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Subject: Re: Path to, or map entry for, Xerox wanted
Message-ID: <367@rocksanne.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 12-Sep-87 14:34:30 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 12 14:34:30 1987
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In article <988@maynard.BSW.COM>, campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) writes:
>   (1)	Does anyone know how to get mail to Xerox?  The address I have
> 	looks like:
> 
> 		Joe_User@OsbuSouth.Xerox.Com
> 
>   (2)	If Xerox has a UUCP gateway, why aren't they in the UUCP map?

The primary way to send mail to people at Xerox is via the Arpanet. Xerox.Com
is our Arpanet gateway. The two main mail systems are Grapevine and NS (our
product mail system). Grapevine addresses are of the the form:

	User.Registry

To reach such addresses from the Arpanet you may use an address of the form: 

	User.Registry@Xerox.COM

Larry's example should read

	Joe_User.OsbuSouth@Xerox.Com

NS addresses are of the form:

	User:Domain:Organization

where any of the three fields may contain spaces (though in mail going out
onto the Arpanet these may be translated to '_').

To reach these addresses from the Arpanet you may use an address of the form:

	"User:Domain:Organization".NS@Xerox.COM

For example, to reach my NS account you can mail to:

	"Wegeng:Wbst207V:Xerox".NS@Xerox.COM

The quotes are very important.

Further details and help can be obtained from Postmaster@Xerox.COM.

We also have a few UUCP sites, the two major ones being 'parcvax' and
'rocksanne'. Both have entries in the UUCP map. There is no public
mail gateway between UUCP and GV or NS mail.

The above discussion leaves out a lot of details that shouldn't matter
to most people. If you have problems contact Postmaster@Xerox.COM.

/Don
-- 
"I'll be half way to heaven, with paradise waiting
 Just five miles away from wherever I am."	-- John Prine
						
Don Wegeng	Wegeng.Henr@Xerox.COM	rutgers!rochester!rocksanne!dw