I can almost remember when I was
"...!ucbvax!gatech!weasel!ken".
I was "...!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!giza!kumiss!erd"
... peora!petsd!tsdiag!ccop1!i4got (Concurrent computer)
Remember the joys of gateways? For a year (ca. 1986), my only access
to network email was a fidonet node. I'm going to have to see if I
can dig up my instructions on how to Email me from a HEPNET
node. IIRC, it was over DECNET to a SMTP gateway, over SMTP to a UUCP
gateway, over UUCP to a Fido node, then over FidoNet to the machine where
I had my account.
The address turned into something like:
LBL::SMTP%"long!path!to!fidogateway!121/1%korpela@gateway.somecompany.com"
I don't think I ever found a functioning return path.
Things were much improved when I moved to a machine that had SMTP,
HEPNET and BITNET support all in one place....
Does FidoNet still live? I remember the great USENET invasion of the early
1990s, and see claims of 38000 nodes in May '95. I notice
ftp.fido.org no
longer exists.
Eric
