M.I.T
A one-paragraph 1969 note saying where to mail Network Working Group memos at M.I.T.
Crocker, S., "M.I.T", RFC 16, DOI 10.17487/RFC0016, August 1969, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc16>.
@misc{rfc16,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 16,
howpublished = {RFC 16},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0016},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc16},
author = {S. Crocker},
title = {{M.I.T}},
pagetotal = 1,
year = 1969,
month = aug,
} RFC text
Network Working Group Steve Crocker
Request for Comments: 16 27 August 1969
M.I.T.
M.I.T. is now to receive all Network Working Group memos. Memos should
be addressed to:
Abhai Bhushan
Room 807 - Project MAC
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Abhai's phone is (617) 864-6900, X 5857.
[This RFC has been restored to on-line status by Walter Pienciak]
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§1M.I.T. Joins the Mailing List
This one-paragraph note by Steve Crocker, dated 27 August 1969, says that M.I.T. is now to receive all Network Working Group memos.
Memos should be addressed to Abhai Bhushan at Room 807, Project MAC, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.
It tells people where to send copies of the group's papers for one school.
§2Contact Details
The note also gives Abhai's phone number, (617) 864-6900, extension 5857. There is no protocol here, only a distribution address.
It also lists a phone number, like a name card.
§3Place in the Series
This RFC obsoletes RFC 10 per the unit metadata and was later updated by RFC 24, RFC 27 and RFC 30. The text itself ends with a note that it was restored to on-line status by Walter Pienciak.
It replaces an older note and was itself touched up by newer ones.