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From: nicolas@stam.nl (Nico Veenkamp)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Email: Unknown Host ??
Date: 6 Nov 92 10:36:24 GMT
Organization: Stam Tijdschriften bv, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

criess@mrj.com (Chuck Riess) writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have tried to send email to people who have posted on the net and
> on occasion the mail bounces with the following in the returned 
> header:
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 421 Host mr.med.ge.com not found for mailer ddn.
> 550 <nguyen@mr.med.ge.com>... Host unknown
> 
> What does this mean??
> 
apparently the user address wasn't in the distribution maps of the system 
that you send the message to. I have found that it takes some tweaking in 
the subdomains sometimes to get the message across. Add or subtract the 
number of subdomains and try again and see what happens.


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Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: res_ewv@exodus.valpo.edu
Subject: FTP and Telnet available for MSDOS?
Organization: Valparaiso University
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:22:35 GMT
X-Posted-From: exodus.valpo.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this, but is there a place to
FTP MSDOS versions of TELNET and FTP from?


                                                                               
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From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Sending mail over USENET...
Date: 7 Nov 92 13:24:45 GMT
Organization: Wolves Den UNIX
X-Md4-Signature: 0cee96e2b970fd0cad7fa886502b1952

In article <D08qTB1w165w@midiline.la.ca.us> xerxes@midiline.la.ca.us (Keith Chiem) writes:
>Okay, let me rephrase my question from my last post:
>        How can I send mail to a certain place so that everyone there CAN 
>        read it?  For example, I want to send a letter to UC Irvine.  I 
>        I know the address is 'irvine.edu', but what do I put before it?
>        Do I put 'general.irvine.edu', or what?  And I want this so that 
>        everyone there CAN read it (not junk mail), do I write 
>        'all.general.irvine.edu'?

To put it briefly.  You CANT.

The best bet is to send a message to the news account there asking them
to post it to the local "general" newsgroup.

Usenet is a news message transport system, not an email system.
-- 
Usenet Net News Administrator @ The Wolves Den  (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
news@wolves.durham.nc.us  news%wolves@cs.duke.edu  ...duke!wolves!news
"The flame war is a specific Usenet art form." --me
[This site is not affiliated with Duke University. (Idiots!) ]
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: d-yang@cs.columbia.edu (David Yang)
Subject: Where to post rentals?
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:37:23 GMT

I've seen many "forsale" groups, but no "forrent" groups--
where would one post a rental note (about an apartment/condo)?

Thanks in advance,
David Yang
d-yang@cs.columbia.edu
From: doing@brahms.udel.edu (David Allen Doing)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Help me if you can!
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:29:53 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Delaware

I am currently learning how to use trn and have a very simple question:

How do you put your signature at the bottom of a message?
Do you have to write it everytime, or can you create it using pico or
another text editor?

If you can help me please respond to:

doing@brahms.udel.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: schongvm01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Asymetrix + The Cobb Group e-mail??
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:42:57 GMT


Do anyone know the e-mail address of 1) Asymetrix Corporation?
                                     2) The Cobb Group?

Thank you!


Vei-Ming Chong 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
schongvm01@cc.curtin.edu.au
From: criess@mrj.com (Chuck Riess)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Email: Unknown Host ??
Date: 5 Nov 1992 09:53:14 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Hello,

I have tried to send email to people who have posted on the net and
on occasion the mail bounces with the following in the returned 
header:

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
421 Host mr.med.ge.com not found for mailer ddn.
550 <nguyen@mr.med.ge.com>... Host unknown

What does this mean??

Chuck Riess (criess@mrj.com)
From: ljane@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Linda Cast)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: timed out articles
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:51:37 GMT
Reply-To: ljane@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Linda Cast)
Distribution: austin
Organization: Tandem Computers; Austin TX
Originator: ljane@ocean


 Thanks for answering this - probably it's been asked before, but timed
 out before I got to see it. I read the net every weekday, but not on
 weekends. Yet, on Monday, my favorite groups show skipping unavailable article
 and frequently it's a lot of articles. That's pretty frustrating, especially
 if I've asked something and am looking for response.

