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117 lines
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==Phrack Inc.==
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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
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communication to AT&T Mail. The Interconnect consists of various private
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email networks and uses an addressing format better know as Domain Addressing
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Service (DAS).
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A domain address consists of a user name, followed by an @ sign and/or % sign
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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
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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
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the RFC 822 format (user@domain), you must translate the RFC address before
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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:
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username%system2@system.domain (Internet user's address)
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Translates to:
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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
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RFC 822 or UUCP addressing style. The Internet recognizes attmail.com as the
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domain identifier for AT&T Mail when electronic messages are sent through the
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gateway. Although many Internet users choose to send e-mail using the RFC 822
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addressing style, the UUCP style is also available on many UNIX systems on the
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Internet, but not every system supports UUCP. Below are examples of both
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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,
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such as Telex, FAX, COD, U.S. Mail, overnight, urgent mail and messages
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destined to other ADMDs connected to AT&T Mail are not deliverable. If you are
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an Internet e-mail user attempting to use a surcharged service and are not
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registered on AT&T Mail, you will not be able to send your message, and will be
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automatically notified. Below is a list of surcharged services that are
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unavailable to Internet users.
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* FAX
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* Telex
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* COD
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* U.S. Mail
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* Overnight
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* 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
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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
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(for profit) electronic messaging systems.
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* Advertising and soliciting i.e., messages offering goods or services for sale
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or offers of jobs.
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* Provision of for-profit service, other than electronic messaging to Internet
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users, is permitted (e.g., database services) if such service is used for
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scholarly research purposes and its costs are borne by individual or
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institutional subscription.
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