sandell@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Gregory Sandell) (06/29/87)
Is there a list of BITNET node names anywhere? For example I know that a person at the arpa address gsbacd.uchicago.edu is also on BITNET, but I do not know how to refer to him in bitnet-ese. Thanks in advance, ____________________________________________________________________ | Greg Sandell | | ARPA: sandell@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu | | UUCP: {ihnp4,cmcl2,decvax,vax135}!cornell!tcgould!sandell | | / | | rochester!-/ | | BITNET: sandell@CRNLTHRY | | "Baby, you sure can talk." -- Down By Law | --------------------------------------------------------------------
dboyes@uoregon.UUCP (David Boyes) (07/04/87)
In article <1562@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> sandell@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Gregory Sandell) writes: > > Is there a list of BITNET node names anywhere? For example Each month, a updates to the master routing file (BITEARN NODES) for BITNET are distributed by BITNIC, our pathetic joke of a NIC. Also (darn editor -- I want my XEDIT!) Since all other routing tables are generated from this file, the nearest BITNET site to you should have both the routing files and a program called GENROUTS that extracts lots of useful information from the mass of data in the nodes file. WARNING: The listing file will be HUGE -- > more than 8K records in my cramped little spool space. To get a listing, your best bet is to contact the postmaster of a nearby BITNET site and ask him to generate one for you. GENROUTS is a fairly efficient program (nice job, Berthold Pasch!) and it's fairly cheap to run, so it shouldn't be too much hassle. That way you'll have the most current listings. >I know that a person at the arpa address gsbacd.uchicago.edu is >also on BITNET, but I do not know how to refer to him in >bitnet-ese. Try the DARPA domain address you already have first. Most BITNET mail software *sort of* understands domains -- support is pretty limited, but it'll try to fake it. Much software kludging is involved on the BITNET side, but it's not relevant here. In UUCP parlance, try this path: {some big site}!psuvax1!foo.bar.EDU!user or, from the BITNET side: user@foo.bar.EDU or if all else fails: user%foo.bar.edu@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Note that you CANNOT use the IBM-supplied NOTE program -- you must be using a mail interface such as Rice Mail AND something like the Crosswell MAILER -- ask your site admin for more details. Have fun -- after all, this is one big game, right? -- David Boyes ARPA: 556%OREGON1.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Systems Division BITNET: 556@OREGON1 University of Oregon Computing Center UUCP: dboyes@uoreonsionsio