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From: ntm1569@dsacg3.UUCP (Jeff Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: "From" in received mail
Message-ID: <542@dsacg3.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 88 14:04:09 GMT
References: <4044@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
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in article <4044@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, slim@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Slim Whitman) says:

> 1) I'm just getting into news, how do I post an article directly without
> followingup or replying?

try "postnews"

> 2) regarding the network, is there a way to find out if a given site is on 
> the network?  For instance, I have a friend at California State University at
> Northridge and I wasn't sure how to get to there ( or if there was a way ).

try "findpath", if that utility is available on your system. look for
machine "csun". for an arbitrary site, where you do not know machine name,
see if you can find the UUCP maps on your system; here they go to
/usr/spool/uucppublic/uumap. grep e.g. orthridge *.usa.ca.*.
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