From: CSBVAX::MRGATE!FOX@solar.astro.yale.edu@SMTP 3-JUN-1988 11:54 To: ARISIA::EVERHART Subj: RE: Mail to telemail gateway Received: from YMIR.BITNET by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with BSMTP id 1660; Wed, 01 Jun 88 00:11:15 EDT Received: from JNET-DAEMON by YMIR.BITNET; Tue, 31 May 88 20:10 PDT Received: From YALASTRO(SYSTEM) by YMIR with Jnet id 1998 for IPMDF@YMIR; Tue, 31 May 88 20:10 PDT Received: from solar.astro.yale.edu by YALASTRO; Tue, 31 May 88 11:23 EDT Date: Tue, 31 May 88 11:23 EDT From: Peter Fox - Yale CSSR Subject: RE: Mail to telemail gateway To: ipmdf@YMIR.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ipmdf@ymir.bitnet",FOX Resent-date: Tue, 31 May 88 20:12 PDT Resent-to: INFO-PMDF-LIST@YMIR.BITNET Ray , >I am trying to send mail to the telemail gateway and have not been able to >do it. What I need is the form of the address to use. The user gave me the >following address > >"[inpe.met/omnet]mail/usa%telemail"@intermail.isi.edu > >Can anyone help me on how to send this with pmdf > I am attaching the following information as it may be of general interest (a little long and a little old - but I think it still works) regarding TELEMAIL access from ARPANET and return. There are other ways (gateways) but they tend to be for official use (ie NASA). To summarize it - your address would be: To: intermail@c.isi.edu ! These lines done by PMDF From: < ... > ! These lines done by PMDF Subject: ! These lines done by PMDF ! These lines done by PMDF Forward: TELEMAIL ! These done by sender ... etc To: [inpe.met/omnet]mail/usa ! ! Dear ... Good luck. ---Peter Fox (Yale U CSSR) ******************************************************************************** Subject: INTERMAIL Instructions for TELEMAIL TELEMAIL Annette DeSchon Jon Postel ISI July 1986 MAIL FORWARDING BETWEEN TELEMAIL AND ARPA-MAIL USING INTERMAIL OVERVIEW ======== These are the instructions for using the experimental Intermail system for transmitting computer mail messages between users in the Telemail system and the ARPA-Mail system. The Intermail system may be used in either direction. Please remember that this is an experimental system. We would like you to try it out with a sense of adventure and experimentation. We would like to have reports from you about how it works or does not work from your point of view. **************************************************************** Please note: The use of DARPA supported facilities is for DARPA sponsored research activities and other approved government business. **************************************************************** Messages to be forwarded are sent to the Intermail mailbox on the local mail system. The Intermail system operates by having a program service mailboxes in both mail systems, and when the right information is supplied at the beginning of messages it reads, the program forwards those messages into the other mail system. The mailbox is called "INTERMAIL@ISI.EDU" in ARPA-Mail and "INTERMAIL/USCISI" in Telemail. Note that Telemail itself has several systems (two or three anyway), and grand plans for international connections. The Intermail mailbox is on the system called "Telemail" (vs. the system called "Mail"). The above only works for people on the same Telemail system. For users on the other Telemail system the mailbox is referred to as: "[INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA" In the rest of this note we use the full mailbox names with system name and country even though in many cases it is not necessary. DeSchon & Postel [Page 1] Telemail--ARPA-Mail July 1986 Mail Forwarding Instructions In order for a message to be delivered to a mailbox in another mail system, forwarding information must be included at the beginning of the text of each message. This forwarding information tells the mail forwarding program which mail system to forward the message to, and which mailboxes to send it to. This information is in the form: Forward: To: The syntax allowed on the "To:" line is that of the system being forwarded into. In Telemail it is a list of mailboxes separated by commas. In ARPA-Mail it is a list of mailboxes (user@host) separated by commas. It is also possible to include a list of CC recipients in either mail system. See the examples for further details. In either direction, the local Subject field of the message to Intermail is used as the Subject field of the message delivered in the other mail system. TELEMAIL TO ARPA-MAIL ===================== The address of the Intermail system in Telemail is "[INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA". In this direction the forwarding information must be of the form: Forward: ARPA To: For example, to forward a message to Annette DeSchon, the forwarding section at the beginning of the text would consist of: Forward: ARPA To: DeSchon@ISI.EDU Note that in the forwarding information section, the "To" field must start at the beginning of the line. Continuation lines, however, are indented. The "To" field can contain anything that ARPA-Mail allows. The "Subject" field from the Telemail header will also be used as the subject in the ARPA-Mail header, when the