| ==Phrack Inc.== |
| Volume Three, Issue Thirty-four, File #4 of 11 |
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| || The AT&T Mail Gateway || |
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| || December 19, 1990 || |
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| || by Robert Alien || |
| ||_______________________|| |
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| The Internet Gateway |
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| The Internet Gateway provides Internet e-mail users with a method of |
| communication to AT&T Mail. The Interconnect consists of various private |
| email networks and uses an addressing format better know as Domain Addressing |
| Service (DAS). |
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| A domain address consists of a user name, followed by an @ sign and/or % sign |
| and a domain name, which is usually the system name. |
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| Example: |
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| jdoe@attmail.com |
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| Sending Email to Internet Users |
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| To send email from the AT&T MailService to the Internet community use the UUCP |
| addressing style. |
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| Example: |
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| internet!system.domain!username |
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| Translates to: |
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| internet!gnu.ai.mit.edu!jdoe |
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| If you are sending e-mail to an Internet user whose e-mail address may be in |
| the RFC 822 format (user@domain), you must translate the RFC address before |
| sending your message to an Internet recipient. |
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| username@system.domain (Internet user's address) |
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| internet!system.domain!username (to a UUCP address) |
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| Example: |
| username%system2@system.domain (Internet user's address) |
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| Translates to: |
| internet!system.domain!system2!username |
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| Sending Email From The Internet |
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| To send email to the AT&T Mail Service, Internet users can choose either the |
| RFC 822 or UUCP addressing style. The Internet recognizes attmail.com as the |
| domain identifier for AT&T Mail when electronic messages are sent through the |
| gateway. Although many Internet users choose to send e-mail using the RFC 822 |
| addressing style, the UUCP style is also available on many UNIX systems on the |
| Internet, but not every system supports UUCP. Below are examples of both |
| addressing styles: |
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| RFC 822 Addressing: username@attmail.com |
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| Example: |
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| jsmith@attmail.com |
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| UUCP Addressing: attmail.com!username |
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| Example: |
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| attmail.com!jdoe |
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| Although email can be sent through the Internet gateway, surcharged services, |
| such as Telex, FAX, COD, U.S. Mail, overnight, urgent mail and messages |
| destined to other ADMDs connected to AT&T Mail are not deliverable. If you are |
| an Internet e-mail user attempting to use a surcharged service and are not |
| registered on AT&T Mail, you will not be able to send your message, and will be |
| automatically notified. Below is a list of surcharged services that are |
| unavailable to Internet users. |
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| * FAX |
| * Telex |
| * COD |
| * U.S. Mail |
| * Overnight |
| * Administrative Management Domain (ADMD) Messages |
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| Sending Email to Bitnet Users |
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| To send email to BITNET users from AT&T Mail, enter: |
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| internet!host.bitnet!user |
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| Sending Email to UUNET Users |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| To send email to UUNET users from AT&T Mail via the Internet Gateway, enter: |
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| attmail!internet!uunet!system!user |
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| Internet Restrictions |
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| The following commercial restrictions apply to the use of the Internet Gateway. |
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| * Users are prohibited to use the Internet to carry traffic between commercial |
| (for profit) electronic messaging systems. |
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| * Advertising and soliciting i.e., messages offering goods or services for sale |
| or offers of jobs. |
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| * Provision of for-profit service, other than electronic messaging to Internet |
| users, is permitted (e.g., database services) if such service is used for |
| scholarly research purposes and its costs are borne by individual or |
| institutional subscription. |
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