[comp.mail.misc] Bitnet Gateway

mike@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Mike Furtney) (12/14/89)

I'm sure this type of question has been addressed a zillion times here,
but here goes :

I have an associate who works at Queens university Canada, who has an account
on one of the IBM mainframes there (Sitename : 'qucdn' running VM/CMS) which 
is on the BITNET.  I would like to exchange mail.

I have no problem sending mail, I am using a unix machine with a uucp
connection, and address all my mail to

			..!uunet!qucdn.bitnet!USER_NAME

where USER_NAME is the name of my associate.  My mail arrives at 'qucdn'.

My associate on the other hand has difficulties sending mail from 'qucdn'
to my site.  Several paths have been tried, one of which is :

			watmath!watcsc!mike@uunet.UU.NET

All mail sent to this path is returned un-delivered.  

What path should be used to send mail from 'qucdn' on the BITNET
to ..!uunet!watmath!watcsc!mike ??

	Any replies would be appreciated, mail can be sent to :

		..!uunet!watmath!watcsc!mike



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				mike@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Mike Furtney)

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iphwk@TERRA.OSCS.MONTANA.EDU (Bill Kinnersley) (12/14/89)

[In "Bitnet Gateway", mike@watcsc said:]
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: What path should be used to send mail from 'qucdn' on the BITNET
: to ..!uunet!watmath!watcsc!mike ??
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: 				mike@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Mike Furtney)
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: To be filled in -- once I find something clever to put here.
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Using your domain address, there should be no problem.  WATERLOO.EDU is
a valid BITNET domain.  Assuming that the mailer at QUCDN is properly
configured, your friend should be able to send to you directly on BITNET
using the address MIKE@WATCSC.WATERLOO.EDU.  The BITNET mail goes to
MAILER@WATER.BITNET, which sends it on to you.

Another route would be via the Internet, and again your domain address
mike@watcsc.waterloo.edu should be sufficient.  Some BITNET mailers
still don't handle MX records however, so it may be necessary to use the
address mike%watcsc.waterloo.edu@maytag.waterloo.edu.

-- 
--Bill Kinnersley
  Physics Department   Montana State University    Bozeman, MT 59717
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