 Apparently it's a matter of disk space - in this case, for my company.
 Is there any way to specify that articles stay available longer? Would it   
 help if I unsubscribed to all the groups that are not REALLY favorites?

 Thanks,
 Linda

-- 
Linda Cast             ljane@mpd.tandem.com
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: fmn@nevada.edu (FRANK NEEDHAM)
Subject: Problem catching-up comp.databases
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:43:44 GMT

Hi all,

Here is what is probably a question with a very simple answer, though I don't
know it.
Every time I catch-up comp.databases, leave the newsreader (rn) and come back
to it later, the number of articles read is still the same as before it was
read. What causes this to happen? Would someone let me know, please?

thanks,
-frank
fmn@redrock.nevada.edu

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: aschoorl@engr.UVic.CA (Andre  Schoorl)
Subject: Re: ftp?
Reply-To: aschoorl@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 16:02:44 GMT

In article 705@ualr.edu, jccoleman@acs.harding.edu (Chris Coleman) writes:
>I am a bit confused about file transfers.  I have connected to
>different anonymous ftp sites, but ransfered unsuccessfully.
>Could someone please answer my questions (via e-mail)?
>Can I transfer games to the universities vax and play them, or
>transfer different utilities and run them?  Please help.
>Thanks.

Did you remember to set your transfer mode to binary after you connected?
It just might help.

Andre Schoorl
aschoorl@engr.uvic.ca

Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Subject: Re: Regular expression search of articles in a folder
Reply-To: sridhar@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:31:09 GMT

kennym@netcom.com (Kenny Meyer)
writes on news.newusers.questions:

)Is there a way to do a regular expression search of all the 
)articles in a folder?  The nn FAQ says you can't do it in 
)nn.  Is there another utility available?

The explanation below assumes that you want the search to involve not
just the header but the whole article.

(e)grep, sed, perl ...

But it highly depends on whether netcom has a NFS or NNTP setup for
newsreading. If it is NFS then you can use any Unix tools to do a
search but it is highly rude to do that for the entire news spool.

If it is NNTP, the only way of searching is by actually retrieving the
articles one by one which is pretty costly if you are doing just a search.

Since the setup is site-dependent, you might be well advised to ask
this question on a local newsgroup or mail to the account intended for
user support.

)Thanks,
)Kenny Meyer

Sridhar.
--
Sridhar Venkataraman			sridhar@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
From: gordonj@acpub.duke.edu (Jon Gordon)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Question about Mac files
Summary: Getting Mac files via FTP - can't figure out what to do with them.
Keywords: MAC FILES DOWNLOADS
Date: 7 Nov 92 09:55:49 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

I have a question that I can't think where to post, so I'm posting it here.

I have, through FTP, transferred several Macintosh files to the Unix system I
use to reach the Internet; these files are now sitting on the server. I log on
to this system from home using my Macintosh, and I intend to download them to
my Mac using Kermit.

My question is: all of the file names have the suffix '.hqx' - what does this
mean? Is there some utility I need to get before I can use these files?

Thanks for any help. Also, if this is the wrong place to post this question,
please tell me where, both so that I can get an answer and so I don't clutter
up the wrong group.

     -Jon
     gordonj@acpub.duke.edu
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Follow out posts
Date: 13 Nov 1992 21:43:03 GMT
Organization: AS&M Inc
Distribution: world
Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: nate@ghidrah.Central.Sun.COM's message of 13 Nov 92 06:12:27 GMT

In article <lg6hqbINNrr7@cronkite> nate@ghidrah.Central.Sun.COM (Nate McConnell FE/SSE Grand Rapids, MI) writes:

   When I send a followup post if I only add a few lines to a post and try to send it
   back out it doesn't go and I get an error saying that the included message is longer
   than the stuff I added (or something to that effect).  Where is this ratio set and
   how can I change it?  It never did this to me when I used the ASCII mode.

