Is a machine at "foo" on the net?

     These questions belong in news.config (if anywhere), but in fact
     your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
     If you don't know anybody at "foo" you can always try calling and
     asking for the "comp center."  Also, see the newsgroup
     comp.mail.maps where maps of Usenet and the uucp network are posted
     regularly.  If you have access to telnet, connect to ds.internic.net
     and try the "whois" command.  (See also the answer to question
     #7, below.)

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