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- INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING MAIL BETWEEN FIDONET AND INTERNET
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- by Burt Juda, in UFGATE echomail
- edited by F Arnaud for 2:320/100
-
-
- I. Sending from FidoNet => Internet
-
- To send mail FROM a FidoNet Node TO someone on an Internet or UUCP site.
-
- What you must know:
- 1) The site name of the Internet node the user is on.
- 2) The login name or mail alias (the mailbox name) that the
- user you want to send to uses there.
- 3) The FidoNet address of the UUCP Gateway.
- These are flagged in the Nodelist with the "GUUCP" flag.
- | Linn fido number is 2:320/100, gateway address is 2:320/100.1
-
- You should get the first two pieces of information from the person
- that you want to send mail to.
-
- With these bits of information do the following steps:
-
- 1) Go to the Net-Mail area of the FidoNet node.
-
- 2) Enter a message addressed to the UserName "Uucp" at the
- | address of the gateway node. (2:320/100 for Linn)
- (The default INbound gateway for Zone-1 is 1:1/31).
- NOTE: The most common error is that the UserName in the
- FidoNet Header is NOT "Uucp". Some software will add trailing
- spaces to the UserName. The gateway software will not tolerate
- this anomaly.
-
- 3) The very FIRST line must contain the Internet address in
- the format:
-
- "To: username@machine.domain"
-
- followed by a BLANK line.
-
- There must be nothing else on that line! Do NOT include the
- (Full Name) which the message coming FROM the Internet may
- contain.
-
- Do not use bang!path type addresses on messages going thru
- | 2:320/100 as they will probably NOT be interpreted properly.
-
-
- NOTES:
- -----
- | Some gateways, including Linn, allow you to put the Internet
- | address in the User_Name field of the FidoNet header. For Linn,
- | such mail should be addressed to 2:320/100.1 (note .1!) while
- | mail to "Uucp" may be to 2:320/100 or 2:320/100.1.
-
- Some software will strip everything after the '@' sign, leaving
- an un-replyable message. In that case, you'll need to re-address
- your reply to 'Uucp' and copy the address from the "From:" line
- into the "To: user@machine.domain" line at the TOP of your reply.
-
- The gateway software will contain the correct return-address
- in your message and will also append a .signature to the end
- of it. There is no need to specify your return-address in the
- body of your message.
- Your message will be from 'User.Name@fNODE.nNET.zZONE.fidonet.org'.
-
- 4) Enter the rest of your message as you normally would. When
- you're finished, save it and it will be sent to your friend
- automagically.
-
- 5) Any other problems, please consult your local SysOp or send
- mail to the SysOp of the Gateway node. (In the case of
- 1:1/31, please send to "Postmaster".)
-
- | 6) It's annoying behavior to use Fido/Usenet gateway to transmit
- | large mail, to suscribe to mailing lists, or to use FTPmail. Linn
- | restricts outgoing mails to 2500 bytes and incoming mails are
- | truncated at 15K lenght.
- |
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- II. Sending from Internet => FidoNet
-
- To send mail from an Internet Site TO a user that calls a Fido-Net system.:
-
- What you must know:
- 1) The node number of the Fido-Net system that your friend calls.
- 2) The exact UserName s/he logs in with.
-
- With these bits of information do the following (assuming that you are
- sending a NEW message and NOT just replying to a message you received).
-
- The "smart" way, or RFC822 @ style method:
- -----------------------------------------
-
- |The address of a FidoNet Node looks like this: 2:320/100.0. Usually
- |the 2: and .0 are left off, but they are there by default.
- |(In North-America it is 1: and in the Pacific Basin it is 3: and
- |and in South-America it is 4: and in Africa it is 5: in
- |South-East Asia it is 6:)
- |That address can be translated as "Zone 2, Net 320, FidoNode 100,
- |Point 0." or f100.n320.z2.fidonet.org - the "Fully Qualified
- Domain Name" of a FidoNode.
-
- Another example is 2:320/100.2 which would be written as
- p2.f100.n320.z2.fidonet.org (since there is a point number other than 0,
- we have to specify it). Note also that we are only using zone 2.
- |This will also work for zones 1, 3, etc; just use z2, z3, etc as
- |appropriate.
-
- Note that FidoNet systems usually use a "Firstname Lastname" logon.
- You will need to express that as First.Last, using a DOT in place of
- the SPACE.
-
-
- Addresses can be interpreted as:
-
- First.Last@[p###.]f###.n###.z#.fidonet.org. where:
- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
- | | | | | | `------`--- domain
- | | | | | `---- Zone number (IMPORTANT)
- | | | | `-------- Net number
- | | | `------------- Node number
- | | `------------------- Point number (optional)
- | `------------------ User's LAST Name
- `------------------------ User's FIRST Name
-
- The Point number need only be used if non-zero.
-
- The Domain Name Server (DNS) on the Internet for the .fidonet.org
- domain will tell your server the IP-address of the MX-receiver
- for the gateway node that is handling traffic for that particular
- "Net" within FidoNet. (For those Nets that do NOT have a gateway with
- an MX-receiver, traffic will be routed to the MX-receiver for
- 1:1/31. The message is gated and routed via the FidoNet backbone
- for routing to the local Net.)
-
-
- Burt Juda
- Tim Pozar
- hostmaster@fidonet.fidonet.org
-
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