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Re: Fidonet Addressing
14 Mar 1994

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Date: 14 Mar 1994
From: gcohen@aztec.co.za (Gaven Cohen)
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From: gcohen@aztec.co.za (Gaven Cohen)
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Subject: Re: Fidonet Addressing
Date: 14 Mar 1994 17:50:04 +0200
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daniel.campbell@cccbbs.cincinnati.oh.us (Daniel Campbell)  writes:

>I want to address a Doug Crocker who's Fidonet address is 1:343/105
>using the internet.  How do I address it?

Hi there...

The format is as follows:

first.last@f?.n?.z?.fidonet.orgorg

Where:

  First  = First Name
  Last   = Last Name
  f?     = Node Number
  n?     = Net Number
  z?     = Zone Number

So, you'd want:

  doug.crocker@f105.n343.z1.fidonet.org

Cheers
Gaven