Re: retention and archives...

[riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)]

In article <8906082027.AA02368@xal.Berkeley.EDU> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
>Really-From: @GAFFA.MIT.EDU:peter@xal (Peter Freeman)
>GIVE ME THE GAFFA NUMBER, AND I'LL NEVER BUG ANYONE AGAIN!

% nslookup
> server mit.edu
Default Server:  mit.edu
Address:  18.72.2.1

> gaffa.mit.edu
Server:  mit.edu
Address:  18.72.2.1

Name:    GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Address:  18.62.0.11

> ^D

% ftp 18.62.0.11
Name (18.62.0.11:): ftp
Password (18.62.0.11:ftp):

ftp> cd love-hounds/archives
[and yes, there are archives...or there appear to be.  I didn't actually
 get any of them, I just checked that they exist]

Dunno why the address wasn't automatically resolved for you.  Probably means
that your node doesn't have a nameserver, which is a *real* liability these
days.

-Dan Riley (riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu, dsr@lns61.tn.cornell.edu)
-Wilson Lab, Cornell U.