Re: How do I send mail to BITNET

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From: Bill Fenner
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1989 17:14

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In article <1785NU099138@NDSUVM1> NU099138@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Tim McDonough) writes:
|Personally I'd try:
|
|..!uunet!node.BITNET!user

this won't do much good... use ..!psuvax1!node.BITNET... or look in the maps,
see who your nearest advertised .BITNET "domain" gateway is, and use that.
uunet will just route to whichever's closest to it, not necessarily the
same as the closest to you (i.e. most cost-efficient)

  Bill
-- 
   Bitnet: wcf@psuhcx.bitnet     Bill Fenner       | "You are the angel of
  Internet: wcf@hcx.psu.edu                        |  death, and I am the
 UUCP: {gatech,rutgers}!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf         |  dead man's son."
Fido: Sysop at 1:129/87 (814/238 9633) \hogbbs!wcf |       -- Pink Floyd

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From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: How do I send mail to BITNET
Message-ID: <1170@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 89 17:14:21 GMT
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