GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (12/12/89)
Joe (and other interested readers of IDM/csdm),
There apparently is a gateway between the Internet and FidoNet for
private mail. Your mailer will need to understand domain-style
addressing, though. I suggest this method be used for messages not
of general interest to readers of INFO-DEC-MICRO/comp.sys.dec.micro
such as flames and buying/selling used equipment.
What you'll need is the address of the person on FidoNet, which
can be found by examining the origin line of one of that person's
messages as it appears in a Rainbow EchoMail Digest. For instance,
David Strickler moderates the Rainbow Echo on FidoNet. His origin
line lists an address of (1:101/45). To send him a private message
from BITNET/Internet/UUCP you would use the address:
David.Strickler@f45.n101.z1.fidonet.org
Now I don't want to single David Strickler out; I'm just using
this as an example. Please don't flood him with mail saying "This is
a test; please reply". Also keep in mind, as in all electronic
communications, that someone, somewhere, is paying the bills. This
is especially true of FidoNet which is composed entirely of personal
computer users. Please don't abuse this service.
NB: I have learned about this only yesterday. I sent off one
message as a test and have received neither a bounce nor a reply.
I wonder whether that's a good sign??? Lastly, I have *no* idea
how users on FidoNet can reply privately - that'll be up to
them to figure out. (You could always pass along your phone number
and tell the person on FidoNet to give you a call.)
I'll be sure to keep you posted as I learn what works and what
doesn't.
George
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