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Re: Internet <==> INET/ENVOY??

#51
From: Ken Hush
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 15:09
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In article <chj.720458797@unixg.ubc.ca> chj@unixg.ubc.ca (Chris  
Harwood-Jones) writes:
> HELP!
>  
> I am trying to send an E-mail message to one MA.WILSON who is on 
> Bell Canada INET (the ENVOY system).
>  
> ++++++
>  
> I have read the "Inter-Network Mail Guide", which recommended that I 
> send to:
>  
> /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/DD.ID=userid/PN=John_Smith/@Sprint.COM
>  
> However, my mail program doesn't have room for all those characters 
> in the address, so I sent it to:
>  
>     /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/DD.ID=MA.WILSON/@Sprint.COM
>  
> and to
>  
>     /C=CA/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/PN=ma_wilson/@Sprint.COM
>  
> and both times got the message back, saying that there was an 
> "ORName" problem ... whatever that is.
>  
> ++++++
>  
> Another possible way to route the message is to send it to:
>  
>     uunet.uu.net!att!attmail!mhs!envoy!MA.WILSON
>  
> ....but I can't seem to use "bang-addressing" in my mail reader.
>  
> ++++++
>  
> Can anyone either (a) tell me how to get the SprintMail server to 
> work, or (b) convert the bang-address into an @ address?
>  
> A response by E-Mail would be much appreciated!
>  
> Chris H-J.  (chj@unixg.ubc.ca)
>  
Make sure that you are prefixing each bang (!) with a (\) to ensure that  
it gets interpreted properly.

--
Ken Hush,
Staff Specialist,                                                                            
Computer Services, Applications Engineering              
Corporate Information Office  
Motorola                                       
1299, East Algonquin Road,                                                                      
Schaumburg, IL 60196                                                 
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