john@trigraph.uucp (John Chew) (11/25/89)
Here it is again. Sorry about missing October, and thanks to all
those who sent in corrections, additions, and plaintive questions.
John
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# Inter-Network Mail Guide
# $Header: netmail,v 1.3 89/11/24 17:52:13 john Exp $
#
# This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another.
# It is maintained by John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA>, and is
# posted monthly to comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions. Please
# send any corrections or additions to the above address.
#
# Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to
# another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can
# be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted.
# Entries are sorted first by source network and then by destination
# network, and a typical entry looks like:
#
# #F mynet
# #T yournet
# #R youraddress
# #I send to "youraddress@thegateway"
#
# #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks.
# These are currently one of:
#
# applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network
# att AT&T's in-house network
# bitnet international academic network
# bmug Boston Macintosh Users Group
# compuserve commercial time-sharing service
# connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial)
# fidonet PC-based BBS network
# geonet commercial information network
# internet the Internet
# mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service
# span Space Physics Analysis Network
# telemail Telenet's commercial mail service
#
# #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network,
# to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution.
#
# #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal
# instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail
# to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed
# will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary.
#F applelink
#T bitnet
#R user@site
#I send to "user@site.bitnet@dasnet#"
#F applelink
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "user@site.domain@dasnet#"
#F bitnet
#T applelink
#R user
#I send to "XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET"
#I set subject to "user@APPLELINK"
#F compuserve
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to ">INTERNET:user@site.domain"
#F connect
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to CONNECT id "DASNET"
#I first line of message: "\"user@site.domain\"@DASNET"
#F fidonet
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site
#I first line of message: "To: user@site.domain"
#F internet
#T applelink
#R user
#I send to "user@applelink.apple.com"
#F internet
#T att
#R user
#I send to "user%attmail@att.com"
#F internet
#T bitnet
#R user@site
#I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that
#I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are:
#I cunyvm.cuny.edu gpu.utcs.toronto.edu jade.berkeley.edu mitvma.mit.edu.
#I Check first to see what local policies on inter-network forwarding are.
#F internet
#T bmug
#R John Smith
#I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org"
#F internet
#T compuserve
#R 7xxxx,yyy
#I send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com"
#F internet
#T connect
#R NAME
#I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net"
#F internet
#T fidonet
#R john smith at 1:2/3
#I send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org"
#F internet
#T geonet
#R user@host
#I send to "user@host.das.net"
#F internet
#T mci
#R JSMITH (234-5678)
#I send to "2345678@mcimail.com"
#I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique
#F internet
#T span
#R user@host
#I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov"
#I or send to "user%host.span@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host
#I that is on both the internet and SPAN. Some examples of gateways
#I are nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, longs.ucar.edu, star.stanford.edu,
#I vlsi.jpl.nasa.gov, io.arc.nasa.gov, hamlet.caltech.edu. Information
#I is available from NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov.
#F internet
#T telemail
#R [user/organization]system/country
#I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu"
#I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu
#F mci
#T bitnet
#R John Smith <user@host>
#I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)"
#I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet"
#I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@host"
#F mci
#T internet
#R John Smith <user@site.domain>
#I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)"
#I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet"
#I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@site.domain"
#F span
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "gateway::\"user@host.domain\"" where "gateway" is a gateway host
#I that is on both SPAN and the internet. Some examples of gateways are:
#I AMES, HAMLET, IO, IUE, JPLLSI, NSFGW, NSSDCA, STAR. Information is
#I available from NETMGR@NSSDCA.
#F telemail
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA
#I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA"
#I second line of message: "To: user@site.domain"
#I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu
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john j. chew, iii phone: +1 416 425 3818 AppleLink: CDA0329
trigraph, inc., toronto, canada {uunet!utai!utcsri,utgpu,utzoo}!trigraph!john
dept. of math., u. of toronto poslfit@{utorgpu.bitnet,gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca}john@trigraph.uucp (John Chew) (12/21/89)
Here's December's issue of the Inter-Network Mail Guide, with a
few new connections added. Thanks to those who continue to
contribute new information to the guide.
Watch out for the .signature at the end of the posting.
