[11978] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadcast ICMP's at Mae East from Nacamar / Nacamar Contact
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@ISI.EDU)
Tue Aug 26 11:35:35 1997
From: bmanning@ISI.EDU
To: smd@clock.org (Sean M. Doran)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:19:43 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: bmanning@ISI.EDU, tom@nacamar.de, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19970826150438Z77189-231+254@cesium.clock.org> from "Sean M. Doran" at Aug 26, 97 08:04:27 am
>
> >(On more than one occasion I have wondered why there is so much
> >non-NA activity on an ostensibly NA specific list.)
>
> I am one of those pests you just can't get rid of, Bill.
Too right.
> However, to be a sophist for a moment, "North American Network
> Operators' Group" can still include me, since, while the
> network here isn't North American, there is technically a
> North American involved in operating it. (Heck, a colleague
> of mine is *in* North America richt now, even)
I think the operative phrase is North American Network...
Not networks that have north americans on staff or bits and
pieces of gear on the continent.
> (Quick quiz: where does schnell.ebone.net live?)
In the hearts and minds of its parents and friends.
> ..so like don't knock the people providing actual content on this list. --:)
Not even. And to that end, I would suggest that folks use the
respective mailing lists for coordinating activities at exchanges
and not broadcast to nanog/com-priv email of the form:
I've lost your email address Sean, can you please contact me?
mae-east: mae-east-tech@uunet.uu.net
mae-west: mae-west@nsipo.nasa.gov
>
> Sean.
>
--
--bill
