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dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Bill Dickey) writes:

>I'm trying to send mail to my sister.  She is a member of a BBS system called
>METNET (Montana Education Network).  She claims I can get there via FIDONET.
>Is it possible to send from the internet to FIDONET??

>Thanks in advance.

>Bill 
>dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com

Hi,
I run a fido bbs also (address in my .sig) so I am familiar with this
problem/FAQ. So I will include an excert from the FAQ file:

 

alt.bbs.internet Frequently asked Questions [FAQ] (with answers)

	-8-  How do I send mail to users on Prodigy?
	-9-  How do I send mail to users on Compuserve?
	-10- How do I send mail to users on Fidonet?

The latest version of this FAQ is available from:
	pit-manager.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/inet-bbs-faq

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~Subject: -8-  How do I send mail to users on Prodigy?

By opening an account on Prodigy.

Prodigy does not currently have any external connections and has announced
no plans to ever add external connections.  It is therefore impossible to
send mail to a Prodigy user from any system other than Prodigy.

Please note, although this is a Frequently asked Question, this newsgroup,
alt.bbs.internet, is NOT for the discussion electronic mail addressing.
Questions about electronic mail should be directed to the newsgroup
comp.mail.misc.

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~Subject: -9-  How do I send mail to users on Compuserve?

The address should take the form of xxxxxx.yyyy@compuserve.com where
xxxxxx,yyyy is the Compuserve account number.  To create an address,
convert the comma in the account name to a period and append @compuserve.com.

You can also connect directly to Compuserve via the Merit Network, Inc.
gateway to SprintNet (formerly Telenet).  You will be billed as though you
were connecting to Compuserve directly through SprintNet but there are
[currently] no additional charges for the use of the gateway. To use this
service, you must telnet to hermes.merit.edu and enter "compuserve" at the
"Which Host?" prompt.  For more information on getting an account, contact
acctmgr@merit.edu

Please note, although this is a Frequently asked Question, this newsgroup,
alt.bbs.internet, is NOT for the discussion electronic mail addressing.
Questions about electronic mail should be directed to the newsgroup
comp.mail.misc.

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~From: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar)
~Subject: -10- How do I send mail to users on Fidonet?

    First you need to know the name of the person and node number of the
Fido-Net system that the person uses.

    The address of a FidoNode looks like this: 1:105/302.0. Usually the
1: and .0 are left off, but they are there by default. (In Europe the Zone
is 2: and in the Pacific Basin it is 3:.)  That address can be translated as
"Zone 1, Net 105, FidoNode 302, Point 0." or p0.f302.n105.z1.  Add the FidoNet
domain of .fidonet.org to the end of that, chop off the p0 (it a default
since the point number is zero) and you have f302.n105.z1.fidonet.org -
the "Fully Qualified Domain Name" of a FidoNet BBS.

   Another example is 2:105/4.3 which would be written as
    p3.f4.n105.z2.fidonet.org
Notice that we specified the point number since it was a number other
than zero.

    FidoNet uses full names of the callers.  Multi-part name folks
(eg. First Last, ie. "Tim Pozar") will have a period '.' seperating
their names.  So, lets say you wanted to send mail to Tim Pozar at
1:125/555.0, you would address your letter to:
    Tim.Pozar@f555.n125.z1.fidonet.org.

 [and its corollary - How do I send mail to the Internet from Fidonet?]

    This is a bit more of a trick.  You need to know your nearest
Fidonet -> Internet gateway.  A quick way of telling would be to send
mail from the Internet to your FidoNet site.  The mail will automagicly
pop out your nearest gateway.

    Some times nets do not have a local gateway.  In that case, the mail
will pop out the default gateway.  Currently the default gateway is in
Arizona. So if you live in the New England states and you are not served by
a local gateway, it may be a bit of a long time before the mail will get to
your FidoNet site.

    Once you know who your gateway is, you need to address the mail as such:
   1] In the "To" field enter "Uucp".
   2] The destination FidoNet node will be the gateway.
   3] On the first line of your message you will enter "To: <Internet address>"
      i.e. "To: pozar@kumr.lns.com"
   4] Put a blank line after the Internet address line.
   5] Enter the body of the message after the blank line.

    A message would look something like:
To:      Uucp 1:125/555
~From:    Joe FidoNet User
~Date:    January 31 1992
~Subject: Testing 1-2-3

To: pozar@kumr.lns.com

Hey Tim!  What's shaking?

		Joe User
<End of message>

Please note, although this is a Frequently asked Question, this newsgroup,
alt.bbs.internet, is NOT for the discussion electronic mail addressing.
Questions about electronic mail should be directed to the newsgroup
comp.mail.misc.

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Enjoy,
     Caryn

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Caryn Kristen Roberts   (206)237-2870(days)  Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Internet: ckr2196@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com      ditto
In real life the following works just fine:
AOL: CarynKR2   FIDO: Caryn Roberts (1:343/104)  Internet: CarynKR2@aol.com
Best Internet: Caryn.Roberts@f104.n343.z1.fidonet.org

-- 
Caryn Kristen Roberts   (206)237-2870(days)  Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Internet: ckr2196@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com      ditto
In real life the following works just fine:
AOL: CarynKR2   FIDO: Caryn Roberts (1:343/104)  Internet: CarynKR2@aol.com