[news.config] too many orion.uucp's on the net

kls@ditka.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) (01/14/91)

In article <115\@orion.UUCP> mikie\@orion.UUCP (Michael G. Shea) writes:
>Posting for a friend who just bought a new in the box 3b1.

Ah, our infamous friend Mikie is back.  It's good to see that he's
learned how to be civil this time.

>What do you all think?  Should any action be taken?  Would you trust
>this machine?

Robert Granvin covered this well so I'll not bother.  However ...

>Please reply by posting if at all possible... uucp feeds have been unreliable
>for quite a while.  Thanks

>UUCP: uunet!atexnet!kodak!brandy!ureka!orion!mikie

Perhaps one reason for the problem is that you've misappropriated a
name that is already used and properly registered by another site.
Specifically, from u.usa.il.2:

  #N	orion
  #S	Amiga 2000; AmigaDOS 1.3; AmigaUUCP 0.50 (Beta)
  #O	JRW Enterprises
  #C	Jonathan R. Wahlmann
  #E	orion!jrw
  #T	+1 217 224 6918, +1 217 222 8200 x3619
  #P	21 Wilmar Orchard, Quincy, IL., 62301-6801
  #L	39 57 40 N / 41 22 51 W
  #R	This is my personal machine.  Times that it is listening may vary. 
  #U	quintro bpdsun1
  #W	orion!jrw (Jonathan R. Wahlmann); Fri Aug 25 09:25:00 CDT 1989
  #
  orion	quintro(EVENING), bpdsun1(EVENING)

Interestingly, the path to orion generated by pathalias here is

    zygot!toto!nosc!humu!manapua!orion!user

Since manapua is a private site in Honolulu, and humu is listed in
the Hawiian maps (even though the entry has a mailing address in San
Diego), I suspect that there is yet another imposter orion in Hawaii.

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