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/ hp-ses:comp.mail.misc / AR.MSG@forsythe.stanford.edu (Scott Gould) /  4:49 pm  Jan 26, 1989 /

> Help!! I'm trying to get a hold of someone at Hewlett Packard,
> Cupertino from this .edu account.  What type of link do I need?
> I've seen others from HP with accounts that look like:
> 
> NAME@HPSAD.HP.COM (I think this is for Rohnert Park)
>      ^^^^^
> Is this @hpsad a site variable?

If you've got an account on forsythe, you should have no real problems.  
The HP Internet (HP's private R&D network) and Stanford are both on the 
Internet, and sending mail from one to the other should be straight-
forward, given the correct address.

"hpsad" is actually just the name of the hub computer at HP's Signal 
Analysis Division (hence "sad").

> I've asked the person I'm trying to contact but have only got a long
> complicated account that routes through U.C. Berkeley and only get a
> "host unknown" reply.  Maybe someone at HP can give me a hand.
> Appreciate help in understanding how these things are routed.

If you already know the name of the computer this person has an account
on, and his account name, you can try sending mail to

    <accountname>@<computername>.hp.com

For example, to send mail to the "postmaster" account on the computer
"hp-unix", you would use the address

    postmaster@hp-unix.hp.com

If this doesn't work, or if you need more help, drop me a line.

Cricket

Hewlett-Packard Corporate			cricket@hp-ses.sde.hp.com
Integrated Office Systems			(415) 424-3723
Palo Alto, California