scott@scirtp.UUCP (Scott Crenshaw) (11/03/85)
> > Does anyone know of a BITNET gateway on USENET. If so, where is it > and how do I use it? > This type of request has appeared at least five times in the last three months. Most of the responses give incomplete answers, such as "there's a gateway at Wisconsin . Don't forget caps in the destination address." That's not too helpful; it provides no instructions on the gateway's *use*. Would some guru-type please post detailed information on: * what gateways exists * how they are used (give *explicit* instructions on address syntax) * any useful comments . Perhaps this question should be placed in the commonly-asked questions section of the net.announce.newuser postings. -- Scott Crenshaw {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp SCI Systems , Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC The views represented may or may not be those of my employer.
sob@talcott.UUCP (Scott O Bradner) (11/12/85)
there is a two way gateway to/from BITNET at talcott.
to send to BITNET:
from uucp:
{harvard,ihnp4,...}!talcott!BITNETSITE!bitnetuser
note caps. ( IBM you know )
from arpa:
user%bitnetsite.bitnet@talcott.arpa
user%bitnetsite.bitnet@talcott.harvard.edu
getting back is harder since bitnet addresses are limited to 8 characters
1/ edit a file that will be your letter
2/ put a line with this format as the first line of the file:
To: user@site.domain
"uucp" is an example domain
3/ transfer to the psudo account "MAILER" at HARVUNXT
with CLASS=M, FTYPE=MAIL
NOTES:
DO NOT USE A MAILER to send the letter, mailers add their own
to line and that will cause the letter to be trashed
do not use "NOTE" it produces a single line with many non translatable
control characters
questions:
scott bradner
sob@harvard.{uucp,arpa,csnet,harvard.edu}
sob@harvunxt.bitnetsteve@umd-cs.uucp (Steven M. Miller) (11/14/85)
>> Does anyone know of a BITNET gateway on USENET. If so, where is it >> and how do I use it? >> > This type of request has appeared at least five times in the >last three months. Most of the responses give incomplete answers, such as >"there's a gateway at Wisconsin . Don't forget caps in the destination address." >That's not too helpful; it provides no instructions on the gateway's *use*. > > Would some guru-type please post detailed information on: > > * what gateways exists > > * how they are used (give *explicit* instructions on > address syntax) > > * any useful comments . > > Perhaps this question should be placed in the commonly-asked questions >section of the net.announce.newuser postings. Me too! But not just BITNET - all the networks! -steve -- \ Go Bulldog / 1982-83 NCAA Quarterfinalists \__ HOCKEY! __/ 1983-84 NCAA Runners Up (4 OT's) WCHA CHAMPS 1984-85 NCAA Third Place (3 OT's) WCHA CHAMPS 1985-86 NCAA CHAMPIONS!!!! WCHA CHAMPS Spoken: Steven M. Miller UUCP: ihnp4!umn-cs!umd-cs!steve USPS: Computer Science Dept, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 10 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812