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From: dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Telnetting to England via NSFNET-RELAY??
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.125537.3524@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Date: 14 Dec 90 12:55:37 GMT
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Reply-To: dylan@ibmpcug.CO.UK (Matthew Farwell)
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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In article <11393.2766c031@amherst.bitnet> ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes:
>I would like to TELNET to a site in England for which I have no Internet
>number. I looked in the file HOSTS.TXT and HOSTS.INTERNET, but the node I was
>looking for wasn't there. The address is VAXA.YORK.AC.UK. I beleive that it is
>on the JANET, and may not be accessible from Internet. The closest I have been
>able to come is the NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK (128.86.8.6). When I TELNET to there, I
>get a Login: prompt. Unfortunately, I can't do anything once I am there. Is
>there a way to get from the NSFNET-RELAY node to VAXA.YORK.AC.UK without having
>actually to log on? 

No. Not as far as I know. Not unless you want to spend a fortune in phone
bills.

Dylan.
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