Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bat.cis.ohio-state.edu!mowgli From: mowgli@bat.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mowgli Assor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mail to compuserve - Jerry, herre we come ! Summary: Before this gets out of hand . . . Message-ID: <57032@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 7 Aug 89 22:18:55 GMT References: <685@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Reply-To: Mowgli Assor Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 32 In article <685@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes: > >Yes there is. It was written by a sysop on the Unix Forum, Karl Kleinpaste. >(I hope I have that detail right). Nope, I'm afraid you've got that detail wrong. Karl Kleinpaste works for the Ohio State University Computer And Information Science Department. But, he did help get CompuServe on the net. I don't think that it's been 'officially' announced yet, but it was discussed in one of the local groups here. (Text about mailing to Jerry Pournelle deleted 9-) > >_If_ you know his Compuserve id number (PPN), _if_ he even has one, yes. > >-larry That is correct, you must have the guy/gal's PPN, to send mail. If you know that they are employed AT CompuServe, you can send mail to their name, which (from what I've seen) is their first initial followed by their last name.But, doing it by PPN is MUCH safer. Later, -=- Address: mowgli@puffer.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mowgli Assor in real life) Or: mowgli@cis.ohio-state.edu The 2 precepts of Semi-Divinity: (1) Mind Thine Own Business. (2) Don't Worry About It.