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4.4.3 Using Internet Gateays with MsgEd TE

Once you have configured MsgEd TE with the data of the gateways that you wish to use and turned on the ‘u’ flag for all areas, writing e-mail is very simple. When entereing a message, you just have to enter a valid e-mail address instead of a user name. If MsgEd TE recognises a valid e-mail address, it will not look up this name in the nodelist or prompt you for a node number, but it will automatically address the mail to the configured gateway nodenumber and generate the necessary ‘To:’-line. The ‘To:’-line will not even be shown to you, unless you have the ShowNotes switch on (see List of available switches).

Reading e-mail that comes from any internet gateway is equally simple. If the ‘u’ flag is set for an area, MsgEd TE will automatically recognise From: and Reply-To: lines and hide them from you. Instead of displaying the gateway pseudo user name and node numer, it will display the e-mail address that the mail is coming from in the message header field.

MsgEd TE also supports newsgroups, i.E. echomail areas that are being received from an internet gateway, as long as the ‘u’ flag ist turned on for these areas. In newsgroups, MsgEd TE will handle mails (postings) just as in netmail areas, i.E. it will display the sender’s e-mail address in the message header. If you do a private reply (i.E. a reply to a netmail area using Alt-N), the e-mail reply will correctly be addressed to your favorite internet gateway.