lncompton@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV (Lilly Compton) (09/20/89)
*************************************************** ************************** IMPORTANT ******************************** ************************** NOTICE! ******************************** *************************************************** You are on this list because you mail has passed through the defunct IO system from your account. This is to let you know that IO will be shut down permanently on Wednesday, Sept 20 1989. At that time mail routed through IO will be lost. The IO mail gateway has been replaced with a newer, more efficient gateway called AMES. Use this guide to reformat your mail addresses. Mail sent from DECnet to Internet would change from: IO::"user@host.domain" to: AMES::"user@host.domain" (See Note 3) e.g. AMES::"joe@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov" Mail sent from the Internet to SPAN (DECnet) would change from: user%host.span@io.arc.nasa.gov to: user@host.span.nasa.gov (See Note 2) e.g. smith@kryos.span.nasa.gov SPECIAL NOTES: 2. MX RECORD SUPPORT: The following two addresses are the same. The first address is the preferred choice. jerry@host.span.nasa.gov jerry%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov Mail received from "ames" will be in the first format. An Internet host can send mail to or reply to mail from the first address if its mailer supports MX records (most modern mailers do). If your mailer does not support MX records, and you have to reply to an address like: user@host.span.nasa.gov change the address to: user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov or: user%host.span@ames.ARPA Be sure to use the ".span" in your address. This was optional in the old mailer, but is required with the new mailer. Mail from a SPAN host at Ames Research Center will have the format: user@host.arc.nasa.gov If your mailer does not support MX records, reply to it with the address: user%host@ames.arc.nasa.gov 3. IF YOUR MAILER DOESN'T HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR AMES For DECnet users, if your host doesn't know the host "ames", use its numeric address 24810. If you have any questions, please contact me immediately. Lilly Compton Electronic Mail Administrator NASA Ames Research Center 415 694 4180 lncompton@ames.arc.nasa.gov ames::lncompton