mrb@sei.cmu.edu (Mario Barbacci) (07/25/89)
To send mail to staff and officers of the IEEE Computer Society you can
follow the procedure outlined in the following document. However, keep in
mind the following qualifications:
1) The IEEE Computer Society IS NOT the same as IEEE. I have no idea how to
reach the parent organization by EMail.
2) You must know the Compmail+ address of the person you want to reach. The
intermail bridge described in the document will not fix mistakes and
Compmail+ itself is not very smart and won't route back bad messages.
3) Compmail+ addresses are of the form <first_initial>.<last_name>. It this
is ambiguous the format is <first_initial>.<second_initial>.<last_name> If
you must guess, try these.
4) Don't flame. The staff of the society does a wonderful job and should not
be blamed for things beyond their control (e.g., IEEE screwing up membership
records.)
Good luck,
Mario Barbacci
VP-Technical Activities Board and
Member, Board of Governors
IEEE Computer Society
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COMPMAIL Annette DeSchon
Jon Postel
ISI
July 1986
MAIL FORWARDING BETWEEN COMPMAIL AND ARPA-MAIL USING INTERMAIL
OVERVIEW
========
These are the instructions for using the experimental Intermail
system for transmitting computer mail messages between users in the
COMPMAIL system and the ARPA-Mail system. The Intermail system may
be used in either direction.
Please remember that this is an experimental system. We would like
you to try it out with a sense of adventure and experimentation. We
would like to have reports from you about how it works or does not
work from your point of view.
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Please note: The use of DARPA supported facilities is for DARPA
sponsored research activities and other approved government
business.
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Messages to be forwarded are sent to the Intermail mailbox on the
local mail system. The Intermail system operates by having a program
service mailboxes in both mail systems, and when the right
information is supplied at the beginning of messages it reads, the
program forwards those messages into the other mail system.
The mailbox is called "INTERMAIL@ISI.EDU" in ARPA-Mail and
"INTERMAIL" (actually account "CMP0817") in COMPMAIL.
In order for a message to be delivered to a mailbox in another mail
system, forwarding information must be included at the beginning of
the text of each message. This forwarding information tells the mail
forwarding program which mail system to forward the message to, and
which mailboxes to send it to. This information is in the form:
Forward: <mail system>
To: <user mailbox>
<blank line>
The syntax allowed on the "To:" line is that of the system being
forwarded into. In COMPMAIL this is a list of names or accounts
separated by spaces. In ARPA-Mail it is a list of mailboxes
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Mail Forwarding Instructions
(user@host) separated by commas. It is also possible to include a
list of CC recipients in either mail system. See the examples for
further details.
In either direction, the local Subject field of the message to
Intermail is used as the Subject field of the message delivered in
the other mail system.
COMPMAIL TO ARPA-MAIL
=====================
The address of the Intermail system in COMPMAIL (which is Dialcom
system 64) is "INTERMAIL" (actually account "64:CMP0817").
In this direction the forwarding information must be of the form:
Forward: ARPA
To: <a valid ARPA-Mail address, or list of addresses>
<blank line>
For example, to forward a message to Annette DeSchon, the forwarding
section at the beginning of the text would consist of:
Forward: ARPA
To: DeSchon@ISI.EDU
ARPA-Mail mailbox addresses, such as "DeSchon@ISI.EDU", contain the
character "@", which is unfortunately also the default line-delete
character on the COMPMAIL system. Therefore, it necessary to change
the line-delete character to another character that won't be used in
the message, for example, Control-X (^X).
To do so use the command
"TERM -KILL ^X".
This command should be used each time you log in to COMPMAIL, after
the ">" prompt.
Regular users may wish to edit their PARAM.INI file to include a
command to make this change automatically when they login to
COMPMAIL. To do this add "-KILL ^X" to the end of an existing TERM
command, or add the line "TERM NONE -KILL ^X" to the file.
Note that in the forwarding information section, the "To" field must
start at the beginning of the line. Continuation lines, however, are
indented. The "To" field can contain anything that ARPA-Mail allows.
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The "Subject" field from the COMPMAIL header will also be used as the
subject in the ARPA-Mail header, when the message is forwarded.
The following is an example of how to send a message to Jon Postel.
"--" is used to signify a comment, and should not be used in an
actual message.
Example 1 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: INTERMAIL --COMPMAIL header
Subject: Test Message Number 1
Forward: ARPA --COMPMAIL text, forwarding information
To: Postel@ISI.EDU --This is Jon's ARPA-Mail mailbox
--blank line to end the forwarding info
Jon, --beginning of the text of the message
This is the text of the test
message. --the last line ends with carriage return
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"Forward: ARPA" signals the beginning of the forwarding information
and tells the forwarding program that this is mail for the ARPA-Mail
system. On the next line, "To: Postel@ISI.EDU" specifies the
mailbox that it will be delivered to. The blank line separates the
forwarding information from the rest of the text. Therefore, there
can't be any blank lines between the "Forward:" line and the "To:"
line.
The "To:" line is required, to deliver the message. It is also
possible to send copies to other mailboxes, using a "CC:" line.
The following is an example of how to send a message to Annette and
Bob, with copies going to Jon and Bill. Note that addresses are
separated by commas (not spaces).
