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Date:      Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:00:01 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: talk not connecting to remote machines.
Message-ID:  <199604052300.QAA20488@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <jacs-9603052210.AA00014499@hawk.gnome.co.uk>
References:  <jacs-9603052210.AA00014499@hawk.gnome.co.uk>

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> I am not sure if this a fault with all versions of FreeBSD but the 
> "talk" prog only seems to work when connecting to local users.

It works fine for me.

> If you either try to initiate or respond to a talk session on a remote
> machine the remote machine does not respond.

Are the remote machines Suns?  If so, then it won't work because Sun has
used (and continues to use) a *very* old version of talk which doesn't
work on anything but Suns.

They assume that all the world is a Sun....


Nate



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