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From: Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU
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Subject: IP numbers and gateways
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Date: 6 Mar 90 02:41:56 GMT
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> Can anyone provide me with the IP numbers for the following nodes:
> 
>     pro-beagle.cts.com
>     pro-europa.cts.com
>     pro-exchange.cts.com
>     pro-generic.cts.com
>     pro-grouch.cts.com
>     pro-houston.cts.com
>     pro-novapple.cts.com
>     pro-sol.cts.com
>     pro-tcc.cts.com
 
I'd be more than a bit surprised.  They don't exist.  The Proline sites
aren't on the Internet.
 
> Just what *is* cts.com anyway?
 
Conveniently, you can send mail since they have MX record through CTS.COM
which happily provides gateway service.
 
>                       Ben Liblit
>                       BRL102 @ psuvm.bitnet -- BRL102 @ psuvm.psu.edu
>                       "Fais que tes reves soient plus longs que la nuit."
 
Actually, take a look at your own .sig file.  The .Bitnet address isn't
a *real* address.  It's a signal to intelligent mailers that you want to
get a message to psuvm.  So, if you're on an Internet site, it routes
though a gateway like cunyvm.cuny.edu (there are 4 common ones).  That's
why addresses like psuvm.bitnet don't have an IP address either, even
if they have domain-style names.
 
Obviously, psuvm.psu.edu does have an MX record...
 
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