[471] in IS Home Pages
Re: Correction necessary on IS web page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janet Littell)
Mon Mar 15 17:50:44 1999
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:51:41 -0500
To: cwis-help@MIT.EDU
From: Janet Littell <jlittell@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@MIT.EDU
Hi,
The IS home pages team is thinking of retiring this page, which no longer
works: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/network/host-check.html
Do you know of anyone, including Network Operations, that we should notify?
We have already tried Jon Hunt.
Thanks,
Janet
>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:45:06 -0500
>To: Chris Griffith <cg@mit.edu>, Janet Littell <jlittell@mit.edu>,
> is-home@mit.edu
>From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Correction necessary on IS web page
>Cc: jmhunt@mit.edu
>References: <2.2.32.19990315202101.0125e0e4@po9.mit.edu>
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I only took over John's pages that involved DCS. I did not take on any of
>his work with CWIS. You should check with them for that information. Some
>information that I simply found using moira is that webtest.mit.edu is an
>alias for SUNTZU.MIT.EDU located in E40-347 which hasn't had its
>information changed since 1993 and usage data indicates jul 1998. I doubt
>the machine still exists since it is marked as a Sparc Classic. This
>hasn't been working for a while I imagine. There is no contact information
>listed. As for anything further, I am not a web developer do not see how I
>could be of any assistance.
>
>Good Luck,
>Jonathan
>
>At 03:28 PM 3/15/99 -0500, Chris Griffith wrote:
>>John Saylor used to work for DCS. Jon Hunt of DCS has assumed most of John
>>Saylor's web-related duties. I've included Jon this reply in case he can
>>shed some light on the problem.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>At 3:21 PM -0500 3/15/99, Janet Littell wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>Kris and I have not been able to find someone who can fix this page:
>>>http://web.mit.edu/is/help/network/host-check.html
>>>Susan Jones thinks it was done by John Saylor, who no longer works at MIT.
>>>
>>>The page is linked from:
>>>http://web.mit.edu/is/help/network/ip-request.html
>>>
>>>which in turn is linked from
>>>http://web.mit.edu/is/help/network/index.html
>>>
>>>The test for a unique IP address tries to link to "webtest.mit.edu".
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any suggestions? Should we forward this to the Help Desk?
>>>
>>>Janet
>>>
>>>>>>>Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:37:58 -0500
>>>>>>>From: longcore@MIT.EDU
>>>>>>>To: is-home@MIT.EDU (IS Webmasters)
>>>>>>>Subject: Correction necessary on IS web page
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>** Incorrect information:
>>>>>>>NOT SURE! I have tried to check to see if several host names
>>>>>>>are already in use (with the page below). I get the netscape
>>>>>>>shooting stars forever, but don't get a response. I may not
>>>>>>>have waited long enough (??).
>>>>
>>>>>>>** Location (URL):
>>>>>>>http://web.mit.edu/is/help/network/host-check.html
>>>>
>>>>>>>** Correction:
>>>>>>>Please verify that this service is working.
>>>>>>>** Is there an original source for this information (i.e. author, owner,
>>>>>>>etc.)?
>>>>>>>?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
