Inter-network mail transfer guide
"...sending electronic mail from one network to another."
Monthly updates of this guide are available by Listserv at LISTSERV@UNMVMA on Bitnet or listserv@unmvm.unm.edu on the Internet. To fetch a copy, send a message to either address, with an empty subject and a message body consisting of the line 'GET NETWORK GUIDE'. [Courtesy of Art St. George]
# Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1992 by John J. Chew # #V $Revision: 1.37 $ #V $Date: 92/06/25 22:52:17 $ # # WHAT'S NEW # # + aol → applelink, compuserve (Jay Levitt postmaster@aol.com) # ! noted intermail gateway will vanish soon (Glen Foster gfoster@darpa.mil) # + new FTP site (Art St. George stgeorge@bootes.unm.edu) # ! noted DASNet BIX gateway is not universal # ! noted 8K limit on PC version of aol (Lars Kongshem Norge1@aol.com) # ! GeoNet organization (Nick Leverton nleverton@cix.compulink.co.uk) # + gold-400 (Nick Leverton) # + greennet (Nick Leverton) # - tcg (Nick Leverton) # ! aol gateways are no longer in beta testing (Jay Levitt) # + mci → compuserve (Brian Long blong@cix.compulink.co.uk) # # COPYRIGHT NOTICE # # This document is Copyright 1992 by John J. Chew. All rights reserved. # Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby granted, provided # that this file is distributed intact, including this copyright notice # and the version information above. Permission for commercial distribution # can be obtained by contacting the author as described below. # # 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 follow the instructions in the section # entitled 'HOW TO FORMAT INFORMATION FOR SUBMISSION' and then mail the # information to me: John J. Chew poslfit@utcs.utoronto.ca. If # you do not have access to electronic mail (which makes me wonder about # the nature of your interest in the subject, but there does seem to be # a small such population out there) you can call me between 14:30 and # 19:00 MET (currently UTC+2h) at +33 1 46 40 10 60, or fax me (at any time) # at +33 1 46 40 18 44. Please note that these telephone numbers will remain # valid only until the end of July 1992. # # DISTRIBUTION # # (news) This list is posted monthly to Usenet newsgroups comp.mail.misc and # news.newusers.questions. # (mail) I maintain a growing list of subscribers who receive each monthly # issue by electronic mail, and recommend this to anyone planning to . # redistribute the list on a regular basis. # (FTP) Internet users can fetch this guide by anonymous FTP as ~ftp/pub/docs/ # internetwork-mail-guide on FTP.MsState.Edu (130.18.80.11) [Courtesy of # Frank W. Peters], or as ~ftp/library/network.guide on ariel.unm.edu # (129.24.8.1) [Courtesy of Art St. George]. # (Listserv) The guide is available by Listserv at LISTSERV@UNMVMA on Bitnet # or listserv@unmvm.unm.edu on the Internet. To fetch a copy, send a message # to either address, with an empty subject and a message body consisting of # the line 'GET NETWORK GUIDE'. [Courtesy of Art St. George] # # HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE # # This document is meant to be both human-readable and machine-parseable. I # have an experimental Perl script that performs queries on this document - # send me e-mail if you would like a copy. # # If you just want to browse the guide manually for information, this is what # you need to know. The guide is organized as a list of entries. Each entry # tells you how to get from one network to another. Here is what a typical # entry might look like: # # #F mynet # #T yournet # #R youraddress # #C contactaddress # #I send to 'youraddress@thegateway' # # This means that to send mail _f_rom a network called 'mynet' _t_o a # _r_ecipient address 'youraddress' on a network called 'yournet', you # should follow the _i_nstructions shown and address your mail to # 'youraddress@thegateway'. (The quotes are not part of the address # you should use, and if you see \' between the double quotes, you # should type just ' when addressing your mail.) If you have trouble # sending mail, you can try sending mail to 'contactaddress' for help. # # Network names are listed together with a brief description of each network, # before the main entires. The main entries themselves are sorted # alphabetically, first by source network and then by destination network. # Network connections that can be generated transitively (A→B and B→C give # A→B→C) are generally omitted. If you need further information on the # format, read the following section. # # HOW TO PARSE THIS GUIDE # # The format of this guide is designed to be a reasonable compromise between # the automatically parsable and the humanly legible. # # As distributed, the guide consists of a sequence of lines of up to eighty # octets in the range [32,126] representing characters in the ASCII encoding, # with each line terminated by a newline (decimal 10) character. # # Valid lines are either empty or begin with a '#'. Invalid lines should # be rejected as being part of an encapsulation such as a mail header. # # The portion of a non-empty, valid line following the '#' consists of a tag # and data. The tag is the longest leading string of characters that does not # contain a space, the data is the portion of the line after the first space # if any. Leading spaces in the data are ignored, except on continuation lines # (see below). # # Lines tagged with a '-' are continuation lines. If more than eighty # characters need to be placed in one logical record, the characters should # be placed in several lines, with all lines after the first tagged with a '-'. # A (possibly singleton) set of lines will be referred to as a record. A # record's tag is the tag of its first line. # # Records with empty tags (such as these) are comments for human eyes only # and should in general be silently ignored by an automatic parser. # # Records are grouped into blocks, delimited by empty lines. Empty blocks, # or blocks which contain nothing but comments, should be ignored. # # The first block of the file consists of 'V'-tagged records which give # version information for the file. The format of this information is # subject to change, and should not be automatically parsed. In this # edition, the first block is at the very beginning of the file. # # The second block of the file consists of 'N'-tagged records which declare # identifiers to be used in referring to networks in the rest of the file. # Each such record is divided into ';'-separated fields. The fields are # currently: identifier, full name, organization, category (academic, bbs, # commercial, in-house, non-profit, none or ?). Leading and trailing spaces # in fields should be ignored. In fact, without further ado, here's the # second block.
