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From: news@oresoft.uu.net (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: sending mail to fidonet
Message-ID: <607@oresoft.uu.net>
Date: 30 Jan 89 16:31:50 GMT
References: <8682@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <959@novavax.UUCP>
Reply-To: news@oresoft.uu.net (Randy Bush)
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In article <8682@ihlpl.ATT.COM>, neup@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Tom Neupauer) says:
>> How can I send email to a machine on fidonet from my machine (UUCP)?
>> Please reply via email.  (* i did *)

In article <959@novavax.UUCP> nanook@novavax.UUCP (Keith Dickinson) writes:
>In order to mail to someone on Fidonet you must know of a fido gateway in
>their area ...

This is unnecessry and confusing.  It is safest to let the maps and MX
nameservers do the walking and not have to know anything about who allows
what.  To send to <user> at FidoNet 1:105/6 (that's zone-1 net-105 fido-6)
from a uucp site, simply use

   <nearest-smart-site>!f6.n105.z1.fidonet.org!<user>

and from a domain-smart site, use

   <user>@f6.n105.z1.fidonet.org

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