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Article #2595Re: Mail to Compuserve
From: Jeff Sherota
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 19:56
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 19:56
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I thought I'd follow-up with my findings since there was some conflicting
information.
1. Joe.User@Compuserve.com didn't work. I got a postmaster reply containing
instructions for mailing to Compuserve (I included it below).
2. I sent mail to postmaster@compuserve.com requesting directory info
help. I didn't think I was going to get a reponse because the repy
from 1. said that Compuserve directory info is available only to
Compuserve Mail subscribers. But POSTMASTER@COMPUSERVE.COM (Kathy
Chevrier) was kind enough to send me the person's ID.
Also thanks to Rudolf Kuenzli for looking up the ID up for me.
-------------------Here's Compuserve's bounced mail reply---------------------
Your message could not be delivered as addressed.
--- Returned message ---
Subject: Addressing CompuServe Mail users
A message you sent to a CompuServe Mail user is being returned
because it could not be delivered due to an incorrect address. The
correct method of addressing CompuServe Mail users is outlined below.
There are two types of CompuServe Mail addresses. They can be
reached from the Internet as follows:
a) Members of the CompuServe Information Service have an address
(a.k.a. User ID) of the form "xxxxx,yyyy", such as "70000,11".
To send mail to such an address from the Internet, change the
comma to a period and attach "@CompuServe.com". For instance:
70000.11@CompuServe.com
b) Members of organizations with a private CompuServe Mail area have
an address of the form "organization:name", such as "ABC:J.SMITH".
To send mail to such an address from the Internet, send it to
"name@organization.CompuServe.com". For instance:
J.SMITH@ABC.CompuServe.com
A few organizations have addresses which also include a department
in the form "organization:department:name", such as
"ABC:ACCTG:JOHN". To send mail to such an address from the
Internet, send to "name@department.organization.CompuServe.com".
For instance:
JOHN@ACCTG.ABC.CompuServe.com
There are also a number of special destinations available to users of
CompuServe Mail which are NOT accessible from the Internet,
including:
Facsimile Delivery (e.g. >FAX: )
Postal Delivery (e.g. >POSTAL: )
Telex Delivery (e.g. >TLX: )
MCI Mail Delivery (e.g. >MCIMAIL: )
Finally, please realize that only CompuServe Mail users have access
to our member directory. Since there is no mechanism for you to
obtain addresses directly from CompuServe Incorporated, you should
obtain this information from the individuals with whom you wish to
correspond. Thank you.
Coordially,
The Electronic Postmaster
************ Returned Message Follows ************
Thanks For Your Help
Jeff Sherota
jrs@cblpe.att.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!att!cbnews!jrs From: jrs@cbnews.att.com (Jeff Sherota) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Mail to Compuserve Message-ID: <1991Jan7.195604.7783@cbnews.att.com> Date: 7 Jan 91 19:56:04 GMT References: <1991Jan4.175316.11685@cbnews.att.com> <1991Jan05.003044.5817@jpradley.jpr.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 76