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- Domains in C86Net
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-
- A "domain" is nothing more than a collection of systems residing under
- a single name for purposes of making it easier to create and deliver Mail
- to them. Most systems on the network belong to some domain, and as time
- passes, more systems will become part of a domain. For instance, ^nodename
- is in domain "^nodedomain".
-
- You can tell the domain of another system on the net, in most cases, by
- looking at a net message from the system in question. Using this system as
- an example, a message from another system in a domain will have a header that
- looks something like this:
-
- ... @ ^nodename _ ^nodedomain
-
- (Sysops can customize the display to their tastes, however, so you might
- have to use your imagination. For instance, they might have
-
- ... @ ^nodename [^nodedomain]
-
- But you get the idea.)
-
- So what's this worth to you, eh? Well, suppose you want to send Mail to
- a system on the net that you just saw a message from in a shared room. You
- went to mail, but just simply typing its name without the domain gained you
- nothing but grief: perhaps the system hasn't made it onto this system's
- node (i.e., system) list, yet. Well, you can get around this by typing .EN
- at the Mail> prompt, and then typing the system's name followed by an '_'
- followed by its domain name. (You can use '.' instead of '_' if you really
- insist). Just make sure you get the spelling right.
-
- You may need LD credits to send Mail out via domain-addressing, though.
-
- %ADVANCED Back to the advanced commands help menu.
- %NET-HELP General info on sending network mail.
- %HELPOPT Get a list of all help files in the system.
- %MAINHELP First level of help system.
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