Path: utzoo!mnetor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!lamc!wet!epsilon
From: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I get from here to there? (E-mail to various nets)
Summary: The $64 question
Keywords: Usenet UUCP InterNet BitNet and other Nets
Message-ID: <386@wet.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 20:15:29 GMT
References: <1676@sactoh0>
Reply-To: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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In article <1676@sactoh0> mholtz@sactoh0 (Mark A. Holtz) writes:
>     I currently reside at sactoh0, a UUCP site. How can I e-mail a
>message to someone whose address lies at another net, ie Bitnet.
>How do I mail E-mail from one net to another?

The answer to this is site-specific.  There are two reasons for
this: (1) I don't know what kind of mail setup you have, and what
"magic incantations" it wants (2) the answer depends very much on
where you are ... and whom you want to communicate with.

uucp, Internet, BITNET, HEPNET/SPAN have many points of contact.
Picking the right one(s) gets your message delivered faster and
more reliably, and spreads the load more or less evenly across
the various networks.  Simplistic answers like "just hand it off
to psuvax1" do more harm than good ... unless you're in the
vicinity of Pennsylvania.

BITNET is, unfortunately, one of the hardest to "get right" since
even BITNET users have a hard time getting information--the most
useful is restricted to official node administrators because of
its size and BITNET's limited capacity.

I'd start by asking people-in-the-know at Cal State Sacramento.
C'mon back if that doesn't lead anywhere.

					-=EPS=-