Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!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