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Re: E-mail to IBMx400 address

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From: nauen
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 00:06
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In <kedrbjC00YV7Q2H5IJ@andrew.cmu.edu> 
Gregory Daniel <gd2a+@andrew.cmu.edu> asks

> As an example of sending E-mail to IBM X400 address, I have the
> following example:
>
>   figovhm.figov.ibmmail.ibmx400.gb@mhs-relay.ac.uk
>
> What do I need to do to send this in the U.S.?  As an example, if I 
> have the following address, what host name would I send it to? 
>
>    xxxxzz.xxxx.ibmmail.ibmx400.us@??????????????

Postings on the Info-Nets list have discussed this, but the recommended
address syntax is somewhat different.  It is:

    GIVENNAME.SURNAME@ibmx400-COUNTRY.ibmmail.circe.fr

COUNTRY is the country code of the ibmer, surname is normally the
last name of the person, and givenname is a name given by mother
blue which is something like the first chars of the last name
followed by the initials but never longer than 7 chars.

The mail _always_ goes through the gateway in France, no matter where
the IBM person is.  So your first example address would be

     figovhm.figov@ibmx400-gb.ibmmail.circe.fr

and the second would be 

     xxxxzz.xxxx@ibmx400-us.ibmmail.circe.fr

On the other hand, that was back in February.  You might find that your
US correspondent can now be reached with something like

     zxxxx@ibmmail.com

More information might be available from the postmaster there.

Ric <nauen@wrair-emh1.army.mil>  <nauen%wrmain.decnet@detrick-emh1.army.mil>
           ^^^^^Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
        U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
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