home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!uoft02.utoledo.edu!ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu!ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu!bamon
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: TALK command problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.114457.1@ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu>
- From: bamon@ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu
- Date: 26 Jan 93 11:44:57 EDT
- References: <01GTWUKZCBNK000N1O@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Oberlin College
- Nntp-Posting-Host: ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu
- Lines: 28
-
- In article <01GTWUKZCBNK000N1O@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>, TS117%BSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET (Tandi Sunarto) writes:
- > Date sent: 24-JAN-1993 21:40:39
- >
- > I tried to call a friend of mine, but I got an error message :
- >
- > $ TALK <username@address>
- >
- > Can't open a connection to <address>
- > Domain service : no address found for host-name.
- >
- > This is strange to me, since I have no problem at all everytime
- > I send a mail to him, which means I could reach him.
- > I am calling from Bemidji State Univ., MN and my friend is at
- > University of Kentucky.
-
- TALK is an INTERNET facility.
- From your address, it looks like you sending mail via BITNET.
- It is entirely possible for one to work properly and not the other.
- Your friend may have only BITNET and not INTERNET access.
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
- Jennifer R. Amon FREENET: aa1190@freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu
- Oberlin College FREENET: cc312@cleveland.freenet.edu
- Oberlin, OH 44074 *INTERNET: bamon@ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu
- PH: (216) 775-6987 BITNET: bamon%ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu@ocvaxc.bitnet
- FAX: (216) 775-8573 *use the internet address if possible
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
-