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From: kuo@skatter.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Can I send mail to a BITNET site?
Message-ID: <274@skatter.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 19:01:02 EST
Article-I.D.: skatter.274
Posted: Tue Jan 27 19:01:02 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Jan-87 05:29:32 EST
References: <615@cdx39.UUCP>
Organization: Accelerator Lab, Saskatoon, Sask.
Lines: 53
Summary: it can be done.. but the mail is slow...

In article <615@cdx39.UUCP>, jc@cdx39.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
> Can someone out there explain to me how I might get mail
> from a machine with only UUCP hookups to another machine
> that is known to be on BITNET?  
> 

	It is easily done. You simply specify bitnet as through
	it is a domain name. Using my site as an example:

		mail sask!ihnp4!utorphys.BITNET!system

	My machine (skatter) talks only to sask so I have to
	first send my mail to it. Sask is connected to one
	of the backbone sites (ihnp4, also to alberta). And
	utorphys is a bitnet site, and I want to send mail to
	user system. It works but it is slow. Apparently the
	mail goes through a uucp-Bitnet gateway at Wisconsin
	and the routing takes up to 24 hours to get done.


> If it helps, some of our immediate neighbors are ARPAnet
> sites, and we could bounce things through them.  
> 

	Don't think you need to make use of APRAnets.


> For that matter, is there a good reference to teach all
> about BITNET to a newcomer?  I keep hearing things about
> it, but so far nothing very factual, and I'm curious.
> 

	I know of NO reference on Bitnet meself. Maybe the
	system manager of each Bitnet site has some docs.
	but I have not seen them. Mostly I learn my stuff
	my hacking!

> -- 
> 	John M Chambers			Phone: 617/364-2000x7304

	Hope this will get you to the Bitnet site you want!


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Peter Kuo                    Bitnet (VMS address)    : KUO@SASK
Accelerator Laboratory              (UUCP address)   : "skatter!kuo@sask.uucp"
(a.k.a. The Beam Warehouse)
Univ. of Saskatchewan          uucp (unix address)   : !ihnp4!sask!skatter!kuo
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan             (Bitnet address) : !ihnp4!sask.BITNET!kuo
CANADA  S7N 0W0
Tel. (306) 966-6059

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