[net.mail] BITNET question

rcjames@watarts.UUCP (Robert James) (08/10/84)

I need to send mail to  a site known as "unconnvm" which is exclusively a BITNET
node. What is the best way to get at it from this UUCP site?
 
Thanks
 
Rob James

jdi@psuvax1.UUCP (John D. Irwin) (08/12/84)

Well, actually the site name is 'uconnvm' (University of Connecticut).  The way
you get it there from UUCP is do mail it to:

	uucpsite!uucpsite!psuvax1!username@uconnvm.BITNET

(ie: 822 rationality)

I believe 'ucbvax' in place of psuvax1 works also but can't vouch for them.


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Nets:	jdi@psuvax1.{BITNET,CSNET}
Uucp:	{akgua, allegra, cornell, pitt, purdue, ihnp4, burdvax}!psuvax1!jdi

tomk@ur-laser.uucp (Tom Kessler) (08/13/84)

The given uucpsite!psuvax1!person@site.BITNET will not work with many mailers
including the one that comes with 4.2 unless the mailer is setup to deal
with knowing about bitnet as a domain. You may get mail from daemon saying
BITNET unknown domain. 

I use uucpsite!psuvax1!person%site.BITNET and it seems to fight its way
through most mailers.
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jdi@psuvax1.UUCP (John D. Irwin) (08/16/84)

>  I use uucpsite!psuvax1!person%site.BITNET and it seems to fight its way
>  through most mailers.


However -- this only works because of our rather strange mailer situation at
the moment -- the incoming mail get munged through sendmail, who understands
how to change '%' to '@'.  At that point sendmail gives it to the UREP mailer.

Now, assuming the UREP mailer were completely working (which it will be
eventually), the sendmail step would be eliminated -- and the mail would come
directly into the UREP mailer.  At that point it would barf since the old syntax
for UREP mail is

	host%user

and the UREP mailer supports the old format.

Just a helpful hint.  Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
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Spoken:	John D. Irwin
AT&T:	814-237-5068
Nets:	jdi@psuvax1.{BITNET,CSNET}
Uucp:	{akgua, allegra, cornell, pitt, purdue, ihnp4, burdvax}!psuvax1!jdi