message is forwarded. DeSchon & Postel [Page 2] Telemail--ARPA-Mail July 1986 Mail Forwarding Instructions The following is an example of how to send a message to Jon Postel. "--" is used to signify a comment, and should not be used in an actual message. Example 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- To: [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA --Telemail header Subject: Test Message Number 1 Forward: ARPA --Telemail text, forwarding information To: Postel@ISI.EDU --This is Jon's ARPA-Mail mailbox --blank line to end the forwarding info Jon, --beginning of the text of the message This is the text of the test message. --the last line ends with carriage return ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Forward: ARPA" signals the beginning of the forwarding information and tells the forwarding program that this is mail for the ARPA-Mail system. On the next line, "To: Postel@ISI.EDU" specifies the mailbox that it will be delivered to. The blank line separates the forwarding information from the rest of the text. Therefore, there can't be any blank lines between the "Forward:" line and the "To:" line. The "To:" line is required, to deliver the message. It is also possible to send copies to other mailboxes, using a "CC:" line. The following is an example of how to send a message to Annette and Bob, with copies going to Jon and Bill. Note that addresses are separated by commas (not spaces). DeSchon & Postel [Page 3] Telemail--ARPA-Mail July 1986 Mail Forwarding Instructions Example 2 -------------------------------------------------------------- To: [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA --Telemail header Subject: Test Message Number 2 Forward: ARPA --Telemail text, forward info To: DeSchon@ISI.EDU,Bob@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU --"To:" list CC: Postel@ISI.EDU,Bill@TSC.SRI.COM --"CC:" list --blank line Annette, --beginning of the text This is the text of the test message. --the last line ends with -- carriage return ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeSchon & Postel [Page 4] Telemail--ARPA-Mail July 1986 Mail Forwarding Instructions ARPA-MAIL TO TELEMAIL ===================== The address of Intermail in ARPA-Mail is "INTERMAIL@ISI.EDU". In this direction the forwarding information must be of the form: Forward: TELEMAIL To: For example, to forward a message to Joel Goldberg, the forwarding section at the beginning of the Telemail text would consist of: Forward: TELEMAIL To: [Goldberg/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA The following is an example of a message to be forwarded from the ARPA-Mail system to the Telemail system. The text on the right (for example, "--ARPA-Mail header") is for explanation only, and should not be included in an actual message. Note that in the forwarding information section, the "To" field must start at the beginning of the line. Continuation lines, however, are indented. The "To" field can contain anything that Telemail allows. The "Subject" field from the ARPA-Mail header will also be used as the subject in the Telemail header, when the message is forwarded. Example 3 -------------------------------------------------------------- To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header Subject: Test Message Number 1 Forward: TELEMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding info To: [Goldberg/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA --This is Joel's Telemail mailbox --blank line to end forwarding info Joel, --start of the text of the message This is a test of mail forwarding. --Fred --last line ends with -- carriage return ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeSchon & Postel [Page 5] Telemail--ARPA-Mail July 1986 Mail Forwarding Instructions Next is an example with lists of both "To" recipients and "CC" recipients. Note that addresses are separated by commas. In Example 4, "To" copies of the message are sent to two mailboxes (Washington and Lincoln), and "CC" copies are sent to three mailboxes (Gordon, Zyzzx, and Smith). Example 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header Subject: Test Message Number 2 Forward: TELEMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding info To: [Washington/XYZ-INC]TELEMAIL/USA, --Telemail "To:" addresses [Lincoln/ABC-CO]MAIL/USA --a continuation line CC: [Gordon/BETA]TELEMAIL/USA, --Telemail "CC:" addresses [Zyzzx/ALPHA]MAIL/USA, --a continuation line [Smith/Dept5/Div2/ABC-CO]MAIL/USA --a continuation line --blank line Fred, --beginning of the text This is a test of mail forwarding. --Joe --last line ends with -- carriage return ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY ======= Please let us know if you have any questions or problems. If you would like to send a test messages, Annette would be happy to confirm their delivery. In case of questions or problems please contact: Annette DeSchon -- DeSchon@ISI.EDU or 1-213-822-1511 [] This document file is [ISI.EDU]TELEMAIL-ARPAMAIL-FORWARDING.TXT, and the original is [ISI.EDU]TELE-ARPA-MAIL.NLS. DeSchon & Postel [Page 6] ********************************************************************************