From husc6!yale!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!trigraph!john Fri Fe b 23 19:56:39 EST 1990 Article 3279 of comp.mail.misc: Path: husc6!yale!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!trigraph!john Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.newusers.

questions Subject: Inter-Network Mail Guide (23 Feb 90) Summary: monthly posting Message-ID: <nm0290@trigraph.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 90 23:47:37 GMT Expires: 24 May 90 23:47:38 GMT Sender: "John J. Chew" <john@trigraph.UUCP> Reply-To: "John J. Chew" <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA> Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: Trigraph Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 264 Supersedes: <nm0190@trigraph.UUCP> Xref: husc6 comp.mail.misc:3279 news.newusers.questions:1573 References: # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew $Header: netmail,v 1.8 90/02/23 17:48:09 john Exp $ INTRODUCTION This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to another. It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of comp.mail.misc and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of any corrections or additions to this file, please read the file format documentation below and then mail to me: John J. Chew <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 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. This is what a typical entry looks like: #F #T #R #C #I mynet yournet youraddress contact address if any send to "youraddress@thegateway"

For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank line, and each line of an entry begins with a `#' followed by a letter. Lines beginning with `# ' are comments and need not be parsed. Lines which do not start with a `#' at all should be ignored as they are probably mail or news headers. #F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination networks. If you're sending me information about a new network, please give me a brief description of the network so that I can add it to the list below. The abbreviated network names used in #F and #T lines should consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9 and `-' unless someone can make a very convincing case for their favourite pi character. These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names:

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I

applelink bitnet bix bmug compuserve connect fax fidonet geonet ieee-compmail internet mci mfenet nasamail sinet span telemail thenet usdamail

Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house network international academic network Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's commercial BBS Berkeley Macintosh Users Group commercial time-sharing service Connect Professional Information Network (commercial) Facsimile document transmission PC-based BBS network commercial information network A DIALCOM system supporting IEEE users the Internet MCI's commercial electronic mail service Magnetic Fusion Energy Network NASA internal electronic mail Schlumberger Information NETwork Space Physics Analysis Network Telenet's commercial mail service Texas Higher Education Network A DIALCOM system supporting USDA researchers

#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. Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all, then knowing an unreachable address on another network will not be of great help. #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. applelink bitnet user@site send to "user@site.bitnet@dasnet#" applelink internet user@domain send to "user@domain@dasnet#" compuserve fax +1 415 555 1212 send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.) compuserve internet user@domain send to ">INTERNET:user@domain" compuserve mci 123-4567 send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567"

#F connect #T internet

#R user@domain #I send to CONNECT id "DASNET" #I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET" #F #T #R #I #I #F #T #R #I #I #I #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #I #I #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I fidonet internet user@domain send to "uucp" at nearest gateway site first line of message: "To: user@domain" ieee-compmail internet user@domain send to "INTERMAIL (134:CMP0817)" first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" second line of body: "To: user@domain" third line of body: "" (blank) internet applelink user send to "user@applelink.apple.com" internet bitnet user@site send to "user%site.bitnet@gateway" where "gateway" is a gateway host that is on both the internet and bitnet. Some examples of gateways are: cunyvm.cuny.edu mitvma.mit.edu. Check first to see what local policies are concerning inter-network forwarding. internet bix user send to "user@dcibix.das.net" internet bmug John Smith send to "John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org" internet compuserve 7xxxx,yyy send to "7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com" internet connect NAME send to "NAME@dcjcon.das.net" internet fidonet john smith at 1:2/3 send to "john.smith@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org" internet geonet user@host send to "user@host.das.net"

#F #T #R #C #I #F #T #R #I #I #I #I #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #C #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #C #I #I #F #T #R #C #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #C #I #F #T #R #I

internet ieee-compmail CMP1234 Commercial Mail Relay <Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU> send to "CMP1234%COMPMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> internet mci John Smith (123-4567) send to "1234567@mcimail.com" or send to "JSMITH@mcimail.com" if "JSMITH" is unique or send to "John_Smith@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is unique - note the underscore! or send to "John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com" if "John Smith" is NOT unique internet mfenet user@mfenode send to "user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa" internet nasamail user <postmaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov> send to "user@nasamail.nasa.gov" internet sinet node::user or node1::node::user send to "user@node.SINet.SLB.COM" or "user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM" internet span user@host <NETMGR@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> send to "user@host.span.NASA.gov" or to "user%host.span@ames.arc.nasa.gov" internet telemail [user/organization]system/country <Intermail-request@intermail.isi.edu> send to "\"[user/organization]system/country%TELEMAIL\"@intermail.isi.edu" internet thenet user@host send to "user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu" internet usdamail AGS1234 Commercial Mail Relay <Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU> send to "AGS1234%USDAMAIL@Intermail.ISI.EDU> mci internet John Smith <user@domain> at the "To:" prompt type "John Smith (EMS)"

#I at the "EMS:" prompt type "internet" #I at the "Mbx:" prompt type "user@domain" #F #T #R #I #I #I #I #F #T #R #I #I #F #T #R #C #I #F #T #R #C #I #I #I #F #T #R #I #F #T #R #I #I #I #I nasamail internet user@domain at the "To:" prompt type "POSTMAN" at the "Subject:" prompt enter the subject of your message at the "Text:" prompt, i.e. as the first line of your message, enter "To: user@domain" sinet internet user@domain send to "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::\"user@domain\"" or "M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user" span internet user@domain NETMGR@NSSDCA send to "AMES::\"user@domain\"" telemail internet user@domain <Intermail-Request@intermail.isi.edu> send to [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA first line of message: "Forward: ARPA" second line of message: "To: user@domain" thenet internet user@domain send to UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain " usdamail internet user@domain send to "INTERMAIL (157:AGS9999)" first line of body: "Forward: ARPA" second line of body: "To: user@domain" third line of body: "" (blank)