You may not be able to change it.  Read the man page for your
newsreader to be sure.  This is an attempt to enforce some ideas of
netiquette.  Reading quoted material which you've seen before in a
discussion gets boring.  Quoted material is for primarily for context,
and it's considered proper to trim the included material to the
minimum needed.

Ask your newsadmin any other questions about local configuration.
--
J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@LaRC.NASA.Gov> +1 804/864-2148
    employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at
         NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Question about Mac files
Date: 8 Nov 92 18:50:01 GMT
Reply-To: aland@cs.brandeis.edu
Organization: As little as possible

mayers@gnat.syr.EDU (Michael  Ayers) writes:
>In article <6778@news.duke.edu> gordonj@acpub.duke.edu (Jon Gordon) writes:

>>My question is: all of the file names have the suffix '.hqx' - what does this
>>mean? Is there some utility I need to get before I can use these files?

>    The 'q' in the middle of the extension stands for squeezing.  This
> can be undone by a program named UNSQ which may have been available at that
> site.  I suggest checking the comp.sys.mac.misc group for more info.

Nope.  The .hqx stands for BinHex (version 4).  This is the 'moral
equivalent' of uudecode for Unix boxes...

You can do binhex decoding with either the desk accessory "BinHqx" or
with Stuffit (any version).  The new version of Stuffit Expander will
also have the ability to convert .hqx files.  

>    P.S.  As far as I can tell, this is an appropriate place for almost
> any question, if you can't find a better place.

Yep.

	-=Alan
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl (Eduardo Rodriguez)
Subject: Re: USENET Mail
Originator: erodrigu@tortel
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:55:44 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion


In article <1do9b9INNr1t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, cm404@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott D. Newberry) writes:
> 
> Is it possible, if you are on a system that does not have USENET
> (such as tso.uc.edu), to have one or two specific USENET groups
> sent to you via email?

Yes it is very simple, just find some news admin close to you,
that alter his sys file (in case of C news) to send you the groups
you like to receive.

edo...

 ////                                ```\                             .
 c-OO  Is there something that       OO-c     erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl  .
    \  hurt you?                     /      Dpto Cs de la Computacion .
   -                    Ya... Pain    -        Universidad de Chile   .
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: fsars@acad3.alaska.edu (Allen R Sparks)
Subject: Re: finding e-mail addresses
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 05:33:41 GMT

In article <MAYERS.92Nov5125235@weasel.syr.EDU>, mayers@weasel.syr.EDU (Michael  Ayers) writes:
>>In article <720863498.3@altern8.mi> Bob.Dickey@altern8.mi.org (Bob Dickey) writes:
>>PK>If I want to send e-mail directly to a company such as Microsoft or Hayes
>>PK>that has an internet connection such as microsoft.com, to ask a technical
>>PK>question or make a suggestion, BUT I don't have any specific name of
>>PK>an individual, is there a way of querying to see if there is a valid
>>PK>e-mail address???
> 
>     If you are sure that the given machine, such as microsoft.com exists,
>  then the best idea would be a politely worded letter to postmaster@machine,
>  who would know if such an address exists.  Keep in mind that companies
>  don't necessarily use their internet machines for customer support, or
>  may perform internet support in other ways.  Wordperfect corp., for
>  instance, has two newsgroups for support and announcements.

Well, microsoft.com exists.  I was able to finger it, though no one
was logged on.  Don't know what Hayes has. === Al
From: ypeng@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Ying Peng)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Automatic reply to the emails on Unix net?
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:38:23 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Hi, I wonder whether I can make an automatic reply to the coming emails like
a phone answer machine on the Unix net and how to do it if possible. Thank
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
From: parekh@lovelace.duq.edu (Mohammed Parekh)
Subject: Locating a news group
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:39:20 GMT
X-Posted-From: lovelace.duq.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


Hi,

I'm trying to locate soc.culture.Pakistan.
Please E-mail if you can help.

