alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) (02/25/91)
I have been trying to send email to fidonet, and have failed miserably in all my attempts. I am using John Chew's recent article on inter-network mail as a guide. In the example on mailing from internet to fido, if the recipient is John Smith at 1:2/3.4 then the address I am supposed to use is john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org There are two problems. The fido address I need to send to is not a point, so the address is actually of the form 1:2/3 instead of 1:2/3.4. What do I do in this case? The second problem is that the mailer here will only accept the 'bang' type of addresses of the form ...site1!site2!site3!username instead of the username@site form. I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending back every attempt I make. Please help! Thanks. -- _ |__ Alex Matulich (alex@bilver.UUCP) /(+__> Unicorn Research Corp, 4621 N Landmark Dr, Orlando, FL 32817 //| \ UUCP: ...uunet!tarpit!bilver!alex ///__) bitnet: IN%"bilver!alex@uunet.uu.net"
jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs) (02/25/91)
> From: alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) > Date: 24 Feb 91 22:53:30 GMT > Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL > Message-ID: <1991Feb24.225330.2356@bilver.uucp> > Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.newusers.questions > > I have been trying to send email to fidonet, and have failed miserably > in all my attempts. I am using John Chew's recent article on inter- > network > mail as a guide. In the example on mailing from internet to fido, if > the recipient is > > John Smith at 1:2/3.4 > > then the address I am supposed to use is > > john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org > > There are two problems. The fido address I need to send to is not a > point, > so the address is actually of the form 1:2/3 instead of 1:2/3.4. What > do I do in this case? Use john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org. > The second problem is that the mailer here will only accept the 'bang' > type > of addresses of the form ...site1!site2!site3!username instead of the > username@site form. I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending > back every attempt I make. Try stjhmc.fidonet.org!3!2!1!john.smith. -- Jim Grubs - via Fidonet Node 1:234/1 UUCP: ...!uunet!w8grt!jim.grubs INTERNET: jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org
frost@helix.nih.gov (James P. Goltz) (02/26/91)
In article <1410.27C8F0CC@w8grt.fidonet.org> jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs) writes: > > I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending > > back every attempt I make. > >Try stjhmc.fidonet.org!3!2!1!john.smith. Tricky at best. If his mailer reaches uunet, and since uunet runs pathalias, why not just use uunet!f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org!John.Smith ? -- Spoken: James P. Goltz Smart: frost@helix.nih.gov Not smart: nih-csl!helix!frost
kees@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Kees de Graaf) (02/26/91)
In <1410.27C8F0CC@w8grt.fidonet.org> jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs) writes: > > I have been trying to send email to fidonet, and have failed miserably > > ETC.. Can someone tell me what "fidonet" is, actually? Seems to be some kind of BBS news server but I'm not sure. --Kees
burt@ieee.org (Burt Juda) (02/28/91)
In an article, alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) writes: > I have been trying to send email to fidonet, and have failed miserably > in all my attempts. I am using John Chew's recent article on inter-network > mail as a guide. In the example on mailing from internet to fido, if > the recipient is > John Smith at 1:2/3.4 > then the address I am supposed to use is > john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org > There are two problems. The fido address I need to send to is not a point, > so the address is actually of the form 1:2/3 instead of 1:2/3.4. What > do I do in this case? Then it would be: john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org > The second problem is that the mailer here will only accept the 'bang' type > of addresses of the form ...site1!site2!site3!username instead of the > username@site form. I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending > back every attempt I make. That's tougher. You'd need to know which gateway the mail must go thru. -- Burt Juda - Internet: burt@ieee.org UUCP: ieee!burt COMPMAIL: B.JUDA BITNET: JUDA@NJIN FidoNet: 1:107/10
pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) (03/01/91)
In article <1991Feb24.225330.2356@bilver.uucp> alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) writes: >There are two problems. The fido address I need to send to is not a point, >so the address is actually of the form 1:2/3 instead of 1:2/3.4. What >do I do in this case? If there is no point, you leave it off of the Internet domain address for FidoNet. Ie: John.Smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org >The second problem is that the mailer here will only accept the 'bang' type >of addresses of the form ...site1!site2!site3!username instead of the >username@site form. I can send to uunet from here, but uunet is sending >back every attempt I make. Try: uunet!f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org!John.Smith Tim -- pozar@lns.com Fido: 1:125/555 PaBell: 415-788-3904 USNail: KKSF-FM / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108