From: nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Any body knows how to use fidonet??
Date: 27 Dec 92 17:03:49 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

In article <BzM5Hq.8r6@cscns.com>, klaus@cscns.com (Klaus Dimmler) writes:
> I will include a file here that tells you how to convert all kinds of
> networks to an Internet address.. FidoNet is included:
>  
> INTERNET GATEWAYS
> 
> Through Internet, you can write to and receive mail from many different
> networks. This file describes the syntax for writing to various major
> networks.
> 
> If you already have a message from the person you are writing to, you can 
> simply reply. The return address is generated automatically. You can save
> the message in your mailbox for future reference.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> The general format information contained in this document is as follows:
> 
> NETWORK         1) addressing syntax with the other network
> 		2) addressing syntax for mail sent on Internet
> 
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> 
> Applelink       1) user-id
> 		2) user-id@applelink.apple.com
> 
> BITNET          1) user-id@site
> 		2) user-id@site.bitnet
> 			  OR
> 		   user-id%site.bitnet@An.Interbit.Gateway.Address
> 
> 		Notes:
> 		At many internet sites, you can address mail to BITNET
> 		users with the simple "user-id@site.bitnet". If this
> 		doesn't work, try the following syntax to use one of
> 		the Internet-BITNET gateways:
> 
> 		     user-id%site.bitnet@An.Internet.Gateway.Address
> 
> 		where "An.Internet.Gateway.Address is anyone of these:
> 
> 		     CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU           Cornell University
> 		     CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU                    City Univ of NY
> 		     MITVMA.MIT.EDU                     MIT.
> 
> Compuserve      1) 7xxxx,yyy
> 		2) 7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com
> 
> EASYNet/
> DECNet          1) user-id@host
> 		2) user-id@host.enet.dec.com
> 
> ESNet           1) user-id@host
> 		2) user-id@lbl.dnet.nasa.gov
> 
> FidoNet         1) Firstname.Lastname at 1:2/3
> 		2) Firstname.Lastname@f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org
> 
> JANET           1) user-id@A.Janet.Domain.Address
> 		2) user-id@A.Janet.Domain.Address@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
> 
> MCI             1) Firstname LastName (123-4567)
> 			where 123-4567 is an MCI phone id #
> 		2) 123-4567@mcimail.com
> 
> PSInet          1) user-id@host
> 		2) user-id%host@uu.psi.com
> 
> Sinet           1) node::user-id
> 		2) user-id@node.sinet.slb.com
> 		     OR
> 		1) node1::node::user-id
> 		2) user-id%node@node1.sinet.slb.com
> 
> SPAN            1) user-id@host
> 		2) user-id@host.span.nasa.gov
> 
> THENet          1) user-id::host
> 		2) user-id@node.decnet@relay.the.net
> 
> UUNET           1) user-id@site
> 		2) user-id%site@uunet.uu.net
> 
> VNET            1) user-id@vnetsite
> 		2) user-id@vnetsite.ibm.com
> 
> 
> 
>  
To send email from Internet to WWIVnet is the following:
1-9701@wwiv.cojones.com
^  ^      rest is gateway BBS Internet <=> WWIVnet.
| node
usernumber

or the following

ferret-9701@wwiv.cojones.com the ferret is the usersname/handle

Send email to 1-9704@wwiv.cojones.com ask DT for info on how to send email from
WWIVnet to Internet.

Michael Adams alias Ghost Wheel/Morgoth NSMCA@acad3.alaska.edu