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From: wurton@well.sf.ca.us (William L. Urton)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.misc,news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Email to BIX??
Message-ID: <24438@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 26 Apr 91 00:17:50 GMT
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hanan@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (Hanan Herzog) writes:


>This message is in reponse to those who inquired about whether email could
>be send from internet to BIX (Byte Information exchange). This CAN be done
>in this format:

>user@dcibix.das.net

>Thant should do it. Let me know how it turns out. I have a whole list
>of gateways from internet/to internet and between at least 15 other nets.
>I can post it if you want.
I'm afraid that this is incomplete.  The only connection between BIX and
the outside world is through DASNET, a commercial service that interconnects
alot of email networks.  If a person on bix has a DASNET account, she/he can
be reached from bitnet/internet  using an address of the form
     [bix user name]@(dasnet computer name).DAS.NET
If a person on bix doesn't have a dasnet account, then they can't be reached
directly from internet/bitnet.  (knowledge comes from personal experience, I'm
on bix as wurton, and used to have a dasnet account until I hooked up to the
WELL. I can recommend dasnet's service, the reason I dropped it is that the
WELL takes care of my email needs.)  I hope this clear up the situation a 
bit.
Bill Urton-wurton@well.sf.ca.us