Re: Getting OLD messages

Aaron Ucko (UCKO@vax1.rockhurst.edu)
Sat, 24 Feb 1996 16:50:32 -0600 (CST)


>>On 20 Feb 1996, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
>>
>>> [Ryan O'Connell]
>>>
>>> | Yup - I think the European server is having problems.
>>>
>>> Not really the European server, but it's the default server for
>>> Europe. I find it strange that noone has volunteered to be an exploder
>>> for the Netherlands or the UK.
>>
>>Actually I *HAVE* volunteered some weeks ago that one of our hosts at the
>>poly could be an exploder for the Netherlands, but David thought the
>>nic.funet.fi exploder would be sufficient to cover Europe.
>
> The only exploder for Europe? Are you sure about that? Then what
>about erm1.u-strasbg.fr? That pesky little mailer that doesn't reply
>8BITMIME to EHLO, and thus triggers a never ending shower of QP
>messages over France :(

orchard.washtenaw.cc.mi.us has the same problem...and I can't do anything
about it since my Internet access is by modem to a SLIPless VAX running VMS.
(The VAX does at least support MIME; it simply doesn't translate back from
QP.)
>
> Alain
>

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