[comp.mail.misc] e-mail to bitnet

baz@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (Bruce Zenel) (05/11/89)

   Being a novice at e-mail, I was wondering if anyone could help me?  I'm
trying to reach a friend via Bitnet.  He is more of a novice than I, and
could only furnish me with his machine name and logon id.  I have access to at
least uunet and arpanet, maybe more that I don't know about.
   Can I get to bitnet from where I'm at, or do I need more information from
the other side.
   Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

                                        Bruce Zenel
                                        AT&T Bell Labs
                                        (201)576-2853
                                        Uucp: att!lzsc!baz

ut6y@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (05/12/89)

Just for the record...we just went through this, didn't we?


ANYWAY, the safest path from a USENET-only site to BITNET is thus...

yoursite!uunet.uu.net!cunyvm.cuny.edu!theirsite!them
or
them%theirsite.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@uunet.uu.net

If you are on the Inter/ARPAnet for real (not just a domain name), then you can use:
them%theirsite.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu
or
them%theirsite.bitnet@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu

Unc