werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (08/24/88)
In article <3026@utastro.UUCP>, werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) I wrote: > for well over 2 weeks now, all my mail to SIMTEL20 gets returned, > attempts to FTP/TELNET fail ... > does anyone know what is going on there? thanks for the replies; I talked with the folks at NIC by phone and was informed that SIMTEL20 lost its defenses against the heat: the A/C is broken !!! the fact that one cannot reach people with SIMTEL20-addresses automatically on some other machine proves how fragile this whole Email-business really is! how would you react if the fact that your mailman had a heat-rash caused your mail no longer to get delivered, FOR WEEKS!!! ---Werner (spoiled by years of Email-use, and wanting to get even "spoilter" :-) PS: if I only could remember where Wancho or Peterson had accounts on other machines ...every host-administrator should provide an alterate address in the NIC-database! don't you agree?! -- -------------------->PREFERED-RETURN-ADDRESS-FOLLOWS<--------------------- (INTERNET) werner%rascal.ics.utexas.edu@cs.utexas.edu (DIRECT) werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Internet: 128.83.144.1) (UUCP) ...{backbone-sites}!cs.utexas.edu!rascal.ics.utexas.edu!werner