t-jlee@microsoft.UUCP (Johnny Lee) (09/27/89)
Hi, I remember seeing a posting like this but I didn't think I would need it (all the important people are on BITNET, ARPANET, etc. right???). Well I need to contact someone and the only electronic address I've got is his Compuserve number. So I know that there is a compuserve.com, but how are you supposed to mail to a number i.e. 78234,1289 (I just made that up - it looks something like a Compuserve address). Thanks in advance Johnny Lee t-jlee@microsoft.UUCP ...!uw-beaver!microsoft!t-jlee
karl@godiva.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (09/27/89)
t-jlee@microsoft.uucp writes:
Hi, I remember seeing a posting like this but I didn't
think I would need it (all the important people are on
BITNET, ARPANET, etc. right???).
Well I need to contact someone and the only electronic
address I've got is his Compuserve number.
[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 gatewayagnew@trwrc.RC.TRW.COM (Robert A. Agnew) (09/29/89)
In article <KARL.89Sep26225634@godiva.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@godiva.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes: >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 OK, after about 20 tries my named server found tut but the hints for ohio-state.edu are hard to get. This is great! Now does anyone know if a similar gateway exists for telemail?
cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) (10/05/89)
In article <583@trwrc.RC.TRW.COM> agnew@trwrc.UUCP (Robert A. Agnew) writes: >...This is great! Now does anyone know if >a similar gateway exists for telemail? The Commercial Mail Relay here connects to the Telenet network through Telemail. The general syntax is: [USER/ORGANIZATION]HOST/COUNTRY%TELEMAIL@INTERMAIL.ISI.EDU Complete instructions can be requested from: Intermail-Request@Intermail.ISI.EDU -- ==================================================================== ARPA: Craig E. Ward <cew@venera.isi.edu> PHONE: (213)822-1511 ext. 111 USPS: USC Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1100 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" ====================================================================