Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!isi.edu!cew From: cew@isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: OMNET <--> Internet : How? Summary: Two routes for email to OMNET. Keywords: mail, OMNET, Commercial Mail Relay, Sprint Message-ID: <16843@venera.isi.edu> Date: 21 Feb 91 00:07:47 GMT References: <7105.27bab5df@cc.curtin.edu.au> Reply-To: cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Organization: Information Sciences Institute, Univ. of So. California Lines: 50 In article <7105.27bab5df@cc.curtin.edu.au> Gumley_LE@cc.curtin.edu.au (Liam Gumley) writes: >There is an electronic network accessible in Australia called OMNET. > >Does anyone know how to talk to this via Internet? If by "talk," you mean "send mail," then you have two (maybe three) options. OMNET is a reseller of time on a SprintMail system. You can send email to users on OMNET either through Sprint Internet relay, Sprint.COM, or through the Commercial Mail Relay (CMR) at Intermail.ISI.EDU. Both are store-and- forward mail gateways. The Sprint.COM relay uses a X.400-like syntax that is still buggy. The Commercial Mail Relay can use the SprintMail X.400 implementation (believe it or not, different from Sprint.COM) and the older "Interconnect" format. Through the CMR, you can send mail to OMNET users with this format: "[omnet.user/OMNET]MAIL/USA%TELEMAIL"@Intermail.ISI.EDU Users on OMNET will need to use an embedded header, i.e. in the body of the message text (almost as ugly as X.400, but not quite) in a message to "[INTERMAIL/USCISI]SM66/USA" to get mail back to you: Forward: Internet To: Gumley_LE@cc.curtin.edu.au You can get more information about the Commercial Mail Relay from: Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU The information address for OMNET is: "[OMNET.SERVICE/OMNET]MAIL/USA%TELEMAIL"@Intermail.ISI.EDU or just "OMNET.SERVICE" to OMNET users. (The quotes around addresses in sentences are just to set the addresses off; however, in the indented addresses, they are recommended.) (The Ames Research Center also runs a store-and-forward gateway to SprintMail, but it is intended more for internal NASA use and may be more restrictive than the CMR. The CMR is limited to research and educational uses and Sprint.COM is less restrictive because their users pay for the service.) -- Craig E. Ward Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" USPS: USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1200 Marina del Rey, CA 90292