Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!isi.edu!cew From: cew@isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Janet addresses Summary: JANET is the UK network. Message-ID: <17542@venera.isi.edu> Date: 11 Apr 91 21:41:20 GMT Expires: 15 April 1991 References: <6350@husc6.harvard.edu> Reply-To: cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Distribution: usa Organization: Information Sciences Institute, Univ. of So. California Lines: 48 In article <6350@husc6.harvard.edu> wm@pitirim.harvard.edu (William J. Mahoney) writes: >We are an Internet site with access to Bitnet and UUCP. I am trying >to reach someone on the Janet network. The address that I have been given >is "ak106%phx@cam.eng-jcf.janet". Mail to this address bounces. Anyone >have any ideas? JANET is the UK part of the Internet. (They do their domain names backwards, but computers don't care....) I queried the database with "cam.eng-jcf.uk" and found nothing. From the NIC: University College London (UK-DOM) Department of Computer Science London ENGLAND Domain Name: UK Administrative Contact: Kirstein, Peter T. (PK) KIRSTEIN@CS.UCL.AC.UK +44 1 380 7286 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Andrews, John (JA168) ja@ESS.CS.UCL.AC.UK +44 1 387 7050 ext 3691 Record last updated on 25-Feb-91. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.CS.UCL.AC.UK 128.16.5.32 AOS.BRL.MIL 192.5.25.82 MHS-RELAY.AC.UK 128.86.8.25 MCSUN.EU.NET 192.16.202.1 Top Level domain for the United Kingdom of Great Britain There are 2 known sub-domains: AC.UK University College London MOD.UK ? To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. -- Craig E. Ward Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" USPS: USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1200 Marina del Rey, CA 90292