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From: davidbe@sco.COM (The Cat in the Hat)
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Subject: Re: Converting Internet addresses to UUCP addresses
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Date: 8 Jan 90 21:46:25 GMT
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She said that he said that she said that brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) said:
-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 is both right and wrong.  the "jail.usa.gov" is a domain address. 
And, yes, mail routing can be very complex.  But depending on the
mailer you use, the example he gives may not work.

I suggest using "<site>!jail.usa.gov!noreiga", where site can be uunet,
but can also be most any other machine that communicates via the internet.

There are two RFC's on mail routing; unfortunately I can't remember the 
numbers, but I'd only recommend looking these up if you're *really* 
interested in the mechanics of routing algebra's (!'s before .'s and equal
to @'s, etc).

Hope this helps.


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