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From: burt@ieee.org (Burt Juda)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Aargh!  Can't seem to send email to Fidonet!
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Date: 28 Feb 91 01:40:38 GMT
References: <1991Feb24.225330.2356@bilver.uucp>
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In an article, alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) writes:
 > 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?

Then it would be:   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.

That's tougher.  You'd need to know which gateway the mail must go thru.

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