Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: INTERBIT ADDRESS Message-ID: <1991Apr27.143015.13694@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 27 Apr 91 14:30:15 GMT References: Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 34 In article undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes: > Could someone please send me the format and address for sending mail >through Interbit? I don't believe INTERBIT exists. Some of the BITNET software uses INTERBIT internally. But it is best understood as a keyword used to direct messages to the nearest of most appropriate Internet-BITNET gateway. > I want to configure my mailer so that it sends all BITNET mail to the >correct address, rather than having to have my backbone do it. There is no 'correct address'. There are many Internet-Bitnet gateways, and the number is steadily increasing. I suppose the most appropriate is to send to the Internet gateway nearest the destination, if known, and otherwise to the gateway nearest to you. Since you seem to be a UUCP site, and presumably forward mail via UUCP to an Internet site, it is best to allow the Internet site to choose the gateway. > So... I need to know how mail is addressed to Interbit.. > > Is it: > > user%node@interbit Mail addressed this way will very likely bounce. Many sites have their MTAs configured to handle 'user@node.BITNET'. If the site you forward mail through does not support this, you should be asking the Postmaster there what they do support. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940