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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Existence of Usenet
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.084928.3518@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 19 Jan 91 08:49:28 GMT
References: <1991Jan18.040511.16670@tkou02.enet.dec.com> <1991Jan19.015840.9449@wolves.uucp>
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In article <1991Jan19.015840.9449@wolves.uucp> ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes:
>In article <1991Jan18.040511.16670@tkou02.enet.dec.com> diamond@jit345.enet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (Norman Diamond) writes:
>>Well, what is the address of the telephone network?  The post office?
>>If there is an administrative office for the Universal Postal Union
>>(which does not administer national post offices), it might correspond
>>to uunet (which does not administer Usenet nodes).
>
>The Post Office is easy:	Postmaster
>				<your town>  <your state>

Usenet is easy:                 postmaster@yournode.domain

>		or
>				Postmaster General
>				Washington DC

Nope; he or she doesn't administer the Japanese post office.

>The telephone network is a bit more problematical, though for most
>people in the USA its likely to be:
>		AT&T
>		Basking Ridge NJ

Not if they're concerned with their monthly bill or MCI bill.
At least you remembered that their NTT and KDD bills are also exceptions.

>The phone network has a definite existence, try tapping into it without
>authorization and tell the world about it and see how long you last :-)

Yes, you should get caught by your local phone company.  Try tapping into
someone's LAN.  Now, some LAN administrators don't have the same kind of
security that others have, but the same reasoning applies:  the owner of
the LAN should catch you.

>The Universal Postal Union is now an agency of the UN (I think) and can
>be reached through the UN offices in NYC.

Yes, but they don't administer the national post offices.
Just like postmaster@uunet.uu.net doesn't administer Usenet.
But if you want addresses, they correspond.

>On the other hand, please point out to  me a person in any location
>whose permissions I must obtain (at least by proxy and other than my
>own) to post an article on "usenet".

postmaster@your_feed.domain
Or the internet administration, if you have a direct connection.
Etc.

--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.