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- From: zzsb@kursix.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann)
- Subject: Re: Using 'talk'
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.072221.9713@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:22:21 GMT
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- >I;ve been using 'talk'to converse with a few friends. But sometimes,
- >when I try to signal a couple of people I get "checking for invitation
- >on caller's machine." That message just stays on the screen for the
- >longest time and I never get any connection. Can anybody tell me why this
- >happens and what to do about it. Thanks in advance.
-
- If you get that message, it means your talk demon tries to connect to
- another one, he can't talk to. Usually that happens, if your system
- uses the <ntalk> (n for *new* talk) version, and the other system uses the
- older <talk>. SUN's usually use <talk>, the rest of the world (sure there
- are exceptions) use <ntalk>. It's really a pitty, that the two are not
- compatible, I've run into the same problem very often.
-
- Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann zzsb@kursix.rrzn.uni-hannover.de
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