#N aol ; America Online; America Online, Inc.; commercial; #N applelink ; AppleLink; Apple Computer, Inc.; in-house; #N att ; AT&T Mail; AT&T; commercial; #N bitnet ; BITNET; none; academic; #N bix ; Byte Information eXchange; Byte magazine; commercial; #N bmug ; ? ; Berkeley Macintosh Users Group; in-house; #N cgnet ; CGNET; Agricultural research network; commercial; #N compuserve ; CompuServe; CompuServe Inc.; commercial; #N connect ; Connect Professional Information Network; ?; commercial; #N easynet ; Easynet; DEC; in-house; #N envoy ; Envoy-100; Telecom Canada; commercial; X.400 #N fax ; Facsimile document transmission; none; none; #N fidonet ; FidoNet; none; bbs; #N geonet ; GeoNet Mailbox Systems; #- Geonet Mailbox Services GmbH/Systems Inc.; commercial; #N gold-400 ; GNS Gold 400; British Telecom; commercial; X.400 #N greennet ; GreenNet; Soft Solutions Ltd; commercial; #N gsfcmail ; GSFCmail; NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; in-house; #N ibm ; VNET; IBM; in-house; #N internet ; Internet; none; academic; #N keylink ; KeyLink; Telecom Australia; commercial; X.400 #N mci ; MCIMail; MCI; commercial; #N mfenet ; Magnetic Fusion Energy Network #- ; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; academic; #N nasamail ; NASAMail; NASA; in-house; #N nsi ; NASA Science Internet; NASA; government; #- Dual-protocol: instructions given here pertain only to NSI-DECnet addresses #- (NSI-TCP/IP addresses should be treated as shown for 'internet') #N omnet ; OMNET; OMNET; commercial; #N peacenet ; PeaceNet; Institute for Global Communications; non-profit; #N sinet ; Schlumberger Information NETwork; ?; ?; #N sprintmail ; SprintMail; Sprint; commercial; formerly Telemail #N thenet ; Texas Higher Education Network; University of Texas #- ; academic ; # # After these header blocks come a sequence of connection blocks, describing # how to get from one network to another. In each such block, the records # are tagged 'F', 'T', and 'R', followed by an optional 'C', and at least # one 'I'. # # The 'F' (from) record gives the network identifier of the source network. # # The 'T' (to) record gives the network identifier of the destination network. # # The 'R' (recipient) record gives an example of an address on the # destination network, to make it clear in subsequent lines what text # requires subsitution. # # The 'C' (contact) record 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. # # The 'I' (instructions) records, 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. If # the instructions consist simply of mailing to a certain address, this # will be indicated by the words 'send to' followed by a quoted address. # If there are alternative addresses, they will be marked 'or to' instead. # # HOW TO FORMAT INFORMATION FOR SUBMISSION # # If you don't want to wade through the section on parsing the guide above, # here is what I really want in the way of information. If you are adding # a new network to the list, tell me what its official name is (pay attention # to capitalisation), what the name of its responsible organization is, and # what kind of a network it is (academic, commercial, government, in-house # or non-profit). If this isn't clear, look at the examples above. I would # appreciate it if you would format the entry thus: # # #N foonet ; The Foo Network; The Foo Organization; commercial # # Next, for each connection, give me an entry that looks something like: # # #F foonet # #T barnet # #R baraddress # #C contactaddress # #I send to 'baraddress@thegateway' # # Note that 'contactaddress' must be an address expressed in foonet's native # format, and not that of barnet, since if a user is having trouble accessing # barnet, giving him/her an address on that net to contact for help is not # productive. If there is no contact/postmaster address, please tell me. # If there are more complicated instructions, use additional #I lines. # # Once you've got all the information together, send it to me in an e-mail # message with the words 'INMG update' in the Subject: line. You can in # general expect an answer back from me within a week or two, modulo workload # and vacations.
