earley@modular.UUCP (Joe Earley) (12/10/87)
Hello World,
Chris Ott lives at Internet address chris@spock.ame.arizona.edu and
UUCP address (relative to me of course) arizona!amethyst!spock!chris.
When I reply to one of his articles the following info is given to me
in my posting:
To: arizona!spock.ame.arizona.edu!chris
Subject: Re: Nethack source parts 2 and 12 wanted
In-reply-to: your article <545@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu>
News-Path: arizona!amethyst!spock!chris
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I have the #define INTERNET set up in the defs.h file. Must I really
edit the To: address in order to properly mail to him properly.
Because we are neighbors here in Tucson I really shouldn't care. What
I'm trying to get around is editing the News-Path address into the To:
field for far away places. And I'ld rather let the Internet router
chose the best path anyway. Am I wrong in thinking that the path an
article takes in getting here is not the best path to reply to there?
I believe I saw that mentioned in the documentation. The mailpaths
file has the following entries which are correct:
backbone arizona!%s
internet arizona!%s
What have I missed in setting up news?
Also, we are not directly connected to the Internet. Is there a way
to get at archive files at ARPA sites? I can't FTP them and I don't
have login access to a machine that can. Do I need to rely on the
good graces of users who can FTP them and mail them to me? That sort
of thing would only clog up my neighbors machine and I'ld like to
avoid that. As a last resort I would ask a kind user at an ARPA site
to spin a tape for me. I would of course supply the tape and postage
both ways.
I am new to this sort of thing. We've only had a Unix box since
August. The excuses are out of the way so I'll say thanks and that
all help is greatly appreciated. Flames will only invite reprisals.
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Joe Earley, Modular Mining Systems
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