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Article #218Re: This is *HOW* to send to EasyLink!
From: mcdonald
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1992 22:24
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1992 22:24
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In article <9204020652.AA22985@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, nauen@WRAIR-EMH1.ARMY.MIL ("1159-DIRECTOR/OVERSEAS OPS") writes:
> In <0105009A.vtstt3@david.UUCP> david@david.UUCP (David A. Roth) writes
>
>> Now for my problem...I'm still trying to tell a EasyLink user that
>> is connected by X.400 using an IBM AS400 how to send e-mail back to
>> me. When I sent e-mail explaining bang addressing such as internet!...the
>> user on EasyLink said that this character is not on their keyboard!
>
> The absence of a '!' character is probably not critical, inasmuch as X.400
> does not recognize it anyways. Suggest that you advise the EasyLink user to
> try the address which should have appeared at the end of their message as
>
> From:
> C=US; ADMD=ATTMAIL; O=UUCP; DDA.ID=internet(b)cis.ohio-state.edu(b)david(b)david
It won't work with the ;'s. ; is used to define a customer reference humber
(for billing purposes).
I think the address should be something like:
ADMD ATTMAIL
DDA.ID internet(b)cis.ohio-state.edu(b)david(b)david
END+
> However, if nothing works, it seems to me that this is where the EasyLink
> customer should call upon the network service desk, which, I should think,
> should be of the benefits provided. They should say "Hey, folks. I'm
> getting this mail, but can't reply. What's going on?"
I did that yesterday. No response as yet.
>
> If I knew an EasyLink number/userid for customer assistance, I'd write to
> them myself.
I think the customer service name is internal only, but maybe not. If it is
accessible from the outside world, it would be:
SVC@ATTMAIL.COM
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X.400: C:US; ADMD=WESTERN UNION; O=SIL; DDA.ELN=62897168
Include "VMS MAIL: DAN.MCDONALD" for automated delivery :-(
Maybesomedaynet: a:ATTMAIL; p:SIL; o:SIL; s:MCDONALD; g:DAN
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