tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel) (12/02/90)
I vaguely recall some discussion a few months back about difficulties sending
mail to att.com.
I have just had my first encounter with this and was wondering if anyone in
this group can shed any light.
What follows is what the daemon said:
======= command failed =======
COMMAND: address resolution ('lstorm' @ 'cbnewsm.att.com') failed
======= standard error follows =======
======= text of message follows =======
>From tronix
From: @polari.UUCP ()
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 10:21:49 PST
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (6.5.6 6/30/89)
To: lstorm@cbnewsm.att.com
Message-Id: <9012011021.AA05772@polari.uucp>
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David Daniel (The man with no disclaimer) tronix@polari.UUCP
"Beware the Truth. If you find a Truth it can demand that you make painful
changes." - Frank Herbertwb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (12/02/90)
>I vaguely recall some discussion a few months back about difficulties sending >mail to att.com. >I have just had my first encounter with this and was wondering if anyone in >this group can shed any light. I think I'm the guy you are talking about. I have regular problems with sending mail to att-ites. Ma insists on hiding everyone behind an account on cbnews{a-z}.att.com, but cannot seem to reliably map those pseudonyms to the real addresses of the people. Several att'ers wrote me and asked ME to keep bitching, as they LIKE getting their mail ;_} Recently (last two weeks) however, I also been getting uucp warnings back indicating that machine x has not reached machine b with the last n days. This even on usually reliable destinations such as military@att.att.com. Maybe Ma forgot to pay her NJBell bill ;-} In any case, the solution is to forward your problem to postmaster@cbnews.att.com. He has been very nice about finding out real addresses for people and sending stuff on its way. I only wish I did not have to bother him 75% of the time. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335