John
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# Inter-Network Mail Guide
# $Header: netmail,v 1.5 89/12/04 10:45:42 john Exp $
#
# This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another.
# It is maintained by John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA>, and is
# posted monthly to comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions. Please
# send any corrections or additions to the above address.
#
# Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to
# another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can
# be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted.
# Entries are sorted first by source network and then by destination
# network, and a typical entry looks like:
#
# #F mynet
# #T yournet
# #R youraddress
# #I send to "youraddress@thegateway"
#
# #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks.
# These are currently one of:
#
# applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network
# bitnet international academic network
# bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS
# bmug Boston Macintosh Users Group
# compuserve commercial time-sharing service
# connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial)
# fax Facsimile document transmission
# fidonet PC-based BBS network
# geonet commercial information network
# internet the Internet
# mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service
# mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network
# sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork
# span Space Physics Analysis Network
# telemail Telenet's commercial mail service
#
# #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network,
# to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution.
#
# #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal
# instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail
# to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed
# will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary.
#F applelink
#T bitnet
#R user@site
#I send to "user@site.bitnet@dasnet#"
#F applelink
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "user@site.domain@dasnet#"
#F bitnet
#T applelink
#R user
#I send to "XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET"
#I set subject to "user@APPLELINK"
#F compuserve
#T fax
#R +1 415 555 1212
#I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.)
#F compuserve
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to ">INTERNET:user@site.domain"
#F compuserve
#T mci
#R 123-4567
#I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567"
#F connect
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to CONNECT id "DASNET"
#I first line of message: "\"user@site.domain\"@DASNET"
#F fidonet
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site
#I first line of message: "To: user@site.domain"
#F internet
#T applelink
#R user
#I send to "user@applelink.apple.com"
#F internet
#T bitnet
#R user@site
#I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that
#I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are:
#I cunyvm.cuny.edu gpu.utcs.toronto.edu jade.berkeley.edu mitvma.mit.edu.
#I Check first to see what local policies on inter-network forwarding are.
#F internet
#T bix
#R user
#I send to "user@dcibix.das.net"
#F internet
#T bmug
#R John Smith
#I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org"
#F internet
#T compuserve
#R 7xxxx,yyy
#I send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com"
#F internet
#T connect
#R NAME
#I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net"
#F internet
#T fidonet
#R john smith at 1:2/3
#I send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org"
#F internet
#T geonet
#R user@host
#I send to "user@host.das.net"
#F internet
#T mci
#R JSMITH (123-4567)
#I send to "1234567@mcimail.com"
#I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique
#F internet
#T mfenet
#R user@mfenode
#I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa"
#F internet
#T sinet
#R node::user or node1::node::user
#I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM"
#F internet
#T span
#R user@host
#I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov"
#I or send to "user%host.span@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host
#I that is on both the internet and SPAN. Some examples of gateways
#I are nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov, longs.ucar.edu, star.stanford.edu,
#I vlsi.jpl.nasa.gov, io.arc.nasa.gov, hamlet.caltech.edu. Information
#I is available from NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov.
#F internet
#T telemail
#R [user/organization]system/country
#I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu"
#I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu
#F mci
#T bitnet
#R John Smith <user@host>
#I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)"
#I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet"
#I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@host"
#F mci
#T internet
#R John Smith <user@site.domain>
#I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)"
#I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet"
#I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@site.domain"
#F sinet
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@site.domain\""
#I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::site.domain::user"
#F span
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to "gateway::\"user@host.domain\"" where "gateway" is a gateway host
#I that is on both SPAN and the internet. Some examples of gateways are:
#I AMES, HAMLET, IO, IUE, JPLLSI, NSFGW, NSSDCA, STAR. Information is
#I available from NETMGR@NSSDCA.
#F telemail
#T internet
#R user@site.domain
#I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA
#I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA"
#I second line of message: "To: user@site.domain"
#I further information is available from Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu
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john j. chew, iii phone: +1 416 425 3818 AppleLink: CDA0329
trigraph, inc., toronto, canada {uunet!utai!utcsri,utgpu,utzoo}!trigraph!john
dept. of math., u. of toronto poslfit@{utorgpu.bitnet,gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca}"John J. Chew" <john@trigraph.UUCP> (05/01/90)
# Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew # $Header: netmail,v 1.10 90/04/30 18:30:36 john Exp $ # # COPYRIGHT NOTICE # # This document is Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew. All rights reserved. # Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided # that this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice # and the version information above. Permission for commercial distribution # can be obtained by contacting the author as described below. # # If you plan to redistribute this list on a regular basis in a # non-commercial medium, please send me mail. I can then arrange to # mail you each new edition and save you the trouble of fetching it # from a newsgroup. # # # INTRODUCTION # # This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. # It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc # and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of any corrections or # additions to this file, please read the file format documentation below # and then mail to me: John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>. If # you do not have access to electronic mail (which makes me wonder about # the nature of your interest in the subject, but there does seem to be # a small such population out there) you can call me between 14:00 and # 18:00 Eastern Time (UTC-4h or UTC-5h depending on the time of year) at # +1 416 425 3818. # # # HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE # # Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to another. # To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can be generated by # transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted. Entries are sorted # first by source network and then by destination network. This is what a # typical entry looks like: # # #F mynet # #T yournet # #R youraddress # #C contact address if any # #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" # # For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank line, # and each line of an entry begins with a `#' followed by a letter. Lines # beginning with `# ' are comments and need not be parsed. Lines which do # not start with a `#' at all should be ignored as they are probably mail # or news headers. # # #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. # If you're sending me information about a new network, please give me # a brief description of the network so that I can add it to the list # below. The abbreviated network names used in #F and #T lines should # consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9 and `-' unless someone can # make a very convincing case for their favourite pi character. # # These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names: # # applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network # bitnet international academic network # bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS # bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group # compuserve commercial time-sharing service # connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) # envoy Envoy-100 (Canadian commercial mail service) # fax Facsimile document transmission # fidonet PC-based BBS network # geonet GeoNet Mailbox Systems (commercial) # ieee-compmail A DIALCOM system supporting IEEE users # internet the Internet # mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service # mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network # nasamail NASA internal electronic mail # peacenet non-profit mail service # sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork # span Space Physics Analysis Network # telemail Telenet's commercial mail service # thenet Texas Higher Education Network # usdamail A DIALCOM system supporting USDA researchers # # #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, # to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. # # #C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the gateway, # expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F) network. # Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all, then knowing # an unreachable address on another network will not be of great help. # # #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal # instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail # to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed # will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary. #F applelink #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "user@domain@internet#" #I domain can be be of the form "site.bitnet", address must be <35 characters #F bitnet #T internet #R user@domain #I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary depending on #I what mail software is running at the Bitnet site in question. In the #I best case, users should simply be able to send mail to "user@domain". #I If this doesn't work, try "user%domain@gateway" where "gateway" is a #I regional Bitnet-Internet gateway site. Finally, if neither of these #I works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for your mail. #I If you have questions concerning this rather terse note, please try #I contacting your local postmaster or system administrator first before #I you send me mail -- John Chew <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> #F compuserve #T fax #R +1 415 555 1212 #I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) #F compuserve #T internet #R user@domain #I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain" #F compuserve #T mci #R 123-4567 #I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567" #F connect #T internet #R user@domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET" #F envoy #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "[ID=\"attbl!uunet!domain!user\" @UUCP]ATTMAIL/USA" #I or to "[MAIL @NASA]NASAMAIL/TELEMAIL/US" with first line "To: user@domain" #F fidonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@domain" #F geonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "DASNET" #I subject line: "user@domain!subject" #F ieee-compmail #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "INTERMAIL (134:CMP0817)" #I first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" #I second line of body: "To: user@domain" #I third line of body: "" (blank) #F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to "user@applelink.apple.com" #F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that #I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: #I cunyvm.cuny.edu mitvma.mit.edu. Check first to see what local policies #I are concerning inter-network forwarding. #F internet #T bix #R user #I send to "user@dcibix.das.net" #F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" #F internet #T compuserve #R 7xxxx,yyy #I