john@trigraph.uucp (John Chew) (01/24/90)
Here's the January 1990 edition of the Inter-Network Mail Guide. As it says, I'm always looking for corrections or additions at <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA>. John ----- CUT HERE and watch out for the .signature at the end ----- # Inter-Network Mail Guide # $Header: netmail,v 1.7 90/01/23 11:04:27 john Exp $ # # This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. # It is maintained by John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA>, and is # posted monthly to comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions. Please # send any corrections or additions to the above address. # # Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to # another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can # be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are omitted. # Entries are sorted first by source network and then by destination # network, and a typical entry looks like: # # #F mynet # #T yournet # #R youraddress # #C contact address if any # #I send to "youraddress@thegateway" # # #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. # These are currently one of: # # applelink Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network # bitnet international academic network # bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS # bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group # compuserve commercial time-sharing service # connect Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) # fax Facsimile document transmission # fidonet PC-based BBS network # geonet commercial information network # internet the Internet # mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service # mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network # nasamail NASA internal electronic mail # sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork # span Space Physics Analysis Network # telemail Telenet's commercial mail service # # #R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination network, # to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires subsitution. # # #C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the gateway, # expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F) network. # # #I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give verbal # instructions to a user of the source network to let them send mail # to a user on the destination network. Text that needs to be typed # will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if necessary. #F applelink #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user@site.bitnet@dasnet#" #F applelink #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "user@site.domain@dasnet#" #F bitnet #T applelink #R user #I send to "XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET" #I set subject to "user@APPLELINK" #F compuserve #T fax #R +1 415 555 1212 #I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) #F compuserve #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to ">INTERNET:user@site.domain" #F compuserve #T mci #R 123-4567 #I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567" #F connect #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@site.domain\"@DASNET" #F fidonet #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site #I first line of message: "To: user@site.domain" #F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to "user@applelink.apple.com" #F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that #I is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: #I cunyvm.cuny.edu gpu.utcs.toronto.edu jade.berkeley.edu mitvma.mit.edu. #I Check first to see what local policies on inter-network forwarding are. #F internet #T bix #R user #I send to "user@dcibix.das.net" #F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" #F internet #T compuserve #R 7xxxx,yyy #I send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com" #F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" #F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3 #I send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" #F internet #T geonet #R user@host #I send to "user@host.das.net" #F internet #T mci #R John Smith (123-4567) #I send to "1234567@mcimail.com" #I or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique #I or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the #I underscore! #I or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique #F internet #T mfenet #R user@mfenode #I send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" #F internet #T nasamail #R user #C <postmaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" #F internet #T sinet #R node::user or node1::node::user #I send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" #F internet #T span #R user@host #C <NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> #I send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" #I or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" #F internet #T telemail #R [user/organization]system/country #C <Intermail-request@intermail.isi.edu> #I send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu" #F mci #T internet #R John Smith <user@site.domain> #I at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)" #I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@site.domain" #F nasa #T internet #R user@site.domain #I at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" #I at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message #I at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, #I enter "To: user@site.domain" #F sinet #T internet #R user@site.domain #I send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@site.domain\"" #I or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::site.domain::user" #F span #T internet #R user@site.domain #C NETMGR@NSSDCA #I send to "AMES::\"user@host.domain\"" #F telemail #T internet #R user@site.domain #C <Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu> #I send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA #I first line of message: "Forward: ARPA" #I second line of message: "To: user@site.domain" ----- end ----- -- john j. chew, iii phone: +1 416 425 3818 AppleLink: CDA0329 trigraph, inc., toronto, canada {uunet!utai!utcsri,utgpu,utzoo}!trigraph!john dept. of math., u. of toronto poslfit@{utorgpu.bitnet,gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca}