| I hate to sound like a grump, it's just that this question has come up
a lot. If you are looking for a conference that
seems to have moved, FELINE is not the appropriate place to ask (nor
are FELINE's moderators). The FIRST thing to do is to check EASYNOTES.LIS.
If your system manager doesn't keep a copy of this file (which is updated
weekly) on your system, you can pull this file to your account by issuing
the following command:
$ copy anchor::net$library:easynotes.lis []
and you can find the file you are interested in by either typing the
file or looking at it in your favorite editor or by using the DCL
search command like this:
$ sea easynotes.lis CANINE
and you will get back something that looks like this
Dogs DOGS::CANINE 977
Dogs easynote.confs.personal.Canine 977
Notice the number in the right hand column. This is the note number in
TURRIS::EASYNET_CONFERENCES that the file is introduced in, and that
all information about the file's movement is kept. If EASYNOTES.LIS
indicates that you were looking the right place, the SECOND thing to
so is to check out the appropriate note in the EASYNET_CONFERENCES
conference. When public conferences are announced or moved, the
moderator is obligated to post that information in EASYNET_CONFERENCES;
If a node is going to be unavailable for a period of time, that
information will sometimes be placed into that note as well. If a node
address changes, moderators will sometimes explain how to access the
conference should a remote system's node database not be up-to-date.
If you still can't get into the conference you want, your last choice
is to compute the node address in the following manner:
1. Check the remote node's address on your system:
$ MCR NCP
NCP> SHOW NODE DOGS
Under the heading of NODE you will see something like:
1.1 (DOGS)
2. Check the master network data base
$ MCR NCP
NCP> TELL ANCHOR SHOW NODE DOGS
19.190 (DOGS)
3. If these numbers match, you can either wait a while (the
conference's host system might not be up) or contact the moderator
or post a *REPLY* in EASYNET conferences's note that is concerned
with the conference that you are interested in asking what is going
on. Before you do that, however, it might be good if you have
pulled and read CAFEIN::NOTES$LIBRARY:NOTES_PROBLEMS.HINTS. This
document explains some of the common errors and what to do about
them.
4. If these numbers do not match, you will need to compute the
network address and use that to access the conference until your
system's node database is updated. Compute as follows:
19.190 = 19*1024 + 190 = 19646
5. At the notes prompt, enter
NOTES> MODIFY/ENTRY CANINE/FILE=19646::CANINE
or
NOTES> OPEN 19646::CANINE/NONOTEBOOK
Deb
P.S. I would like to advise many of you to pull both EASYNOTES.LIS and
CAFEIN::NOTES$LIBRARY:NOTES_PROBLEMS.HINTS to your own directory and
read them both thoroughly. They provide a lot of information that will
make you a more knowledgeable NOTES user.
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