Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!JHWELCH%AMHERST.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
From: JHWELCH%AMHERST.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jonathan_Welch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Sending mail from Bitnet to UUCP sites
Message-ID: <11226@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 12 Jan 88 14:34:54 GMT
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I have installed PMDF on our VAX (we are on Bitnet) and have a
question about sending mail to UUCP sites.

I don't really understand how UUCP works or even completely what it
looks like.  My understanding is that, in general, the entire route
needs to be specified in the address.  Functionally, I would like to
know what my PMDF definitions should be to get mail (via some BITNET
gateway or something) to someone who tells me his address is
{START1,START2}!NODE1!NODE2!USER .  What kind of envelope do I put
this in, and where do I send it?  We have some rudimenty stuff for
sending through the PSUVAX1 gateway, and it looks like:

 !
 ! UUCP addresses:
 !
 .UUCP         $U%$H.UUCP@psuvax1

bit_psuvax1 822 bidirectional multiple smtp daemon mailer
PSUVAX1

But I have this nasty feeling that this isn't good enough, and there will
still be some sites I can't get to, unless PSUVAX1 somehow knows about ALL
of the UUCP sites that exist.  Has anyone dealt with this?

More to the point, however, I clearly need to gain a better understanding of
how UUCP works.  Does anyone have or know of a good book/paper/article on this
subject that they could point me to?

Thanks to anyone who takes a bit of time to straighten me out on this stuff.


BITNET:  jhwelch@AMHERST                 - Jonathan Welch
                                           Vax Systems Programmer