THANKS

Mohammed Ali Parekh
parekh@ccit.duq.edu
From: steve@cg57.UUCP (Steve Froeschke)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: meaning of "TTFN"
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:17:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: E & S Systems Unix Gateway, San Diego, CA

wade@fidalgo.stanford.edu (Elizabeth Wade) writes:

>Can anyone tell me what "TTFN" stands for?  I haven't seen it
>explained in a FAQ.

>thanks for enlightenment,

Good evening Liz.   TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
(Or at least it did when I was over in Scotland) :-)

Steve
From: rem@public.BTR.COM (Robert E. Maas  rem@btr.com)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Local Usenet Access (NixPub etc.)
Date: 5 Nov 92 09:11:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. For info contact: info@BTR.COM

xxbruce@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Bruce Canright) asked <<If I have a PC
and a modem, can I get access to the Usenet news? That is, is there a
local "news server" I can dial up and get an account on, or use
anonymously? If so, how?>>

The standard answer is to look in NixPub (uNIX PUBlic-access) and see
if there's anything nearby. There may be some other indexes of
public-access dialup hosts available that I don't know about.

<<The specific local area of interest is New York City.>>

NixPub is organized by area code so just look up 212 and the other
nearby area codes and check your telephone directory to see which are
non-toll from your home.

The following are excerpts from the upcoming edition MaasInfo.TopIndex
currently in edit (previous posted edition was in February; I've been
swamped and haven't had time to get a new edition out since then).
Please let me know if you notice any errors if you know of any other
online indexes of a similar nature:

NixPub.Long (50k) -- Annotated listing of public-access UseNet hosts,
computers you can dial directly from your home using a modem and
read/post UseNet newsgroups, either for free or for some reasonable
rate such as $12/month. Format of the entry for each host is a single
summary line followed by additional descriptive text of a few lines.
The summary line shows the date this entry was last updated, telephone
number, host name, location (city and state or province or country),
modem baud rates supported, and hours open. Posted to newsgroups:
comp.misc, alt.bbs, alt.bbs.lists. From Phil Eschallier
<phil@bts.com> (UUCP: ...!uunet!lgnp1!phil) (CIS: 71076,1576)
ftp archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.52) pub/netinfo/nixpub.long
ftp gvls1.gvl.unisys.com (128.126.220.104) pub/nixpub/long
ftp ashley.cs.widener.edu (147.31.254.132) pub/nixpub/long
To: archive-server@cs.widener.edu
 send nixpub long

NixPub.Short (12k) -- Similar to NixPub.Long except each host entry is
condensed to a single line using lots of abbreviations, and all
information from NixPub.Long that doesn't fit into that format has been
omitted.
ftp archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.52) pub/netinfo/nixpub.short
ftp gvls1.gvl.unisys.com (128.126.220.104) pub/nixpub/short
ftp ashley.cs.widener.edu (147.31.254.132) pub/nixpub/short
To: archive-server@cs.widener.edu
 send nixpub short
From: xerxes@midiline.la.ca.us (Keith Chiem)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Sending mail over USENET...
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:06:24 GMT
Organization: MIDILine BBS - Altadena, CA - (818) 797-3285

Okay, let me rephrase my question from my last post:
        How can I send mail to a certain place so that everyone there CAN 
        read it?  For example, I want to send a letter to UC Irvine.  I 
        I know the address is 'irvine.edu', but what do I put before it?
        Do I put 'general.irvine.edu', or what?  And I want this so that 
        everyone there CAN read it (not junk mail), do I write 
        'all.general.irvine.edu'?