#F aol #T applelink #R user #C Internet #I send to 'user@applelink'
#F aol #T compuserve #R 71234,567 #C Internet #I send to '71234.567@cis'
#F aol #T internet #R user@domain #C Internet #I send to 'user@domain'
#F applelink #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to 'user@site.bitnet@internet#'
#F applelink #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'user@domain@internet#' (address must be <35 characters)
#F att #T bitnet #R user@site #I send to 'internet!site.bitnet!user'
#F att #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'internet!domain!user'
#F bitnet #T internet #R user@domain #I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary depending on #- what mail software is running at the Bitnet site in question. In the #- best case, users should simply be able to send mail to 'user@domain'. #- If this doesn't work, try 'user%domain@gateway' where 'gateway' is a #- Bitnet-Internet gateway site nearby. Finally, if neither of these #- works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for your mail. #I If you have questions concerning this rather terse note, please try #- contacting your local postmaster or system administrator first before #- you send me mail – John Chew poslfit@utcs.utoronto.ca
#F cgnet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'INTERMAIL' #I message body must contain an appropriately (?) formatted header #I this gateway will be discontinued 1992-09-30
#F compuserve #T fax #R +1 415 555 1212 #I send to '>FAX 14155551212' #I not transitive - message must originate from a CompuServe user #I for calls outside the NANP, use '011' as the international prefix
#F compuserve #T internet #R user@domain #I send to '>INTERNET:user@domain' (only from CompuServe users)
#F compuserve #T mci #R 123-4567 #I send to '>MCIMAIL:123-4567' (only from CompuServe users)
#F connect #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'DASNET' #I first line of message: '"user@domain"@DASNET'
#F easynet #T bitnet #R user@site #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I send to 'nm%DECWRL::"user@site.bitnet"' (from VMS using NMAIL) #I send to 'user@site.bitnet' (from Ultrix) #I or to 'user%site.bitnet@decwrl.dec.com' (from Ultrix via IP) #I or to 'DECWRL::"user@site.bitnet"' (from Ultrix via DECNET)
#F easynet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I send to 'nm%DECWRL::"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org"' #- (from VMS using NMAIL) #I send to 'john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org' #- (from Ultrix) #I or to '"john.smith%p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org"@decwrl.dec.com' #- (from Ultrix via IP) #I or to 'DECWRL::"john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org"' #- (from Ultrix via DECNET)
#F easynet #T internet #R user@domain #C DECWRL::ADMIN #I send to 'nm%DECWRL::"user@domain"' (from VMS using NMAIL) #I send to 'user@domain' (from Ultrix) #I or to 'user%domain@decwrl.dec.com' (from Ultrix via IP) #I or to 'DECWRL::"user@domain"' (from Ultrix via DECNET)
#F envoy #T internet #R user@domain #C ICS.TEST or ICS.BOARD #I send to '[RFC-822="user(a)domain"]INTERNET/TELEMAIL/US' #I for special characters, use @=(a), !=(b), _=(u), any=(three octal digits)
#F fidonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'uucp' at nearest gateway site #I set first line of message to 'To: user@domain'
#F geonet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'DASNET' #I set subject line to 'user@domain!subject'
#F gold-400 #T internet #R user@host #I send to '/DD.RFC-822=user(a)host/O=uknet/PRMD=uk.ac/ADMD=gold 400/C=GB/' #I for special characters, use @=(a), %=(p), !=(b), "=(q)
#F gsfcmail #T internet #R user@domain #C cust.svc #I send to '(SITE:SMTPMAIL,ID:<user(a)domain>)' #I or to '(C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:SMTPMAIL,ID:<user(a)domain>)' #I or send to 'POSTMAN' #- and set the first line of message to 'To: user@domain' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 6865.