send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com" #F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" #F internet #T envoy #R John Smith (ID=userid) #C /C=CANADA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=ICS.TEST/S=TESTGROUP/@nasamail.nasa.gov #C for second method only #I send to "uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!userid" #I or to #I "/C-CANADA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=userid/G=John/S=Smith/@nasamail.nasa.gov" #F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3 #I send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" #F internet #T geonet #R user at host #I send to "user:host@map.das.net" #I American host is geo4, European host is geo1. #F internet #T ieee-compmail #R CMP1234 #C Commercial Mail Relay <Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU> #I send to "CMP1234%COMPMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> #F internet #T mci #R John Smith (123-4567) #I send to "1234567@mcimail.com" #I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique #I or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the #I underscore! #I or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique #F internet #T mfenet #R user@mfenode #I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" #F internet #T nasamail #R user #C <postmaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" #F internet #T peacenet #R user #C <support%cdp@arisia.xerox.com> #I send to "user%cdp@arisia.xerox.com" #F internet #T sinet #R node::user or node1::node::user #I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" #F internet #T span #R user@host #C <NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" #I or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" #F internet #T telemail #R [user/organization]system/country #C <Intermail-request@intermail.isi.edu> #I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu" #F internet #T thenet #R user@host #I send to "user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" #F internet #T usdamail #R AGS1234 #C Commercial Mail Relay <Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU> #I send to "AGS1234%USDAMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> #F mci #T internet #R John Smith <user@domain> #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@domain" #F nasamail #T internet #R user@domain #I at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" #I at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message #I at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, #I enter "To: user@domain" #F sinet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@domain\"" #I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user" #F span #T internet #R user@domain #C NETMGR@NSSDCA #I send to "AMES::\"user@domain\"" #F telemail #T internet #R user@domain #C <Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu> #I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA #I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA" #I second line of message: "To: user@domain" #F thenet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain " #F usdamail #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "INTERMAIL (157:AGS9999)" #I first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" #I second line of body: "To: user@domain" #I third line of body: "" (blank)
"John J. Chew" <john@trigraph.UUCP> (07/07/90)
# Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew # $Header: netmail,v 1.12 90/07/06 20:38:28 john Exp $ # # For those of you who were wondering what happened to the June 1990 issue, # there wasn't one, because of a lack of important changes to the data, # and because I've been busy with other things. Even worse (:-), there # will not be an August 1990 issue as I will be temporarily between net # addresses as I take a nice long holiday between jobs on different # continents. If you have information to add or requests for subscriptions, # send them as usual to me at <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA> and they should # catch up to me with some delay wherever I end up. I'm off to enjoy # my summer now, bye! -- John # # COPYRIGHT NOTICE # # This document is Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew. All rights reserved. # Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided # that this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice # and the version information above. Permission for commercial distribution # can be obtained by contacting the author as described below. # # INTRODUCTION # # This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. # It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc # and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of any corrections or # additions to this file, please read the file format documentation below # and then mail to me: John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>. If # you do not have access to electronic mail (which makes me wonder about # the nature of your interest in the subject, but there does seem to be # a small such population out there) you can call me during the month of # July at +1 416 979 7166 between 11:00 and 24:00 EDT (UTC-4h) and most # likely talk to my answering machine (:-). # # DISTRIBUTION # # (news) This list is posted monthly to Usenet newsgroups comp.mail.misc and # news.newusers.questions. # (mail) I maintain a growing list of subscribers who receive each monthly # issue by electronic mail, and recommend this to anyone planning to # redistribute the list on a regular basis. # (FTP) Internet users can fetch this guide by anonymous FTP as ~ftp/pub/docs/ # internetwork-mail-guide on Ra.MsState.Edu (130.18.80.10 or 130.18.96.37) # [Courtesy of Frank W. Peters] # (Listserv) Bitnet users can fetch this guide from the Listserv at UNMVM. # Send mail to LISTSERV@UNMVM with blank subject and body consisting of # the line "GET NETWORK GUIDE". [Courtesy of Art St. George] # # HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE # # Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to another. # To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can be generated by # transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted. Entries are sorted # first by source network and then by destination network. This is what a # typical entry looks like: # # #F mynet # #T yournet # #R youraddress # #C contact address if any # #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" # # For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank line, # and each line of an entry begins with a `#' followed by a letter. Lines # beginning with `# ' are comments and need not be parsed. Lines which do # not start with a `#' at all should be ignored as they are probably mail # or news headers. # # #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. # If you're sending me information about a new network, please give me # a brief description of the network so that I can add it to the list # below. The abbreviated network names used in #F and #T lines should # consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9 and `-' unless someone can # make a very convincing case for their favourite pi character. # # These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names: # # applelink AppleLink (Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network) # bitnet international academic network # bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS # bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group # compuserve commercial time-sharing service # connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) # easynet Easynet (DEC's in-house mail system) # envoy Envoy-100 (Canadian commercial mail service) # fax Facsimile document transmission # fidonet PC-based BBS network # geonet GeoNet Mailbox Systems (commercial) # internet the Internet # mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service # mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network # nasamail NASA internal electronic mail # peacenet non-profit mail service # sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork # span Space Physics Analysis Network (includes HEPnet) # sprintmail Sprint's commercial mail service (formerly Telemail) # thenet Texas Higher Education Network # # #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, # to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. # # #C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the gateway, # expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F) network. # Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all, then knowing # an unreachable address on another network will not be of great help. # # #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal # instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail # to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed # will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary. #F applelink #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "user@domain@internet#" #I domain can be be of the form "site.bitnet", address must be <35 characters #F bitnet #T internet #R user@domain #I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary depending on #I what mail software is running at the Bitnet site in question. In the #I best case, users should simply be able to send mail to "user@domain". #I If this doesn't work, try "user%domain@gateway" where "gateway" is a #I regional Bitnet-Internet gateway site. Finally, if neither of these #I works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for your mail. #I If you have questions concerning this rather terse note, please try #I contacting your local postmaster or system administrator first before #I you send me mail -- John Chew <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> #F compuserve #T fax #R +1 415 555 1212 #I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) #F compuserve #T internet #R user@domain #I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain" #F compuserve #T mci #R 123-4567 #I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567" #F connect #T internet #R user@domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET" #F easynet #T bitnet #R user@site #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to "nm%DECWRL::\"user@site.bitnet\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "user@site.bitnet" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to "\"user%site.bitnet\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"user@site.bitnet\"" #F easynet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to #I "nm%DECWRL::\"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to "\"john.smith%p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org\"" #F easynet #T internet #R user@domain #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I from VMS use NMAIL to send to "nm%DECWRL::\"user@domain\"" #I from Ultrix #I send to "user@domain" or if that fails #I (via IP) send to "\"user%domain\"@decwrl.dec.com" #I (via DECNET) send to "DECWRL::\"user@domain\"" #F envoy #T internet #R user@domain #C ICS.TEST or ICS.BOARD #I send to "[RFC-822=\"user(a)domain\"]INTERNET/TELEMAIL/US #I for special characters, use @=(a), !=(b), _=(u), any=(three octal digits) #F fidonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@domain" #F geonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "DASNET" #I subject line: "user@domain!subject" #F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to "user@applelink.apple.com" #F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that #I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: #I cunyvm.cuny.edu mitvma.mit.edu. Check first to see what local policies #I are concerning inter-network forwarding. #F internet #T bix #R user #I send to "user@dcibix.das.net" #F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" #F internet #T compuserve #R 71234,567 #I send to "71234.567@compuserve.com" #I note: Compuserve account IDs are pairs of octal numbers. Ordinary #I consumer CIS user IDs begin with a `7' as shown. #F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" #F internet #T easynet #R HOST::USER #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to "user@host.enet.dec.com" or "user%host.enet@decwrl.dec.com" #F internet #T easynet #R John Smith @ABC #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to "John.Smith@ABC.MTS.DEC.COM" #I (This syntax is for All-In-1 users.) #F internet #T envoy #R John Smith (ID=userid) #C /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=ICS.TEST/S=TEST_GROUP/@nasamail.nasa.gov #C for second method only #I send to "uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!userid" #I or to "/C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/DD.ID=userid/PN=John_Smith/@Sprint.COM" #F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #I send to "john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" #F internet #T geonet #R user at host #I send to "user:host@map.das.net" #I American host is geo4, European host is geo1. #F internet #T mci #R John Smith (123-4567) #I send to "1234567@mcimail.com" #I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique #I or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the #I underscore! #I or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique #F internet #T mfenet #R user@mfenode #I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" #F internet #T nasamail #R user #C <postmaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" #F internet #T peacenet #R user #C <support%cdp@arisia.xerox.com> #I send to "user%cdp@arisia.xerox.com" #F internet #T sinet #R node::user or node1::node::user #I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" #F internet #T span #R user@host #C <NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" #I or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" #F internet #T sprintmail #R [userid "John Smith"/organization]system/country #I send to "/C=country/ADMD=system/O=organization/PN=John_Smith/DD.ID=userid/@Sprint.COM" #F internet #T thenet #R user@host #I send to "user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" #F mci #T internet #R John Smith <user@domain> #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@domain" #F nasamail #T internet #R user@domain #I at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" #I at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message #I at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, #I enter "To: user@domain" #F sinet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@domain\"" #I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user" #F span #T internet #R user@domain #C NETMGR@NSSDCA #I send to "AMES::\"user@domain\"" #F sprintmail #T internet #R user@domain #I send to "[RFC-822=user(a)domain @GATEWAY]INTERNET/TELEMAIL/US" #F thenet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain " # END