HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 1 This help sheet has charts to help you form addresses to send to various different networks from various systems at Syracuse University. It helps you build the electronic mail address you need to use on your system, given the electronic mail address of someone somewhere else. Many address forms are equally valid on different electronic mail networks so knowing the network to which the address belongs might help you. The vast majority of electronic mail can be sent without using the information provided by this help sheet, i.e., electronic messages sent and received on a single computer or a single network. Often, it is trivial to send electronic mail from one network to another: this help sheet is for those cases when it is not. Following is a step-by-step procedure for using these charts, given an electronic mail address and perhaps the name of the network. (1) On Chart I, note the different address styles supported by your system. (2) Take the address you are trying to reach and see if you can match it with an address form listed on Chart II. Check all 3 columns. If it matches more than one address-form listed, use the name of the destination network to pick the proper entry. If you do not know the name of the destination network, guess (it might not matter). (3) Pick an entry on the same line for an address style which your system supports. Rewrite the address in this new style (if it is different than the one you were given). (4) Using Chart I, rewrite the address again so that your particular mail program can use it. Notes: - Many of the mail systems at Syracuse University will correctly interpret addresses which do not include the qualifiers when you mail to other systems at Syracuse University. - See the last page of this help sheet for variants of addresses that you might see in messages that you receive. JMW 4/90 HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 2 Chart I: Address Forms for Various Systems at Syracuse University This chart shows what you have to do to three different "standard" style addresses to send to them from various systems at Syracuse University. The address to be reached is assumed to be A, or U@N or U@Q (see Key). KEY: - means it can't be done. A means the full address to be reached. U means the username to be reached. N means the unqualified node name of the node to be reached. Q means the qualified node name of the node to be reached. BB means suvm.cns.syr.edu (or any Internet-BITNET gateway: cornellc.cit.cornell.edu, cunyvm.cuny.edu, or pucc.princeton.edu). II means icarus.cns.syr.edu (or any Internet node which checks for mail exchangers). NOTE: (1) The address forms required by other Unix systems on campus depends on how they are configured. Some are configured to accept the ".bitnet" qualifier; others need to use the second address form. Some are configured to look up mail exchangers, thus may always use the first address form for internet mail; others sometimes require the second address form. Syntax for reaching each of these 3 styles System at ------------------------------------------------- Syracuse Mail "Pure "BITNET requiring University Software BITNET" mailer" "Internet" ---------- -------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------ SUVM EMAIL A A A SUVM NOTE U at N - - SUNRISE MAIL bitnet%"A" internet%"U%Q@BB" internet%"A" SUNRISE GMAIL A A A RODAN RandMH A.bitnet U%Q@BB A ICARUS RandMH A.bitnet U%Q@BB A ZOOKEEPER RandMH A.bitnet U%Q@BB A SUAIS EMC2 A.bitnet - - Unix (1) MMDF A.bitnet or U%N@BB U%Q@BB A or U%Q@II Unix (1) RandMH A.bitnet or U%N@BB U%Q@BB A or U%Q@II JMW 4/90 HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 3 Chart II: BITNET and Internet Address Forms to Reach Various