Re: sending mail to fidonet

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From: Brian Evans
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 13:47

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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

Where:

f = Node number
n = Net Number
z = Zone number ( Australia Zone 3 )

Therefore:

3:634/289

Peter.Summers@f289.n634.z3.fidonet.org

Brian Evans

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From: bevans@jabaru.cec.edu.au (Brian Evans)
Subject: Re: sending mail to fidonet
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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:47:26 GMT
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