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Subject: DECNET Mail <-> SMTP
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Date: Thu, 28-May-87 11:33:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 28 11:33:18 1987
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We have a VMS machine acting as a communications gateway between our many
mostly incompatible campus nets, and we have an ULTRIX machine to act as a
DECNET to TCP/IP gateway.  The ULTRIX machine is running the standard
(DEC supplied ?) generic ARPA sendmail configuration file.
I have figured out how to send mail from DECNET to SMTP mailers:
        ULTRIX_host::"name@UNIX_host"
(An extra set of quotes is needed if this is to be used as a forwarding
address).
The big question is how to send mail the other way. I have tried every
conceivable combination of "DECNET_host::name"@ULTRIX_host that I can 
think of, but the ARPA address parser converts the :: to .. before
it can realize that it wants to send the address to the Mail-11 program.
Any helpful hints would be appreciated.
Please reply directly, as I do not usually read this list.
                                john d mccalpin
                                mccalpin@fsu.mfenet
                                mcalpin@fsu.bitnet
                                (mccalpin%fsu.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa)