Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:2675 news.newusers.questions:982 Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.newusers.questions Path: utzoo!utgpu!trigraph!john From: john@trigraph.uucp (John Chew) Subject: Inter-Network Mail Guide Message-ID: <1989Nov24.230252.18794@trigraph.uucp> Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Sender: "John J. Chew" Reply-To: "John J. Chew" Organization: Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada Date: Fri, 24 Nov 89 23:02:52 GMT Here it is again. Sorry about missing October, and thanks to all those who sent in corrections, additions, and plaintive questions. John ===== cut here and don't forget to trim the signature off the end ===== # Inter-Network Mail Guide # $Header: netmail,v 1.3 89/11/24 17:52:13 john Exp $ # # This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. # It is maintained by John J. Chew , and is # posted monthly to comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions. Please # send any corrections or additions to the above address. # # Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to # another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can # be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted. # Entries are sorted first by source network and then by destination # network, and a typical entry looks like: # # #F mynet # #T yournet # #R youraddress # #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" # # #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. # These are currently one of: # # applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network # att AT&T's in-house network # bitnet international academic network # bmug Boston Macintosh Users Group # compuserve commercial time-sharing service # connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) # fidonet PC-based BBS network # geonet commercial information network # internet the Internet # mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service # span Space Physics Analysis Network # telemail Telenet's commercial mail service # # #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, # to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. # # #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal # instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail # to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed # will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary. #F applelink #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user@site.bitnet@dasnet#" #F applelink #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "user@site.domain@dasnet#" #F bitnet #T applelink #R user #I send to "XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET" #I set subject to "user@APPLELINK" #F compuserve #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to ">INTERNET:user@site.domain" #F connect #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@site.domain\"@DASNET" #F fidonet #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@site.domain" #F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to "user@applelink.apple.com" #F internet #T att #R user #I send to "user%attmail@att.com" #F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that #I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: #I cunyvm.cuny.edu gpu.utcs.toronto.edu jade.berkeley.edu mitvma.mit.edu. #I Check first to see what local policies on inter-network forwarding are. #F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" #F internet #T compuserve #R 7xxxx,yyy #I send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com" #F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" #F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3 #I send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" #F internet #T geonet #R user@host #I send to "user@host.das.net" #F internet #T mci #R JSMITH (234-5678) #I send to "2345678@mcimail.com" #I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique #F internet #T span #R user@host #I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" #I or send to "user%host.span@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host #I that is on both the internet and SPAN. Some examples of gateways #I are nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, longs.ucar.edu, star.stanford.edu, #I vlsi.jpl.nasa.gov, io.arc.nasa.gov, hamlet.caltech.edu. Information #I is available from NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov. #F internet #T telemail #R [user/organization]system/country #I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu" #I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu #F mci #T bitnet #R John Smith #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@host" #F mci #T internet #R John Smith #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@site.domain" #F span #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "gateway::\"user@host.domain\"" where "gateway" is a gateway host #I that is on both SPAN and the internet. Some examples of gateways are: #I AMES, HAMLET, IO, IUE, JPLLSI, NSFGW, NSSDCA, STAR. Information is #I available from NETMGR@NSSDCA. #F telemail #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA #I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA" #I second line of message: "To: user@site.domain" #I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu ===== end of file, signature follows ===== -- john j. chew, iii phone: +1 416 425 3818 AppleLink: CDA0329 trigraph, inc., toronto, canada {uunet!utai!utcsri,utgpu,utzoo}!trigraph!john dept. of math., u. of toronto poslfit@{utorgpu.bitnet,gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca}