Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!occrsh!uokmax!apple!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: mail Gateways (Was Re: MCI Gateway...) Message-ID: Date: 4 Sep 90 20:28:16 GMT References: Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA Lines: 354 frotz@dri.com (Frotz) writes: ]Does anyone know of a connection to MCI mail users? I know that there ]is one for c$erve. Are there gateways for any of the other major "MCI ]Mail like" services? ]-- ]Frotz Well, I got a lot of replies (and thanks to all!). For the edification of the net, I think that this might be warranted. Appologies if it is not appropriate, as I have never heard of this document before. Thanks to all again... -- Frotz )From: uunet!relay.EU.net!dvv%hq.demos.su (Dmitry V. Volodin) )Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 13:50:39 MSD )To: frotz@dri.com )Subject: Re: Looking for a MCI Gateway... )Organization: DEMOS, Moscow, USSR )Status: OR ) )Enjoy: ) )--cut-- )# Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew )# $Header: netmail,v 1.10 90/04/30 18:30:36 john Exp $ )# )# COPYRIGHT NOTICE )# )# This document is Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew. All rights reserved. )# Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided )# that this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice )# and the version information above. Permission for commercial distribution )# can be obtained by contacting the author as described below. )# )# If you plan to redistribute this list on a regular basis in a )# non-commercial medium, please send me mail. I can then arrange to )# mail you each new edition and save you the trouble of fetching it )# from a newsgroup. )# )# )# INTRODUCTION )# )# This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. )# It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc )# and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of any corrections or )# additions to this file, please read the file format documentation below )# and then mail to me: John J. Chew . If )# you do not have access to electronic mail (which makes me wonder about )# the nature of your interest in the subject, but there does seem to be )# a small such population out there) you can call me between 14:00 and )# 18:00 Eastern Time (UTC-4h or UTC-5h depending on the time of year) at )# +1 416 425 3818. )# )# )# HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE )# )# 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. This is what a )# typical entry looks like: )# )# #F mynet )# #T yournet )# #R youraddress )# #C contact address if any )# #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" )# )# For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank line, )# and each line of an entry begins with a `#' followed by a letter. Lines )# beginning with `# ' are comments and need not be parsed. Lines which do )# not start with a `#' at all should be ignored as they are probably mail )# or news headers. )# )# #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. )# If you're sending me information about a new network, please give me )# a brief description of the network so that I can add it to the list )# below. The abbreviated network names used in #F and #T lines should )# consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9 and `-' unless someone can )# make a very convincing case for their favourite pi character. )# )# These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names: )# )# applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network )# bitnet international academic network )# bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS )# bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group )# compuserve commercial time-sharing service )# connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) )# envoy Envoy-100 (Canadian commercial mail service) )# fax Facsimile document transmission )# fidonet PC-based BBS network )# geonet GeoNet Mailbox Systems (commercial) )# ieee-compmail A DIALCOM system supporting IEEE users )# internet the Internet )# mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service )# mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network )# nasamail NASA internal electronic mail )# peacenet non-profit mail service )# sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork )# span Space Physics Analysis Network )# telemail Telenet's commercial mail service )# thenet Texas Higher Education Network )# usdamail A DIALCOM system supporting USDA researchers )# )# #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, )# to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. )# )# #C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the gateway, )# expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F) network. )# Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all, then knowing )# an unreachable address on another network will not be of great help. )# )# #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 internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "user@domain@internet#" )#I domain can be be of the form "site.bitnet", address must be <35 characters ) )#F bitnet )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary depending on )#I what mail software is running at the Bitnet site in question. In the )#I best case, users should simply be able to send mail to "user@domain". )#I If this doesn't work, try "user%domain@gateway" where "gateway" is a )#I regional Bitnet-Internet gateway site. Finally, if neither of these )#I works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for your mail. )#I If you have questions concerning this rather terse note, please try )#I contacting your local postmaster or system administrator first before )#I you send me mail -- John Chew ) )#F compuserve )#T fax )#R +1 415 555 1212 )#I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) ) )#F compuserve )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain" ) )#F compuserve )#T mci )#R 123-4567 )#I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567" ) )#F connect )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" )#I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET" ) )#F envoy )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "[ID=\"attbl!uunet!domain!user\" @UUCP]ATTMAIL/USA" )#I or to "[MAIL @NASA]NASAMAIL/TELEMAIL/US" with first line "To: user@domain" ) )#F fidonet )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site )#I first line of message: "To: user@domain" ) )#F geonet )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "DASNET" )#I subject line: "user@domain!subject" ) )#F ieee-compmail )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "INTERMAIL (134:CMP0817)" )#I first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" )#I second line of body: "To: user@domain" )#I third line of body: "" (blank) ) )#F internet )#T applelink )#R user )#I send to "user@applelink.apple.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 mitvma.mit.edu. Check first to see what local policies )#I are concerning inter-network forwarding. ) )#F internet )#T bix )#R user )#I send to "user@dcibix.das.net" ) )#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 envoy )#R John Smith (ID=userid) )#C /C=CANADA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=ICS.TEST/S=TESTGROUP/@nasamail.nasa.gov )#C for second method only )#I send to "uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!userid" )#I or to )#I "/C-CANADA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=userid/G=John/S=Smith/@nasamail.nasa.gov" ) )#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 at host )#I send to "user:host@map.das.net" )#I American host is geo4, European host is geo1. ) )#F internet )#T ieee-compmail )#R CMP1234 )#C Commercial Mail Relay )#I send to "CMP1234%COMPMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> ) )#F internet )#T mci )#R John Smith (123-4567) )#I send to "1234567@mcimail.com" )#I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique )#I or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the )#I underscore! )#I or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique ) )#F internet )#T mfenet )#R user@mfenode )#I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" ) )#F internet )#T nasamail )#R user )#C )#I send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" ) )#F internet )#T peacenet )#R user )#C )#I send to "user%cdp@arisia.xerox.com" ) )#F internet )#T sinet )#R node::user or node1::node::user )#I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" ) )#F internet )#T span )#R user@host )#C )#I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" )#I or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" ) )#F internet )#T telemail )#R [user/organization]system/country )#C )#I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu" ) )#F internet )#T thenet )#R user@host )#I send to "user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" ) )#F internet )#T usdamail )#R AGS1234 )#C Commercial Mail Relay )#I send to "AGS1234%USDAMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> ) )#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@domain" ) )#F nasamail )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" )#I at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message )#I at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, )#I enter "To: user@domain" ) )#F sinet )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@domain\"" )#I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user" ) )#F span )#T internet )#R user@domain )#C NETMGR@NSSDCA )#I send to "AMES::\"user@domain\"" ) )#F telemail )#T internet )#R user@domain )#C )#I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA )#I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA" )#I second line of message: "To: user@domain" ) )#F thenet )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain " ) )#F usdamail )#T internet )#R user@domain )#I send to "INTERMAIL (157:AGS9999)" )#I first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" )#I second line of body: "To: user@domain" )#I third line of body: "" (blank) -- Frotz