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From: nanook@novavax.UUCP (Keith Dickinson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: sending mail to fidonet
Message-ID: <959@novavax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 89 20:54:57 GMT
References: <8682@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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in article <8682@ihlpl.ATT.COM>, neup@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Tom Neupauer) says:
> Xref: novavax comp.mail.misc:1719 comp.mail.uucp:2864
> 
> How can I send email to a machine on fidonet from my machine (UUCP)?
> Is it possible?
> 
> Please reply via email.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Neupauer
> att!ihlpl!neup

In order to mail to someone on Fidonet you must know of a fido gateway in
their area (or at least one that doesn't mind forewarding to them). If you
look in your maps, you may find some entries with the .FIDONET.ORG domain
on them.

After you have found someone in the .FIDONET.ORG domain, simply address
a message Through them as follows

example.FIDONET.ORG!f1.n369.z1!john_doe

The address given above after the usenet sight is for Fidonet address
1|369/1 or Zone 1 (z1), Net 369 (n369), Node 1 (f1). You can technicly
mail to any valid Fidonet sight this way (assuming the person who forewards
the mail doesn kill the message autmaticly due to cost.). I'd suggest that
for polightness you mail to the Sysop@system.FIDONET.ORG and find out if
he has any problems forewarding your mail. Some people can get away with
passing the mail allong a string of sights, others are forced to make long
distance calls and don't like the idea of forewarding for free.

If you have any more questions, feel free to write me.

Keith Dickinson

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