Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!rlgvax!vrdxhq!vsedev!marv From: marv@vsedev.VSE.COM (Marvin Raab) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: BITNET software Message-ID: <766@vsedev.VSE.COM> Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 17:25:54 EDT Article-I.D.: vsedev.766 Posted: Thu Aug 20 17:25:54 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 14:33:05 EDT References: <36b9d33e.44e6@apollo.uucp> <495@uoregon.UUCP> Reply-To: marv@vsedev.UUCP (Marvin Raab) Organization: VSE Software Development Lab, Arlington, VA Lines: 17 In article <495@uoregon.UUCP> dboyes@drizzle.UUCP (David Boyes) writes: >Since >BITNET began as the two VM machines at CUNY and PSU talking to each >other, the restriction stuck. You'll find that userids longer than 8 trivial correction: the two machines were cuny and yale -marvin -- Marvin Raab Arlington, VA 22202 ...!seismo!vsedev!marv 703-521-5449 (h) ...!verdix!vrdxhq!vsedev!marv (formerly MFRQC@CUNYVM.s bo5 ipsuv