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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Converting Internet addresses to UUCP addresses
Message-ID: <2193@stealth.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 90 20:09:08 GMT
References: <325@fltk.UUCP>
Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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In article <325@fltk.UUCP> dnb@fltk.UUCP (David Buonomo) writes:
> an Internet address such as:
> 			noreiga@jail.usa.gov
> into a UUCP address like:
>  			uunet!jail!noreiga

The first host address, jail.usa.gov, is a dotted address or a domain
address. It may not represent an Internet address like 128.66.3.2; it
could instead be a UUCP bang-path address. The safest way to get mail
to jail.usa.gov is to route it through uunet or another Internet site
that understands the UUCP map. (Try noriega%jail.usa.gov@uunet.uu.net
with most mailers.) Mail routing can be very complex.

---Dan