grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu (10/18/90)
I know this is a bit off the subject, but I need to send mail to Compuserv of a technical nature. I have the id of the person, but I do not know the internet path. I have seen someplace someone saying that this is how its done and I did not know where else to post it. I am not a member of compuserv, so I am sorry if I am bothering anyone with this desperate plea for help. Tony Summary of this post. Need pathway to send mail to a Compuserv user via networks.
castorca@EA.USL.EDU (Christian Castor) (10/18/90)
In article <1990Oct17.214131.1949@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes: >I know this is a bit off the subject, but I need to send mail to Compuserv of a >technical nature. I have the id of the person, but I do not know the internet >path. I have seen someplace someone saying that this is how its done and I did >not know where else to post it. I am not a member of compuserv, so I am sorry >if I am bothering anyone with this desperate plea for help. > >Tony > >Summary of this post. > >Need pathway to send mail to a Compuserv user via networks. To send EMail to a Compuserve account you should use: xxxxx.xxxx@compuserve.com where xxxxx.xxxx is the destination compuserve id (you replace the comma by a period). As an example, suppose you want to send mail to Compuserve account 73030,2734 . You must address your mail to: 73030.2734@compuserve.com Hope that helps. - Chris C --- sigfile.lzh 4604 bytes ----rwed 22-Sep-90 22:38:14 (That's a truly COMPACT .sig file :^)
jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty) (10/21/90)
In article <1990Oct17.214131.1949@uoft02.utoledo.edu> grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes: >I know this is a bit off the subject, but I need to send mail to Compuserv of a >technical nature. I have the id of the person, but I do not know the internet >path. I have seen someplace someone saying that this is how its done and I did >not know where else to post it. I am not a member of compuserv, so I am sorry >if I am bothering anyone with this desperate plea for help. > >Tony > Pretty straight forward, actually. Just use the form: user@compuserve.com where "user" is the CompuServe ID number of the person you want. The only trick is to replace the comma in the ID with a period since, apparently, commas do funny things in the internet (maybe someone out there could enlighten us). To get mail back from Compuserve, they must use the form: >user@host.domain the important part of which is the leading ">" which tells CompuServe that the address is not a shorthand for the "address book" (or whatever they call it) but an actual network path.