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From: pete@ohm.york.ac.uk (-Pete French.)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Britain's Open University address?
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.105731.2687@ohm.york.ac.uk>
Date: 2 Apr 91 10:57:31 GMT
References: <3.UUL1.3#5144@psocg.UUCP>
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK
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in article <3.UUL1.3#5144@psocg.UUCP>, portante@psocg.UUCP (Tom Portante) says:
> 
> I have a question regarding the correct addressing
> to reach Britain's Open University network.
> 
> To reach a M_J_Smith on that network, the address should
> be _something like_  M_D_Smith@OU.ac.uk.   It's the OU.ac.uk
> part(s) I'm not sure of.
> 
- From /usr/lib/x25/directory :

0:ETH:*:uk.ac.open.acs.vax|uk.ac.ou.acsvax::::Academic Computing Service Milton Keynes VAX Cluster
0:ETH:x|:uk.ac.open.acs.vax|uk.ac.ou.acsvax:000000000002ce~LFM.000041500030:::
0:ETH:*:uk.ac.open.msd.pc1|uk.ac.ou.mspc1::::Management Services Division Milton Keynes Rainbow PC
0:ETH:*:uk.ac.open.msd.pc2|uk.ac.ou.mspc2::::Management Services Division Milton Keynes Rainbow PC
0:ETH:*:uk.ac.open.msd.sun1|uk.ac.ou.deneb::::Management Services Division Milton Keynes Sun 4/280

So it looks like you want to try M_D_Smith@acsvax.ou.ac.uk or alternatively
you could try M_D_Smith@vax.acs.open.ac.uk

-bat.
-- 
-Pete French. (the -bat. )         /  "Two wrongs don't make a right,
Adaptive Systems Engineering      /    - but three lefts do !"