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From: cog_asra@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Stephen Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: webster servers
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Date: 7 Apr 89 13:53:17 GMT
Reply-To: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen Anderson)
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My apologies for (a) local duplication of this article; and (b) the
possible inappropriateness of this newsgroup. But I don't know where
else to ask.

Due in part, I'm sure, to the fact that the recently posted versions
of webster.el (to make enquiries of a webster dictionary server from
within GNUemacs) encode a server at Boston University, that server
is apparently about to be disabled. Since net connections to
sri-nic.arpa and purdue are often not stable enough to be good for
interactive things like webster, I would like to know whether there
are other sites running such a server. This would make it possible 
to (a) replace use of the machine at BU; and (b) spread the load around.

Are there any machines out there that are willing to provide this
service (and also to admit it :-) )?

Steve Anderson
Cognitive Science Center
The Johns Hopkins University

anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu
anderson@cs.jhu.edu
cog_asra@jhunix (BITNET, but it usually doesn't work)