heasley@bu-ast.bu.edu (Jim Heasley) (03/14/90)
Can someone tell me if there is a way to send mail to/from Internet to CompuServe? My wife, who has signed up for CompuServe, said she thought she saw something on that in one of my (now discarded) computer magazines. Looking at her CompuServe startup kit I see no mention of Internet mail anywhere. Please reply via direct e-mail as this isn't one of the newsgroups I usually read. Thanks, Jim Heasley Department of Astronomy Boston University (on leave from Univeristy of Hawaii) Internet: heasley@bu-ast.bu.edu Bitnet: heasley@buasta
karl@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (03/14/90)
heasley@bu-ast.bu.edu writes:
Can someone tell me if there is a way to send mail to/from Internet to
CompuServe?
Have your wife do this:
go mail
help internet
You'll get most any info you need from that. If questions remain,
drop me a note.
--Karl Kleinpaste
Instigator of the Internet/CompuServe
Email Gatewayziegast@umd5.umd.edu (Eric W. Ziegast) (03/20/90)
In article <53899@bu.edu.bu.edu> heasley@bu-ast.bu.edu (Jim Heasley) writes: >Can someone tell me if there is a way to send mail to/from Internet to >CompuServe? My wife, who has signed up for CompuServe, said she thought >she saw something on that in one of my (now discarded) computer >magazines. Looking at her CompuServe startup kit I see no mention of >Internet mail anywhere. Please reply via direct e-mail as this isn't >one of the newsgroups I usually read. > >Thanks, > >Jim Heasley There are MANY (I mean it!) places you can reach if you have access to uunet or the Internet, and if you can get to one of these two from your network, it's just as good. Below, I have two saved articles which show how to access CompuServe and MCI Mail. I also highly recommend a book from John S. Quarterman called "The Matrix" ((c) 1988, Digital Press). In is information on how to reach practically every network in the world, from company sub-networks like VNET (IBM) to uunet sub-nets from India to Europe to an outpost in Antarctica. Sometimes I get mail from people asking "How do you get there from here?" Between this book, a BITNET service (explained later), nslookup, and uumap.tar.Z at uunet.uu.net, I've been able to find every request. Some time ago, an administrator at American University, Jim McIntosh, made a neat EXEC (IBM VM System) that handles queries for BITNET host information. For more info, from a BITNET host: (VMS) SEND BITNODES@AUVM HELP (VM) TELL BITNODES@AUVM HELP As for CompuServe and MCI, notice that they don't publish these things for their users. I'm still looking for a back door to BIX (/wout DASnet). Here are the two news articles on Compuserve and MCI: ################################# CompuServe ############################## Article 37130 of comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: umd5!haven!uvaarpa!mcnc!rutgers!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL!w8sdz From: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Sending email from CompuServe to the Internet Message-ID: <8908130008KP@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> Date: 13 Aug 89 06:07:00 GMT Lines: 120 [Give this to your friends who have CompuServe accounts. -- Keith] Now you can send Email back and forth through CompuServe to Internet, Arpanet, Bitnet, and others. Internet Internet is an electronic mail system connecting governmental institutions, military branches, educational institutions, and commercial companies. There is no surcharge to send or receive messages through Internet. Only ASCII messages up to 50,000 characters can be sent through this system. SENDING MESSAGES FROM COMPUSERVE TO INTERNET USERS To send a message to an Internet address you must use a special addressing format. The command is: Send to (Name or User ID): >INTERNET: recipient address@domain For example: Send to (Name or User ID): >INTERNET:Jdoe@abc.michigan-state.edu Where ">INTERNET:" is required to send your message to the Internet system. "Jdoe" is the valid address used by this recipient on the Internet system. The "@" tells the system that the domain address is following. The "abc.michigan-state.edu" is the domain address. Note: - Domain address elements must be separated by periods and the domain must be separated from the recipient's address by the "@" character with no spaces. - The ">INTERNET:" is essential. It alerts the CompuServe system that your message is going to a remote mail location. Remember to include the ">" sign. - You can have a space after the ">INTERNET:" or have no space. - The correct valid address used by the subscriber on the Internet system is essential. Without the exact address used by the recipient, the message will not be delivered. - The amount of time it takes to deliver an Internet message varies from a half hour to two days. This is a function of Internet and CompuServe is not responsibe for this time frame. - Internet and non-Internet addresses may be included in the same SEND, separated by semi-colons. Undeliverable messages If your message is undeliverable, it usually will be returned to you along with the text of your message. Whether the message is actually returned to you depends on the remote mail system, but you always will receive notification if your message cannot be delivered. Confirmation/Receipts Requests for receipts will be generated only when the message leaves CompuServe and is transmitted into Internet. Receipts to indicate when the user actually receives the message are not available through Internet. RECEIVING MESSAGES THROUGH INTERNET CompuServe allows a message to be received from the Internet system to your mailbox. Format The Internet user needs your correct Internet address to send a message to your mailbox. Your address is: 1 - Your User ID with the comma changed to a period. 2 - The CompuServe domain which is "compuserve.com" 3 - The correct addressing format to send the message. This format varies from one system to another. Typically, the address is shown as "User ID@compuserve.com". For example: 12345.412@compuserve.com The sender should check at his/her mail location for the correct format. Remember - the format may vary, but the essential elements of the address will stay the same. NOTE: - Your user id MUST be addressed using a period NOT a comma - "compuserve.com" is essential - Messages sent through Internet to CompuServe mailboxes include routing information and headers which are added to the top of the message before it reaches CompuServe's system. =END= ---- If your mailer doesn't recognize the compuserve.com domain address you can use the following path: 7007.12345%compuserve.com@saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu ---------- ^--put CIS user number here This path should work for Usenet: ...!uunet!compuserve.com!7007.12345 The 7007.12345 user number is just an example. Put the correct CIS user number in place of it. -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, and MISC archives Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil [26.2.0.74] Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz ################################ M C I ################################### Article 37276 of comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: umd5!haven!uflorida!gatech!ncsuvx!mcnc!decvax!ima!esegue!johnl From: johnl@esegue.uucp (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: CompuServe <------>Internet gateway Summary: MCI<-->internet link Message-ID: <1989Aug15.223626.5291@esegue.uucp> Date: 15 Aug 89 22:36:26 GMT References: <13610@netnews.upenn.edu> <1280@hcx1.UUCP> Reply-To: johnl@esegue.UUCP (John Levine) Distribution: na Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 16 Posted: Tue Aug 15 18:36:26 1989 In article <1280@hcx1.UUCP> leoh@hardy.hdw.harris.com (Leo Hinds) writes: >On a similar note ... is it possiple to use the compuserve/MCI mail link >via the internet ? No, but you don't have to. MCI Mail has a very nice but totally unpublicised gateway of their own that I stumbled across. To send mail from MCI to the Internet, tell MCI Mail you're sending to a REMS, give the REMS name as "internet" and on the mailbox line, give the internet address. To go the other way, send to something like 0001234567@mcimail.com where the number is the MCI Mail account number padded to ten digits. Not all internet hosts know mcimail.com, but uunet does. Bang paths seem to work too. -- John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, johnl@ima.isc.com, Levine@YALE.something Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe