coming from BITNET sites through WISCVM.WISC.EDU are being received here without the From: lines being coerced into the form user%host.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU. As we don't have a table of BITNET hosts, these replies fail. Thus, if you sent in a request from a BITNET host over the last several days and didn't receive a reply, you now know why. When I hear that WISCVM.WISC.EDU has repaired their mailer, I'll pass the word so that you may resume sending your requests. (Alternately, if anyone knows where I can periodically pick up a copy of a complete list of BITNET hosts, I'll try to keep our mailer's database current.) --Frank -------
BRACKENRIDGE@c.isi.edu (02/01/87)
Alternatively all those on bitnet could just use domain names. .EDU seems an appropriate domain. If those hosts on bitnet would just register their names in a well known domain like .EDU people would be able to respond to messages from uucp or arpanet or any on the many networks world wide supporting the domain name convention. -------
WANCHO@simtel20.arpa (02/01/87)
That's fine, except there are many hosts, including this one, which are not yet capable of resolving domain names. However, I suspect we'll have that capability in place long before the BITNET hosts adopt domain names. BTW, although .EDU would appear the most likely domain name, BIT.NET, ala CS.NET, is probably the one which will end up used. --Frank -------