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- How to Use the FidoNet/Internet Gateways
- ========================================
-
- 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.
- A list of gateways which have been tested and approved by
- the Hostmaster is available by File-Requesting magic-name
- 'GATEWAYS' from 1:1/31.
- (If you don't know the address of the nearest gateway, use 1:1/31)
-
- 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. Do *NOT* address it to "SysOp" or to
- "postmaster" to get it thru the gateway!
- 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.
- (The "To:" is MANDATORY and must begin in column 1 of the body.)
-
- 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
- 1:1/31 as they will probably NOT be interpreted properly.
- The "smart-host" which 1:1/31 relies on knows how to handle
- BITNET addresses if given in the form 'user@machine.BITNET'.
-
- Do NOT enclose the address in "quotes", and do NOT enclose
- it in <angled brackets>. Those are special notations
- which only the Internet side of the gateways understand.
-
- You *cannot* send from a FidoNet address to another FidoNet
- address via the Internet gateway. The gateway *will* BOUNCE
- any messages where the destination ends in '.z#.fidonet.org'.
-
- Any E-mail destined for addresses which contain the strings
- 'listserv', 'ftpmail', 'bitftp', or 'majordomo' are automatically
- *BLOCKED* from going thru the gateway and will be returned to
- the sender. Although these may be valid Internet addresses,
- sending to such processors are *severly* frowned upon.
-
- NOTES:
- -----
- The gateway at 1:1/31 can also handle the message properly
- if you put the Internet address in the User_Name field of
- of the FidoNet header (addressed to 1:1/31).
- There is no need to use the usual UFGATE style addressing.
- The gateway software we run will take care of all those
- logistics for you.
-
- Mail coming from the Internet via 1:1/31 will most likely already
- have the 'user@machine.domain' address in the FidoNet Header.
- In most cases, you need only use your normal 'reply' mechanism,
- sending the message back to the same UserName at 1:1/31.
- 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. 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 Postmaster of the Gateway node. (In the case of
- 1:1/31, please send to "postmaster".)
-
- 6) This document describes how your message must appear upon
- ARRIVAL at the gateway. If you are using an off-line reader,
- please consult your SYSOP, not the 'postmaster'.
-
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-
- 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 address of a FidoNet Node looks like this: 1:107/309.0. Usually
- the 1: and .0 are left off, but they are there by default.
- (In Europe it is 2: and in the Pacific Basin it is 3:)
- That address can be translated as "Zone 1, Net 107, FidoNode 309,
- Point 0." or f309.n107.z1.fidonet.org - the "Fully Qualified
- Domain Name" of a FidoNode.
-
- Another example is 1:107/309.2 which would be written as
- p2.f309.n107.z1.fidonet.org (since there is a point number other than 0,
- we have to specify it). Note also that we are only using zone 1.
- This will also work for zones 2 and 3, just use z2 or z3 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
- hostmaster@fidonet.fidonet.org
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