Networks This chart shows two "standard styles" of addresses for reaching various networks. It doesn't include a column for "pure BITNET Style" addresses to reach all these different networks because hosts requiring such addresses can reach only BITNET nodes. Note that some address forms are ambiguous: you cannot tell from the address what network it resides on, and thus may not be able to determine the proper address form for your computer. In some cases, it is necessary to know what network the recipient is on, or to try more than one address form. KEY: ? means we don't know. - means there is no such form. U is some username. N is an unqualified node name (e.g. "suvm"). Q is a qualified node name. X is part of a node name (e.g. "suvm.acs.syr"). R is part of a node name reversed (e.g. "syr.acs.suvm"). G is some gateway (a qualified node name). O is an organization name. S is a system name. C is a country name. I is some number. J is some number. K is some number. HHH means a string of one or more unqualified node names separated by exclamation points (e.g. "debar!som!xxunix"). BB=cunyvm.cuny.edu (or other Internet-BITNET gateway: suvm.cns.syr.edu, cornellc.cit.cornell.edu, or pucc.princeton.edu) AA=applelink.apple.com (Internet to Applelink gateway) II=intermail.isi.edu (Commercial Mail Relay gateway) UU=uunet.uu.net (Internet to UUnet gateway) XX=utadnx.cc.utexas.edu (Internet to THEnet gateway) CC=compuserve.com (Internet to Compuserve gateway) TT=telemail (Telemail pseudo-host) SS=span.nasa.gov (Qualifiers for SPAN network) FF=fidonet.org (Qualifiers for Fidonet) NOTES: (1) The last column (MX) tells whether the address requires the sending host be able to look up mail exchangers to deliver the mail. "yes" means always, "no" means never, "-" means it depends upon the particular host to which you are sending. All the public hosts at Syracuse University look up mail exchangers, but some departmental hosts may not. If your host doesn't, send to address U@N by rewriting the address as U%N@G where G is some internet host which does look up mail exchangers. At Syracuse University, icarus.cns.syr.edu is an excellent choice, at other sites, uunet.uu.net invites people to use their host for such purposes. (2) The following networks are all part of the Internet: thus an address which is declared to be on one of these networks is an Internet address: NORDUnet, DREnet, EUnet, PRNET, AMPRNET, Los Nettos, CERFnet, DDN, ARPANET, MILNET, DRI, RIB, NRI, some of CSNET, NSFNET, BARRNet, CAPNet, CICNet, JVNCNet, some of Merit, MIDnet, MRNet, NCSAnet, NorthWestNet, NYSERNet, OARNet, PSCnet, PSINet, SDSCnet, Sesquient, SURAnet, some of JMW 4/90 HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 4 THEnet, USAN, and WESTNET. (3) The use of the gateway intermail.isi.edu is restricted to DARPA-sponsored research. Network Native BITNET MX Name Address (via Mailer) Internet (1) ----------------------- -------------- --------------- ----------------- --- Internet . U@X.arpa U@X.arpa U@X.arpa - Internet . U@X.com U@X.com U@X.com - Internet See U@X.edu U@X.edu U@X.edu - Internet Note U@X.gov U@X.gov U@X.gov - Internet (2) U@X.mil U@X.mil U@X.mil - Internet . U@X.org U@X.org U@X.org - Internet . U@X.int U@X.int U@X.int - Internet (Australia) U@X.au U@X.au U@X.au - Internet (Canada) U@X.ca U@X.ca U@X.ca - Internet (Denmark) U@X.dk U@X.dk U@X.dk - Internet (Finland) U@X.fi U@X.fi U@X.fi - Internet (France) U@X.fr U@X.fr U@X.fr - Internet (Italy) U@X.it U@X.it U@X.it - Internet (Mexico) U@X.mx U@X.mx U@X.mx - Internet (Netherlnds) U@X.nl U@X.nl U@X.nl - Internet (Norway) U@X.no U@X.no U@X.no - Internet (Puerto Rico) U@X.pr U@X.pr U@X.pr - Internet (Sweden) U@X.se U@X.se U@X.se - Internet (U.K.) U@X.uk U@X.uk U@X.uk - Internet (U.S.) U@X.us U@X.us U@X.us - BITNET (RSCS/JNET) U@N U@N U%N.bitnet@BB no BITNET (CMS/NOTE) U at N U@N U%N.bitnet@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.com U@X.com U%X.com@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.edu U@X.edu U%X.edu@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.org U@X.org U%X.org@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.cern U@X.cern U%X.cern@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.utoronto U@X.utoronto U%X.utoronto@BB no BITNET (domain) U@X.wustl U@X.wustl U%X.wustl@BB no CSnet U@X.com U%X.com U@X.com yes CSnet U@X.edu U%X.edu U@X.edu yes CSnet U@X.gov U%X.gov U@X.gov yes CSnet U@X.org U%X.org U@X.org yes CSnet U@X.ca U%X.ca U@X.ca yes CSnet U@X.us U%X.us U@X.us yes UUNET (UUCP-style) HHH!U HHH!U@UU HHH!U@UU no UUNET (domain) U@N U@N U@N yes Argentina "Internet" U@X.ar U@X.ar U@X.ar yes Austrian Acad Net U@X.at U@X.at U@X.at yes Belgian Res Net U@X.be U@X.be U@X.be yes ANSP (Brazil) U@X.br U@X.br U@X.br yes Swiss U Mail Net ? U@X.ch U@X.ch yes Chile "Internet" U@X.cl U@X.cl U@X.cl yes German Nets ? U@X.de U@X.de yes Spanish "Internet" U@X.es U@X.es U@X.es yes Greek "Internet" U@X.gr U@X.gr U@X.gr yes High Energy Physics Net N::U U@N.hepnet U%N.hepnet@BB no Hong Kong A Res Net ? U@X.hk U@X.hk yes Ireland Acad X.25 Net ? U@X.ie U@X.ie yes Israeli Acad Res Net ? U@X.il U@X.il yes JMW 4/90 HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 5 Indian "Internet" U@X.in U@X.in U@X.in yes Icelandic "Internet" U@X.is U@X.is U@X.is yes JUNET (Japanese) ? U@X.jp U@X.jp yes Korean "Internet" U@X.kr U@X.kr U@X.kr yes Magnetic Fusion Eng Net U@N U@N.mfenet U%N.mfenet@BB no Malasian "Internet" ? U@X.my U@X.my yes Nicaraguan "Internet" U@X.ni U@X.ni U@X.ni yes New Zealand Ac Res Net U@X.nz U@X.nz U@X.nz yes Portuguese Nat Sci Net ? U@X.pt U@X.pt yes Singapore National Net ? U@X.sg U@X.sg yes SPAN (Space Physics) N::U U@N.SS U%N.SS yes Thai "Internet" ? U@X.th U@X.th yes THEnet (Texas) U@N U%N.decnet@XX U%N.decnet@XX no Taiwan Academic Net ? U@X.tw U@X.tw yes Norwegian Pilot X.400 ? U@X.uninett U%X.uninett@BB no Syracuse U DECnet N::U - - Various UUCP Nets HHH!U HHH!U@G HHH!U@G - Various other Nets U@Q U%Q@G U%Q@G - Various other Nets ? U%N@G U%N@G - Applelink U U@AA U@AA yes Bix U U@dcibix.das.net U@dcibix.das.net yes Compuserve A,B A.B@CC A.B@CC yes Easynet (DEC) N::U U@N.dec.com U@N.dec.com no Fidonet U at A:B/C U@fC.nB.zA.FF U@fC.nB.zA.FF yes Geonet U@N U@N.das.net U@N.das.net yes IEEE-compmail(3) U U%compmail@II U%compmail@II no MCI A A@mcimail.com A@mcimail.com no NSF Mail(3) U U%nsfmail@II U%nsfmail@II no Peacenet/Econet ? U%cdp.uucp@UU U%cdp.uucp@UU no Portal ? U@cup.portal.com U@cup.portal.com yes Telemail(3) [U/O]S/C [U/O]S/C%TT@II [U/O]S/C%TT@II no USDA Mail(3) U U%usdamail@II U%usdamail@II no VNET (IBM) ? U@VNET U@ibm.com no JMW 4/90 HSMAIL-2 Electronic Mail Network Help Sheet Page 6 Example Addresses Following are some example addresses which you might see in the "To:", "From:", or "cc:" fields of messages. Note that addresses may include extra information which is useful to you but is not used in delivering the message (for example, the person's name). You must extract the relevant part of the address when you use the charts above. Note that when you enter an address, you may not be allowed to enter any of these variants "as is": you must follow the instructions for your software and should start with the basic form of the address. Internet style address (also used on CSnet and on part of BITNET): All the following are variants of: mmroe@vm.xu.edu Mary Roe "Mary M. Roe" mmroe@vm.xu.edu (Mary M. Roe) BITNET style address: All the following are variants of: mmroe@xuvm Mary Roe Mary Roe MMROE AT XUVM Mary M. Roe 444-0424 MMROE at XUVM JMW 4/90