On 24/02/09 22:02, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
[...]
> Looks like that: the second hit from ":helpgrep EBCDIC" is in
> os_390.txt, [...]. BTW that helpfile seems
> at least partly out-of-date: it mentions Unix but not Linux. Let's see
> if the only email address in that helpfile is still valid. [...]

Well, it bounces:

> Final-Recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.0.0 (permanent failure)
> Remote-MTA: dns; [66.111.4.70]
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'5.1.1 
> <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local 
> recipient table' (delivery attempts: 0)

Hm, IIUC 66.111.4.70 corresponds to mx1.messagingengine.com, a mail 
router for Messaging Engine Pty Ltd of Bundoora, a suburb of Melbourne, 
Victoria, Australia... Aha, "Registration service provided by 
FastMail.FM, Contact: [concealed], Visit: http://www.fastmail.fm/ ". And 
fastmail.fm is also from Melbourne but at a different postal code.

BTW, .fm means "Federated States of Micronesia" (north of Papua New 
Guinea) but according to the WP, "any person in the world can register a 
.wp domain for a fee, with a few exceptions like .com.fm, .net.fm, 
.org.fm" (and their subdomains, I suppose), and "that domain is used a 
lot by FM and Internet radios" -- and others too, apparently, like that 
FastMail company, whose email servers are (it is said) in the US. Hm.

And, from the FAQ for that fastmail company, it offers email services 
for free or for a fee (depending on the options you choose and on 
whether you're a business) to anyone anywhere in the world. Doesn't tell 
me much, except that from that os_390.txt, Anthony Giorgio used to be an 
IBM employee (IIUC) at the time when OS/390 was renamed z/OS, at some 
point corresponding to some version of Vim release 6.

Bram, any idea if that EBCDIC port is still supported and who (if 
anyone) maintains it? Just for curiosity.


Best regards,
Tony.
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