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From: ERIC@SEARN.BITNET (Eric Thomas)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.nodmgt-l
Subject: Re: Format of linkfail tag
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Date: 28 Feb 90 16:35:14 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Your message of Tue, 27 Feb 90 20:10:07 EST

It makes  a lot of sense  to have a LINKFAIL  userid: if the A-B  link is
down and I  cannot reach B, it makes  of course no sense to  try to reach
the linkfail contact of  node B but it does make sense  to send TELL's or
write a note to the linkfail of  node A. This cannot possibly have broken
any application  because for EARN node  the syntax had always  included a
userid@node (at least, as far as I can remember).

  Eric