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Example 2 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: INTERMAIL --COMPMAIL header
Subject: Test Message Number 2
Forward: ARPA --COMPMAIL text, forward info
To: DeSchon@ISI.EDU,Bob@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU --"To:" list
CC: Postel@ISI.EDU,Bill@TSC.SRI.COM --"CC:" list
--blank line
Annette, --beginning of the text
This is the text of the test
message. --the last line ends with
-- carriage return
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ARPA-MAIL TO COMPMAIL
=====================
The address of Intermail in ARPA-Mail is "INTERMAIL@ISI.EDU".
In this direction the forwarding information must be of the form:
Forward: COMPMAIL
To: <a valid COMPMAIL address, or list of addresses>
<blank line>
For example, to forward a message to Dave Farber, the forwarding
section at the beginning of the text would consist of:
Forward: COMPMAIL
To: D.Farber
The following is an example of a message to be forwarded from the
ARPA-Mail system to the COMPMAIL system. The text on the right (for
example, "--ARPA-Mail header") is for explanation only, and should
not be included in an actual message.
Note that in the forwarding information section, the "To" field must
start at the beginning of the line. Continuation lines, however, are
indented. The "To" field can contain anything that COMPMAIL allows.
The "Subject" field from the ARPA-Mail header will also be used as
the subject in the COMPMAIL header, when the message is forwarded.
Example 3 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header
Subject: Test Message Number 1
Forward: COMPMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding information
To: D.Farber --This is Dave's COMPMAIL mailbox
--blank line to end the forwarding info
Dave, --beginning of the text of the message
This is a test of mail forwarding.
--Joe --last line ends with carriage return
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Next is an example with lists of both "To" recipients and "CC"
recipients. Note that addresses are separated by spaces (commas are
legal).
In Example 4, "To" copies of the message is sent to four mailboxes
(F.Washington, J.Smith, L.Jones, and the mailbox of account CMP1234),
and "CC" copies are sent to two mailboxes (K.Gordon and account
ABC678 on Dialcom system 45).
Example 4 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header
Subject: Test Message Number 2
Forward: COMPMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding info
To: F.Washington CMP1234 J.Smith --COMPMAIL address list
L.Jones CC 45:ABC678 K.Gordon --with CC
--blank line
Fred, --beginning of the text
This is a test of mail forwarding.
--Joe --last line ends with
-- carriage return
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SUMMARY
=======
Please let us know if you have any questions or problems. If you
would like to send a test messages, Annette would be happy to confirm
their delivery. In case of questions or problems please contact:
Annette DeSchon -- DeSchon@ISI.EDU or 1-213-822-1511
[]
This document file is
[ISI.EDU]<INC-PROJECT>COMPMAIL-ARPAMAIL-FORWARDING.TXT,
and the original is [ISI.EDU]<INC-PROJECT>COMP-ARPA-MAIL.NLS.
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ARPA-MAIL TO COMPMAIL
=====================
The address of Intermail in ARPA-Mail is "INTERMAIL@ISI.EDU".
In this direction the forwarding information must be of the form:
Forward: COMPMAIL
To: <a valid COMPMAIL address, or list of addresses>
<blank line>
For example, to forward a message to Dave Farber, the forwarding
section at the beginning of the text would consist of:
Forward: COMPMAIL
To: D.Farber
The following is an example of a message to be forwarded from the
ARPA-Mail system to the COMPMAIL system. The text on the right (for
example, "--ARPA-Mail header") is for explanation only, and should
not be included in an actual message.
Note that in the forwarding information section, the "To" field must
start at the beginning of the line. Continuation lines, however, are
indented. The "To" field can contain anything that COMPMAIL allows.
The "Subject" field from the ARPA-Mail header will also be used as
the subject in the COMPMAIL header, when the message is forwarded.
Example 3 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header
Subject: Test Message Number 1
Forward: COMPMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding information
To: D.Farber --This is Dave's COMPMAIL mailbox
--blank line to end the forwarding info
Dave, --beginning of the text of the message
This is a test of mail forwarding.
--Joe --last line ends with carriage return
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Next is an example with lists of both "To" recipients and "CC"
recipients. Note that addresses are separated by spaces (commas are
legal).
In Example 4, "To" copies of the message is sent to four mailboxes
(F.Washington, J.Smith, L.Jones, and the mailbox of account CMP1234),
and "CC" copies are sent to two mailboxes (K.Gordon and account
ABC678 on Dialcom system 45).
Example 4 --------------------------------------------------------------
To: Intermail@ISI.EDU --ARPA-Mail header
Subject: Test Message Number 2
Forward: COMPMAIL --ARPA-Mail text, forwarding info
To: F.Washington CMP1234 J.Smith --COMPMAIL address list
L.Jones CC 45:ABC678 K.Gordon --with CC
--blank line
Fred, --beginning of the text
This is a test of mail forwarding.
--Joe --last line ends with
-- carriage return
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY
=======
Please let us know if you have any questions or problems. If you
would like to send a test messages, Annette would be happy to confirm
their delivery. In case of questions or problems please contact:
Annette DeSchon -- DeSchon@ISI.EDU or 1-213-822-1511
[]
This document file is
[ISI.EDU]<INC-PROJECT>COMPMAIL-ARPAMAIL-FORWARDING.TXT,
and the original is [ISI.EDU]<INC-PROJECT>COMP-ARPA-MAIL.NLS.
DeSchon & Postel [Page 6]
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Mario R. Barbacci,
arpanet: mrb@sei.cmu.edu uunet: ...!harvard!sei.cmu.edu!mrb
Software Engineering Institute, CMU, Pittsburgh PA 15213, (412) 268-7704