Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!sob From: sob@talcott.UUCP (Scott O Bradner) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: BITNET Gateway Message-ID: <542@talcott.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 23:11:07 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.542 Posted: Mon Nov 11 23:11:07 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 04:41:01 EST References: <243@usfvax2.UUCP> <538@scirtp.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Univ. Sociology Dept. Cambridge. MA Lines: 31 Summary: bitnet gateway at talcott there is a two way gateway to/from BITNET at talcott. to send to BITNET: from uucp: {harvard,ihnp4,...}!talcott!BITNETSITE!bitnetuser note caps. ( IBM you know ) from arpa: user%bitnetsite.bitnet@talcott.arpa user%bitnetsite.bitnet@talcott.harvard.edu getting back is harder since bitnet addresses are limited to 8 characters 1/ edit a file that will be your letter 2/ put a line with this format as the first line of the file: To: user@site.domain "uucp" is an example domain 3/ transfer to the psudo account "MAILER" at HARVUNXT with CLASS=M, FTYPE=MAIL NOTES: DO NOT USE A MAILER to send the letter, mailers add their own to line and that will cause the letter to be trashed do not use "NOTE" it produces a single line with many non translatable control characters questions: scott bradner sob@harvard.{uucp,arpa,csnet,harvard.edu} sob@harvunxt.bitnet