Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (09/10/89)
I've heard it said that there is a way to send notes to CompuServe from Internet. Is this true, and how do you do this? Also, if the CompuServe reader responds to your note will it automatically be returned to your Internet ID? Thanks, Will
karl@godiva.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (09/11/89)
Will@cup.portal.com writes:
I've heard it said that there is a way to send notes to CompuServe from
Internet. Is this true, and how do you do this? Also, if the CompuServe
reader responds to your note will it automatically be returned to your
Internet ID?
Yes, it's true. Yes, they can reply directly to you.
[canned response #3267: "How to reach
people inside CompuServe via email"...]
CompuServe subscriber accounts, being numeric of the form "7xxxx,yyy,"
can be reached via email by addressing the mail to
7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com
Note the trading of `.' where `,' would have been. This keeps the
syntax conformant with the relevant Internet RFCs.
CompuServe employees are (in general) reachable under the
csi.compuserve.com subdomain; thus, address such mail to
username@csi.compuserve.com
If your host doesn't believe in the existence of "compuserve.com,"
(BITNET VM and UNIX MILNet users, take note), then you can either [a]
upgrade your system's mail software to use nameserver MX records or
[b] route your mail "manually" thus:
7xxxx.yyy%compuserve.com@saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu
You may even have to resort to using "tut" instead of "saqqara."
Option [a] is far preferable.
CompuServe's mailers accept items up to about 50Kbytes each. Note
that this is somewhat smaller than people tend to be used to on the
Internet.
CompuServe subscribers reach people Out Here using a person's normal
address prefixed with ">internet:". This prefix is CompuServe's
generalized gateway access syntax, and does not appear in headers on
the Internet side of the gateway. Some additional information
regarding addressing sites Out Here can be obtained via "help
internet" in their mailer.
There is no charge to anyone for use of this gateway. CompuServe
subscribers are still billed their usual hourly rate for connect time,
but there is no gateway-specific surcharge.
I have no information regarding gaining access to CompuServe
otherwise, e.g., as a customer/subscriber. Address such queries to
postmaster@compuserve.com.
--Karl Kleinpaste
Personification of the Mailer Daemon
Ohio State Computer Science
Instigator of the Internet/CompuServe mail gateway