Re: sending mail to fidonet

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From: Mark Newton
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:42

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bevans@jabaru.cec.edu.au (Brian Evans) writes:
> u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au writes:
> >I want to send mail to a user on Fidonet.  The address of the board is given as
> >3:634/289 and, initially, I want to send to myself, Peter Summers.  What is the
> >correct address to use?
> 
> Peter, the correct format when sending mail to fidonet from AARnet is as
> follows:
> 
> user.name@fxxx.nxxx.zx.fidonet.org

If your mail is destined for an Australian fido system, it'll reach
its destination faster if you address it like this:

      user.name@fxxx.nxxx.zxxx.fido.zeta.org.au

   - mark

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