-----
xerxes@midiline.la.ca.us (Keith Chiem) 
MIDILine BBS (midiline.la.ca.us) - Altadena CA - (818)797-3285
From: rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: New Newsgroup Trouble
Date: 13 Nov 1992 18:04:41 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu

In article <1992Nov13.150340.6336@spock.UUCP>, gumby@spock.uucp (Danny Richman) writes:
> I am currently in the process of creating a new newsgroup.  The first step
> is to request permission for a discussion on new.announce.newgroups.  When
> I mailed the moderator, I recieved a message regarding my mail.  My original
> message was not returned, but I recieved a blank message from what I believe
> was the moderator (I think).  What happens next?  Is that moderator going
> to take any action?  Will that moderator post a message to the other newsgroup
> involved telling everyone what to do next, where, for how long, and how?  The
> manual for new newsgroups does not cover moderator involvement too well.  Is
> there anyone out there who has done this before, and can tell me anything.
> Our group would like to start the discussion as soon as possible.  Some have
> already begun it on our own newsgroup.  Help Soon Please!!!


Just be patient, Dave will either post the RFD or will send you mail if there
are any questions. However, the best advice I can give is to read news.groups
for at least three months (six is better) before trying to create a new group.
If the need for the group is so critical that it can't wait for three months,
someone else will propose it. If not, just be patient and read the group. It
will show you how the process works and, more importantly, show you how not
to do it. Many of the fiascos we have had over the last couple of years have
been due to people who do not understand both the explicit and implicit mech-
anisms for newsgroup creation forcing a news group through. (Although many
of the biggest wars occur from people who do understand the process). If 
your newsgroup is innocuous and you understand the process, things will proceed

-- 
Richard H. Miller                 Email: rick@bcm.tmc.edu
Asst. Dir. for Technical Support  Voice: (713)798-3532
Baylor College of Medicine        US Mail: One Baylor Plaza, 302H
                                           Houston, Texas 77030
From: jdsiegel@ocf.berkeley.edu (Joel Siegel)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Question about Mac files
Date: 8 Nov 1992 23:53:48 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu
Keywords: BinHex

In article <aland.721248601@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> aland@cs.brandeis.edu writes:
>mayers@gnat.syr.EDU (Michael  Ayers) writes:
>>In article <6778@news.duke.edu> gordonj@acpub.duke.edu (Jon Gordon) writes:
>
>>>My question is: all of the file names have the suffix '.hqx' - what does this
>>>mean? Is there some utility I need to get before I can use these files?
>
>>    The 'q' in the middle of the extension stands for squeezing.  This
>> can be undone by a program named UNSQ which may have been available at that
>> site.  I suggest checking the comp.sys.mac.misc group for more info.
>
>Nope.  The .hqx stands for BinHex (version 4).  This is the 'moral
>equivalent' of uudecode for Unix boxes...
>
>You can do binhex decoding with either the desk accessory "BinHqx" or
>with Stuffit (any version).  The new version of Stuffit Expander will
>also have the ability to convert .hqx files.  

My unix system has a program called mcvert which will convert a
.hqx file (which *does* stand for BinHex 4, BTW) to a regular
Mac final with the suffix .bin.  You can then transfer your file
to your Mac via modem or ftp (I like zmodem, and I use ZTerm...
great program)  The advantage to this method is that .hqx files
are a good deal larger, usually, than the de-hqx'ed files, thus
you save downloading time.  BUT, if you do this, MAKE SURE you
have MacBinary enabled in your FTP or terminal program, or it
won't work. 

McVert also saves the old hqx'ed copy of the file, in case
something gets corrupted, which it sometimes does:-)  In that
case, just transfer the hqx'ed file and decode it using StuffIt,
BinHex 4, or whatever you have.

Oh, BTW, BinHex is a method of encoding 8-bit Mac code into
7-bit unix/net code so it can be stored in unix sites and
transferred around the net.
-- 
"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in
affairs which properly concern them."   - Paul Valery