Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SERVER.AF.MIL!jonson From: jonson@SERVER.AF.MIL (Lt. Matt Jonson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Diving into TCP/IP again... need help finding docco... Message-ID: <9106032117.AA01891@server.af.mil> Date: 3 Jun 91 21:17:44 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 29 > Subject: Diving into TCP/IP again... need help finding docco... > Message-Id: > > machines on it... including some Unisys 1100s that only support the basic > DDN suite. Any hope of getting them to use a nameserver? > The trick in the AF (we have a bunch of 1100s, which, in some cases act as "e-mail hosts") is to use the nameserver as a forwarding agent. The 1100 style mail will use a header like 131-16-2-1::mailbox which tells it to send to mailbox@131.16.2.1. If you know a hostname, bounce the mail off a host that knows how to resolve hostnames, e.g. your nameserver host. Let's say your nameserver host is 192.30.100.1 and you had Internet connectivity and want to send to me from the 1100. Cheat and do this: 192-30-100-1::jonson@server.af.mil Not pretty, but it will work. If you have any more in depth questions about 1100s, I can put you in touch with the AF Gurus. I generally avoid those machines because they are about as friendly as holding a snake in the hand. /matt -- Lt Matthew W Jonson jonson@server.af.mil snail-mail: Network Systems Engineer 205-279-4075 SSC/SSMT USAF DDN Program Office AV: 596-4075 Gunter AFB, AL 36114 Any opinions herein are my own, and do not represent official AF views.