#F gsfcmail #T nsi #R host::user #C cust.svc #I send to '(SITE:SMTPMAIL,ID:<user(a)host.DNET.NASA.GOV>)' #I or to '(C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:SMTPMAIL,ID:<user(a)host.DNET.NASA.GOV>)' #I or send to 'POSTMAN' #- and set the first line of message to 'To: user@host.DNET.NASA.GOV'
#F internet #T aol #R A User #C postmaster@aol.com #I send to auser@aol.com (all lower-case, remove spaces) #I messages are truncated to 32K (8K for PCs), all characters except newline #- and printable ASCII characters are mapped to spaces, users are limited to #- 75 pieces of Internet mail in their mailbox at a time.
#F internet #T applelink #R user #I send to 'user@applelink.apple.com'
#F internet #T att #R user #I send to 'user@attmail.com'
#F internet #T bitnet #R user@site #I 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.
#F internet #T bix #R user #I send to 'user@dcibix.das.net' #I reaches only paying users registered through the DASNet (commercial) gateway
#F internet #T bmug #R John Smith #I send to 'John.Smith@bmug.fidonet.org'
#F internet #T cgnet #R user #C intermail-request@intermail.isi.edu #I send to 'user%CGNET@intermail.isi.edu' #I this gateway will be discontinued 1992-09-30
#F internet #T compuserve #R 71234,567 #I send to '71234.567@compuserve.com' #I Ordinary Compuserve account IDs are pairs of octal numbers
#F internet #T compuserve #R organization:department:user #I send to 'user@department.organization.compuserve.com' #I This syntax is for use with members of organizations which have a #- private CompuServe mail area. 'department' may not always be present.
#F internet #T connect #R NAME #I send to 'NAME@dcjcon.das.net'
#F internet #T easynet #R HOST::USER #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to 'user@host.enet.dec.com' #I or to 'user%host.enet@decwrl.dec.com'
#F internet #T easynet #R John Smith @ABC #C admin@decwrl.dec.com #I send to 'John.Smith@ABC.MTS.DEC.COM' #I this syntax is for sending mail to All-In-1 users
#F internet #T envoy #R John Smith (ID=userid) #I send to 'uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!userid'
#F internet #T envoy #R John Smith (ID=userid) #C /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/ID=ICS.TEST/S=TEST_GROUP/@nasamail.nasa.gov #I send to '/C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/DD.ID=userid/PN=John_Smith/@Sprint.COM'
#F internet #T fidonet #R john smith at 1:2/3.4 #I send to 'john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1.fidonet.org'
#F internet #T geonet #R user at host #I send to 'user:host@map.das.net' #I or to 'user@host.geomail.org' (known to work for geo2) #I known hosts: geo1 (Europe), geo2 (UK), geo4 (USA)
#F internet #T gold-400 #R (G:John, I:Q, S:Smith, OU: org_unit, O:organization, PRMD:prmd) #I send to 'john.q.smith@org_unit.org.prmd.gold-400.gb' #I or to '"/G=John/I=Q/S=Smith/OU=org_unit/O=org/PRMD=prmd/ADMD=gold 400/ #- C=GB/"@mhs-relay.ac.uk'
#F internet #T greennet #R user #C support@gn.co.uk #I user@gn.co.uk #I valid as of 1991-04-04
#F internet #T gsfcmail #R user #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to 'user@gsfcmail.nasa.gov' #I or to '/PN=user/ADMD=TELEMAIL/PRMD=GSFC/O=GSFCMAIL/C=US/ #- @x400.msfc.nasa.gov'
#F internet #T ibm #R user@vmnode.tertiary_domain (syntax?) #C nic@vnet.ibm.com #I send to 'user@vmnode.tertiary_domain.ibm.com' #I To look up a user's mailbox name, mail to nic@vnet.ibm.com with #- the line 'WHOIS name' in the message body.
#F internet #T keylink #R (G:John, I:Q, S:Smith, O:organization, C:au) #C aarnet@aarnet.edu.au #I send to '"/G=John/I=Q/S=Smith/O=organization/"@telememo.au' #I Supported attributes are C=AU, A=ADMD=telememo, P=PRMD=private management #- domain, O=organization, OU=organizational unit, G=given name, I=initials, #- S=surname, PN=personal name (G.I.S), DD.UID (domain defined), DD.NODE #- (domain defined), DD.UN (domain defined).
#F internet #T mci #R John Smith (123-4567) #I send to '1234567@mcimail.com' #I or to 'JSmith@mcimail.com' (if 'JSmith' is unique) #I or to 'John_Smith@mcimail.com' (if 'John Smith' is unique - note the #- underscore!) #I or to 'John_Smith/1234567@mcimail.com' (if 'John Smith' is NOT unique)
#F internet #T mfenet #R user@mfenode #I send to 'user%mfenode.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa'
#F internet #T nasamail #R user #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to 'user@nasamail.nasa.gov' #I Help is available by phoning +1 205 544 1771 or +1 301 286 7251.
