Subject: Re. Li Peng's computer address

From: Qiru Zhou <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 14:10:48 EST

Any host address ended by .cn can be responsed like a valid address by
using "host" command on unix, for example:
$host garbage.cn
will have the following reply:
$garbage.cn mail is handled by irun1.ira.uka.de

It does not mean garbage.cn is a valid host. It only tells you that
mails to domain .cn are relayed by irun1.ira.uka.de. The method to
make sure Li Peng has a real e-mail address is to send a mail to him
with path tracking. You cannot "ping" a site which is relayed to the
net.

QZ