[HECnet] All gone silent

[Mark]

Mystery solved (or at least the mystery of no response) - I used to have some issues when I ran authoratitive DNS and mail directly from our school's IP addresses rather than an 'established' (big tech co) source

M

Sent from ProtonMail for iOS

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 23:31, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

> I did the check just now. And I cannot resolve to them from my mail
> server. But it works from Update.
>
> So my direct mails to Mark will fail, but ones to this mailing list is
> going through Update, which can resolve it.
>
> Johnny
>
> On 2021-08-17 00:30, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if Protonmail was having and issue and subsequently fixed it.
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>> On 8/16/21 6:29 PM, Mark wrote:
>>> Interesting, yes I did not receive that response but have received the
>>> forwarded message just now. I can now take action based upon it (orcat
>>> least I can when I return from a trip to Wales this week)
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 23:23, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se
>>> <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
>>>> And the reason for that is probably protonmail...
>>>>
>>>> From my mail server:
>>>>
>>>> GW:/home/bqt> host -t mx protonmail.com
>>>> protonmail.com mail is handled by 5 mail.protonmail.ch.
>>>> protonmail.com mail is handled by 10 mailsec.protonmail.ch.
>>>> GW:/home/bqt> host -t mx mail.protonmail.ch
>>>> Host mail.protonmail.ch not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
>>>> GW:/home/bqt> host mail.protonmail.ch
>>>> Host mail.protonmail.ch not found: 5(REFUSED)
>>>> GW:/home/bqt>
>>>>
>>>> From Update:
>>>>
>>>> Psilocybe:bqt/krille> host -t mx protonmail.com
>>>> protonmail.com mail is handled by 5 mail.protonmail.ch.
>>>> protonmail.com mail is handled by 10 mailsec.protonmail.ch.
>>>> Psilocybe:bqt/krille> host -t mx mail.protonmail.ch
>>>> mail.protonmail.ch has no MX record
>>>> Psilocybe:bqt/krille> host mail.protonmail.ch
>>>> mail.protonmail.ch has address 185.70.41.101
>>>> Psilocybe:bqt/krille>
>>>>
>>>> Protonmail is blocking me from even resolving their names...
>>>>
>>>> Johnny
>>>>
>>>> On 2021-08-17 00:17, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>> Funny. Looking in my inbox I did find a mail from you on April 10th. And
>>>>> I did reply to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> So you are wrong in that implied accusation that people ignored you.
>>>>> However, I obviously can't answer the question if you got my reply, or
>>>>> if it was sorted as spam, or if it got blocked somewhere, or what.
>>>>>
>>>>> But here is my reply again, copied from my sent mail:
>>>>>
>>>>> ==========
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2021-04-10 01:09, Mark wrote:
>>>>>> Hello Johnny,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having got my VAXstation 4000 vlc (used by me since it was launched
>>>>> in the very early 1990's) back up and running again I'd really like to
>>>>> get it connected to HECnet. Currently running VAX/VMS 7.2 and awaiting a
>>>>> suitable twisted pair transceiver (due on the 14th) it is otherwise
>>>>> ready to go. I have a suitable RPI2 just waiting to provide the ethernet
>>>>> bridge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I would prefer if we didn't use a bridge. It works, but it's not
>>>>> exactly the best scaling solution.
>>>>> Two other options I would recommend first would be either installing VMS
>>>>> Multinet, which allows DECnet circuits over TCP/IP, or the PyDECnet
>>>>> router software, which you can also run on that RPI2.
>>>>>
>>>>> Johnny
>>>>> ============
>>>>>
>>>>> Johnny
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2021-08-17 00:13, Mark wrote:
>>>>>> The uptime on my vaxstation is about 117 days - so about 4 months ago
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 23:02, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se
>>>>>> <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
>>>>>>> ??? I can't remember seeing any such question. When was this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Johnny
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2021-08-16 23:57, Mark wrote:
>>>>>>>> I’d say you were lucky to get a response - I asked to add my
>>>>>>>> vaxstation 4000 vlc to hecnet are got the silent treatment
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from ProtonMail for iOS
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 15:57, Mark Wickens
>>>> <mark at wickensonline.co.uk
>>>>>>>> <mailto:mark at wickensonline.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just checking I'm still subscribed? I have just started trying to
>>>>>>> give
>>>>>>>>> my emulated systems a little TLC to get them reconnected. I need to
>>>>>>>>> find out why my Raspberry PI based bridge isn't responding, it has
>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>> faultlessly in the basement for years and years, but something is
>>>>>>> amiss.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> https://www.qrz.com/db/M0NOM/P <https://www.qrz.com/db/M0NOM/P>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
>>>>>>> || on a psychedelic trip
>>>>>>> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
>>>>>>> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
>>>> || on a psychedelic trip
>>>> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
>>>> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
> || on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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