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guide to mailing (electronic that is)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 04:45:17 -0500
If anyone wants all of this let me know if you cannot ftp * INTER-NETWORK MAIL GUIDE: Last Update: 8/1/93 * Further modifications and (C) 1993 by Scott Yanoff (yanoff () csd4 csd uwm edu) Inter-Network Mail Guide - Original Copyright (C) 1992 by John J. Chew This guide is available via anonymous ftp to: csd4.csd.uwm.edu 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: Scott A. Yanoff <yanoff () csd4 csd uwm edu>. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 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: #FROM: mynet #TO: yournet #RECIPIENT: youraddress #CONTACT: contactaddress #INSTR: send to '#INSTR: send to 'youraddress@thegateway' This means that to send mail FROM a network called 'mynet' TO a RECIPIENT address 'youraddress' on a network called 'yournet', you should follow the INSTRUCTIONS shown and address your mail to ''youraddress@thegateway'. Names and descriptions of the possible FROM and TO fields: N: aol ; America Online; America Online, Inc.; commercial; N: applelink ; AppleLink; Apple Computer, Inc.; in-house; N: arcom ; X.400; ?; ?; N: att ; AT&T Mail; AT&T; commercial; ......
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