#F internet #T nsi #R host::user #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to 'user@host.dnet.nasa.gov' #I or to 'user%host.dnet@ames.arc.nasa.gov' #I or to 'user%host.dnet@east.gsfc.nasa.gov' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 7251.
#F internet #T omnet #R user #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to 'user@omnet.nasa.gov' #I or to 'user/omnet@omnet.nasa.gov' (?) #I or to '/DD.UN=user/O=OMNET/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@Sprint.COM' #I Help is available by phoning +1 301 286 7251 or +1 617 265 9230.
#F internet #T peacenet #R user #C support@igc.org #I send to 'user@cdp.igc.org'
#F internet #T sinet #R node::user or node1::node::user #I send to 'user@node.SINet.SLB.COM' #I or to 'user%node@node1.SINet.SLB.COM'
#F internet #T sprintmail #R John Smith at SomeOrganization #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to '/G=John/S=Smith/O=SomeOrganization/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@Sprint.COM' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 7251.
#F internet #T thenet #R user@host #I send to 'user%host.decnet@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu'
#F keylink #T internet #R John Smith <user@domain> #C (G:CUSTOMER, S:SERVICE, O:CUST.SERVICE, P:telememo, C:au) #I send to '(C:au, A:telememo, P:oz.au, "RFC-822":"John Smith #- <user(a)domain>")' #I special characters must be mapped: @→(a), %→(p), !→(b), "→(q)
#F mci #T compuserve #R John Smith (71234,567) #C 267-1163 (MCI Help) #I at the 'To:' prompt type 'John Smith (EMS)' #I at the 'EMS:' prompt type 'compuserve' #I at the 'Mbx:' prompt type '71234,567'
#F mci #T internet #R John Smith <user@domain> #C 267-1163 (MCI Help) #I at the 'To:' prompt type 'John Smith (EMS)' #I at the 'EMS:' prompt type 'INTERNET' #I at the 'Mbx:' prompt type 'user@domain'
#F nasamail #T internet #R user@domain #C admin #I send to '(site:smtpmail,id:<user(a)domain>)' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 205 544 1771 and at 'admin/nasa'.
#F nasamail #T nsi #R host::user #C admin #I send to '(site:smtpmail,id:<user(a)host.DNET.NASA.GOV>)' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 205 544 1771 and at 'admin/nasa'.
#F nsi #T gsfcmail #R user #C help@nic.nsi.nasa.gov #I send to 'east::"user@gsfcmail.nasa.gov"' #I or to 'east::"/PN=user/ADMD=TELEMAIL/PRMD=GSFC/O=GSFCMAIL/C=US/ #- @x400.msfc.nasa.gov' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 7251.
#F nsi #T internet #R user@domain #C nsinic::nsihelp #I send to 'east::"user@domain"' #I or to 'dftnic::"user@domain"' #I or to 'nssdca::in%"user@domain"' #I or to 'jpllsi::"user@domain"' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 7251.
#F nsi #T omnet #R user #C omnet.service #I send to 'east::"user@omnet.nasa.gov"' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 617 265 9230.
#F nsi #T sprintmail #R John Smith at SomeOrganization #C nsinic::nsihelp #I send to '/G=John/S=Smith/O=SomeOrganization/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@Sprint.COM' #I Help is also available by phoning +1 301 286 7251.
#F omnet #T internet #R user@domain #C omnet.service #I Enter 'compose manual' at the command prompt. Choose the Internet address #- option from the menu that appears. Note that this gateway service charges #- based on the number of 1000-character blocks sent. #I Help is also available by phoning +1 617 265 9230.
#F sinet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::"user@domain"' #I or to 'M_MAILNOW::M_INTERNET::domain::user'
#F sprintmail #T internet #R user@domain #I send to '(C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:INTERNET,"RFC-822":<user(a)domain>) DEL' #I Help is available within the United States by phoning +1 800 336 0437 and #- pressing '2' on a TouchTone phone.
#F sprintmail #T nsi #R host::user #I send to #- '(C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:INTERNET,"RFC-822":<user(a)host.DNET.NASA.GOV>) DEL' #I Help is available within the United States by phoning +1 800 336 0437 and #- pressing '2' on a TouchTone phone.
#F thenet #T internet #R user@domain #I send to 'UTADNX::WINS%" user@domain "'
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