seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) (04/27/91)
Could someone please send me the format and address for sending mail
through Interbit?
I want to configure my mailer so that it sends all BITNET mail to the
correct address, rather than having to have my backbone do it.
So... I need to know how mail is addressed to Interbit..
Is it:
user%node@interbit
Any help is appreciated... Reply via mail please.
Sean
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In article <qTq211w164w@undrground.UUCP> undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes: > Could someone please send me the format and address for sending mail >through Interbit? I don't believe INTERBIT exists. Some of the BITNET software uses INTERBIT internally. But it is best understood as a keyword used to direct messages to the nearest of most appropriate Internet-BITNET gateway. > I want to configure my mailer so that it sends all BITNET mail to the >correct address, rather than having to have my backbone do it. There is no 'correct address'. There are many Internet-Bitnet gateways, and the number is steadily increasing. I suppose the most appropriate is to send to the Internet gateway nearest the destination, if known, and otherwise to the gateway nearest to you. Since you seem to be a UUCP site, and presumably forward mail via UUCP to an Internet site, it is best to allow the Internet site to choose the gateway. > So... I need to know how mail is addressed to Interbit.. > > Is it: > > user%node@interbit Mail addressed this way will very likely bounce. Many sites have their MTAs configured to handle 'user@node.BITNET'. If the site you forward mail through does not support this, you should be asking the Postmaster there what they do support. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940