Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: OOPS! -- Bad header in comp.software.misc Call-For-Votes Summary: never mind the header, what about the address? Message-ID: <2590@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 24 Dec 89 01:19:09 GMT References: <109@van-bc.UUCP> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "David Wright" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 38 In article <109@van-bc.UUCP> jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) writes: #It has come to my attention that the Reply-To: header of the #comp.software.misc was munged up. # #If you've sent a vote, and it bounced, please send it again to #one of the addresses listed below: # # DNS: jtc@wimsey.bc.ca # UUCP: ...!{uunet, ubc-cs}!van-bc!jtc The Reply-to: was OK in the version I saw - but the address doesn't work! See the following lines from the 'bounce' I got when I voted. Note: mcsun.eu.net is now on the Internet, so has access to the internet name servers - though it's possible that it's been talking to one with out of date tables which nevertheless claims to be 'authentic'. =============== Received: by mcsun.EU.net via EUnet; Sat, 23 Dec 89 23:33:03 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 89 23:33:03 +0100 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 wimsy.bc.ca!jtc... 550 Host unknown (Authoritative answer from name server) ----- Unsent message follows ----- From: David Wright Date: Sat, 23 Dec 89 22:21:25 GMT To: jtc@wimsy.bc.ca ... =============== Meanwhile, I'll try again, this time to van-bc.UUCP - according to our local tables van-bc is a "known site". Regards, "None shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity" David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW