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In article <qTq211w164w@undrground.UUCP> undrground!seanp@amix.commodore.com (Sean Petty) writes:
> Could someone please send me the format and address for sending mail 
>through Interbit? 

 I don't believe INTERBIT exists.  Some of the BITNET software uses
INTERBIT internally.  But it is best understood as a keyword used to direct
messages to the nearest of most appropriate Internet-BITNET gateway.

>  I want to configure my mailer so that it sends all BITNET mail to the 
>correct address, rather than having to have my backbone do it. 

 There is no 'correct address'.  There are many Internet-Bitnet gateways, and
the number is steadily increasing.  I suppose the most appropriate is to
send to the Internet gateway nearest the destination, if known, and otherwise
to the gateway nearest to you.  Since you seem to be a UUCP site, and
presumably forward mail via UUCP to an Internet site, it is best to allow the
Internet site to choose the gateway.

> So... I need to know how mail is addressed to Interbit..
> 
>    Is it:
>        
>        user%node@interbit

 Mail addressed this way will very likely bounce.  Many sites have their MTAs
configured to handle 'user@node.BITNET'.  If the site you forward mail through
does not support this, you should be asking the Postmaster there what they
do support.

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