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BITNET addresses
Richard Reichart (reichart@PLUTO.NJCC.COM)
Mon, 8 Jan 1996 13:34:26 -0500
FWIW, to those who recently had trouble with them -- below is some info
about addressing people with BITNET addresses, together with info on its
source, the "internet-services faq" and how to get a current copy of that
document (I see that my copy is an almost 2 year old version -- the whole
thing is about 50000 bytes long, but it's relatively gracefully written,
and scanning it gives practical insights into some of the ways the
Internet "agreement" has cobbled together other newtorks and resources).
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Archive-name: internet-services/faq
Last-Modified: 1994/2/4
Version: 1.7
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INTERNET SERVICES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Version 1.7 - 4 February, 1994
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SECTION 2: HOW DO I...?
*** 2.1: HOW DO I SEND ELECTRONIC MAIL FROM THE INTERNET TO ANOTHER
NETWORK?
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BITNET: "user@host.BITNET" (Note that the bitnet hostname is not
necessarily the same as the Internet host name.) If this fails, try
directing your mail through a gateway such as "cunyvm.cuny.edu",
"pucc.princeton.edu", or "wuvmd.wustl.edu". The address would be as
follows: "user%domain.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu" (or cunyvm or wuvmd).
This should help those with SMTP servers that are not quite up to date.
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"Internet Services Frequently Asked Questions and Answers". That's the
file you're looking at now. For the most recent version, FTP to:
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/faq
or send an email message to "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with a line in
the body of the message reading "send usenet/news.answers/internet-
services/faq".
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