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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Help in using UUCP gateways
Message-ID: <917@decuac.DEC.COM>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 15:07:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  8 15:07:40 1986
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In article <453@noscvax.UUCP>, broman@noscvax.UUCP (Vincent P. Broman) writes:
> DECNET (ENET) mail to machines is more complicated, I think, but often some
> kind of externally understandable name is available like:
> decperson%hismachine.dec@decwrl.arpa which gets translated along the way to
> their internal system of names. Decperson would reply to
> RHEA::DECWRL::"user@host.arpa" .

Please see my previous note on this for a more accurate rendering of
thst state of things.  Also see Richard Johnsson's note about .DEC.COM
domain and gatewaying of mail.  

To make a long story long, from the Arpa internet, user@host.dec.com
should work and if it doesn't, your mail software should be smartened
up to handle domain servers, etc.  From UUCP, mail to
....!{decwrl,decuac}!host.dec.com!user is correct, although the other
forms will still work.
-- 
Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center
INET: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM          UUCP: {decvax,seismo,cbosgd}!decuac!avolio