DATE: Wed, 12 May 1993 21:47:36 CDT From: Hunter Goatley Subject: Administrivia: Internet gateway change for WKU
In an effort to help alleviate problems we've had with BITNET backlogs, I've changed WKU's Internet gateway from UKCC to ULKYVM. If you're on the Internet, mail from here will now be percent-hacked with a return address of xxx%WKUVX1.BITN~LKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU. While ugly, the address should satisfy Internet purists who say .BITNET addresses should never reach the Internet unless they're hacked.
In any case, the change eliminates one BITNET hop, the one that's been responsible for the delays for the past week and a half. ULKYVM is the next BITNET node from WKU, so the mail delays should be significantly reduced. There are plans to increase the speed of the line from 9600 baud to a whopping 19.2K in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, that's the highest speed we can do with the current equipment. Still, every little bit helps, and I suspect that the combination should help dramatically.
FILESE~KUVX1 should be in operation again Thursday afternoon, if all goes well. Thanks for your patience!
Hunter ------ Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University goathunt~KUVX1.BITNET (or goathunter%wkuvx1.bitn~KCC.UKY.EDU)
