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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
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[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]
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