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From: jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Aargh!  Can't seem to send email to Fidonet!
Message-ID: <1410.27C8F0CC@w8grt.fidonet.org>
Date: 25 Feb 91 15:38:00 GMT
Organization: QRV de W8GRT, Sylvania, OH
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 > From: alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich)
 > Date: 24 Feb 91 22:53:30 GMT
 > Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
 > Message-ID: <1991Feb24.225330.2356@bilver.uucp>
 > Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.newusers.questions
 >
 > I have been trying to send email to fidonet, and have failed miserably
 > in all my attempts.  I am using John Chew's recent article on inter-
 > network
 > mail as a guide.  In the example on mailing from internet to fido, if
 > the recipient is
 >
 > John Smith at 1:2/3.4
 >
 > then the address I am supposed to use is
 >
 > john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org
 >
 > There are two problems.  The fido address I need to send to is not a
 > point,
 > so the address is actually of the form 1:2/3 instead of 1:2/3.4.  What
 > do I do in this case?

Use john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org.

 > The second problem is that the mailer here will only accept the 'bang'
 > type
 > of addresses of the form ...site1!site2!site3!username instead of the
 > username@site form.  I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending
 > back every attempt I make.

Try stjhmc.fidonet.org!3!2!1!john.smith.


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