Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!milton!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Return Mail from Fidonet Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 20:35:46 GMT References: <93Hy021u05H801@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service Lines: 38 szh20@ccc.amdahl.com (Stuart Hayes) writes: >the Internetwork Mail Guide. I have not been able to impart to him properly >the method for returning mail to me. Can some please describle in simple >english, ie not the macros in the Mail Guide how to send mail from >FIDONET to INTERNET? This is a little tricky, and the information does come from the Mail Guide... #F fidonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@domain" The trick lies in the system where the reply is to be posted to know who is it's uucp gateway--this isn't always easy, and is something the sysop needs to configure. I would send a message (to myself) by entering... From (in the Fidonet mail editor): Ralph Sims To: uucp@1:343/8 (I'm just using this, as I have no idea who the Net 343 gateway is--just an example). Subject: Whatever The first line of the text would read: To: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu, flush left, and containing a valid fqdn (fully-qualified domain name) address. The Fidonet magic spells will be invoked and the message speeds on its way. -- halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA +++ A Waffle Iron +++