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3 total messages Started by Steve Hockemeier EECE Tue, 27 Oct 1992 05:57

Author: Steve Hockemeier EECE
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 05:57

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Ok, in mailing stuff to far away places, I've had to include the syntax
of IN% before the name and address of where it's going..ie US to JAPAN.
There is another function called  "TALK" that is a split screen method
of interactive typing with the person on the other end.  Does anyone 
know the syntax to "TALK" with people at faraway places? 

Thanx!
Steve.

Re: Syntax of Mailing

Author: Aryeh Friedman
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 08:40

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In article <n!4p+#c@lynx.unm.edu> eaglei@carina.unm.edu (Steve Hockemeier EECE) writes:
>Ok, in mailing stuff to far away places, I've had to include the syntax
>of IN% before the name and address of where it's going..ie US to JAPAN.
>There is another function called  "TALK" that is a split screen method
>of interactive typing with the person on the other end.  Does anyone 
>know the syntax to "TALK" with people at faraway places? 
>
>Thanx!
>Steve.

What Operating System are you usine (VMS?) I have no idea for VMS but under
UNIX you type "talk addr" where addr is the person's address so for example to
talk to me you whould type "talk aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu"
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Re: Syntax of Mailing

Author: Warner Losh
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 19:44

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In article <1civa2INNrdt@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu (Aryeh
Friedman) writes: 
>What Operating System are you usine (VMS?) I have no idea for VMS but under
>UNIX you type "talk addr" where addr is the person's address so for example to
>talk to me you whould type "talk aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu"

It will be the same under VMS.  The VMS mailer requires you to put the
IN% (or WINS% or SMTP% or ...) in front of the address to allow it to
run a foreign mail exchanger to delever the mail.  The talk programs
that I've seen just use the BSD format for people to talk to.

Be warned, however, that talk isn't standardized and many routers will
filter out talk packets...

Warner
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Warner Losh		imp@parcplace.COM	ParcPlace Boulder
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