Still trying to get to Fidonet

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5 total messages Started by Bill Dickey Fri, 02 Oct 1992 16:04

#2093

Author: Bill Dickey
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 16:04

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Well, I am finally able to post again...Thanks to those of you who
sent me assistance on getting to Fidonet from internet, but I still
seem to be having a problem.

I am sending to the fidonet address sister.name@p17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org.  
Everything seems to work fine, except that my sister is not receiving the
mail.  And I get no indication of any problems on my end.  I also sent
mail to the moderator of the METNET (where my sister is supposed to be),
Bob Morris, at the same address, but....nothing...  Anyone have any great
ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Bill
dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com
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Re: Still trying to get to Fidonet

#2098

Author: Matt Caprile
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:30

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dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Bill Dickey) writes:
>I am sending to the fidonet address sister.name@p17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org.  
>Everything seems to work fine, except that my sister is not receiving the
>mail.

You're leaving part of the address out. A fidonet address looks like :
   john smith at 1:2/3.4

(where 1, 2, 3, and 4 would be replaced by the proper numbers for the
node) and the Internet email address to get there would be
   john.smith@p4.f3.n2.z1

you are missing the "f" part of the address.

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Re: Still trying to get to Fidonet

#2105

Author: Erik VanRiper
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 18:51

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In article <1992Oct2.160411.13237@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Bill Dickey) writes:
>Well, I am finally able to post again...Thanks to those of you who
>sent me assistance on getting to Fidonet from internet, but I still
>seem to be having a problem.
>
>I am sending to the fidonet address sister.name@p17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org.  

You forget the "f" part.  If the address is "1:3400/xxx.17", you need to
address it to:

sister.name@p17.fxxx.n3400.z1.fidonet.org

where xxx is the node number part of the address.

>Everything seems to work fine, except that my sister is not receiving the
>mail.  And I get no indication of any problems on my end.  I also sent
>mail to the moderator of the METNET (where my sister is supposed to be),
>Bob Morris, at the same address, but....nothing...  Anyone have any great
>ideas?

Hope this helps....

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Re: Still trying to get to Fidonet

#2135

Author: Conwell Dickey
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 19:02

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Bill Dickey (dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com) wrote:
: Well, I am finally able to post again...Thanks to those of you who
: sent me assistance on getting to Fidonet from internet, but I still
: seem to be having a problem.
: 
: I am sending to the fidonet address sister.name@p17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org.  
: Everything seems to work fine, except that my sister is not receiving the
: mail.  And I get no indication of any problems on my end.  I also sent
: mail to the moderator of the METNET (where my sister is supposed to be),
: Bob Morris, at the same address, but....nothing...  Anyone have any great
: ideas?
: 
: Thanks in advance.
: 
: Bill
: dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com
: ----------------------------------
: I said it and I meant it, so don't
: blame Honeywell....
: ----------------------------------
: 

Maybe your problem has to do with trying to send to sister.name rather than
brother.name

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Re: Still trying to get to Fidonet

#2297

Author: Ofer Inbar
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 13:54

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conwell@fc.hp.com (Conwell Dickey) writes:
>Bill Dickey (dickey@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com) wrote:
>: Well, I am finally able to post again...Thanks to those of you who
>: sent me assistance on getting to Fidonet from internet, but I still
>: seem to be having a problem.
>: 
>: I am sending to the fidonet address sister.name@p17.n3400.z1.fidonet.org.  

Fidonet addresses are of the form:
  Full.Name@[pPOINT.]fNODE.nNET.zZONE.fidonet.org
Where the original address was Full Name at ZONE:NET/NODE.POINT
If the recipient is not on a point, simply omit the point part from
the address, and use fxxx.nxxx.zx.fidonet.org.  The address you're
showing above has a point, but not a node.  That shouldn't work.  If
you mean to send to 1:3400/17, then use an f instead of the p.  If you
mean to send to point 17 at some node on net 1:3400, then you forgot
the node number (the f part).

Good luck, and read the Internetworking Mail Guide.

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