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From: GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Turbow 286
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Date: 7 Aug 89 12:52:00 GMT
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From: <@vma.cc.cmu.edu:macmillm@ewc.bitnet>
>Incidentally, it is now possible to send messages to Suitable
>Solutions through a new CompuServe-internet link.  The SS
>principals are regulars on CIS and provide vendor support through
>the DEC PC SIG there.  They can be addressed as
>76666.3003@CompuServe.com.  Whether they can figure out how to
>reply to you may be another matter (in the end, nothing beats a
>simple phone call).

    A recent thread of discussion on INFO-NETS concerned e-mail access
to Compu$erve. The conclusions were:

    - Compuserve mailboxes can be addressed from the Internet by
    changing the comma to a period and appending the domain address.
    Thus, to send mail to Suitable Solutions on Compuserve, use:

              76666.3003@Compuserve.Com

    (see the header at the top of this message.)

    - Compuserve users can send mail to the Internet by prepending
    the string "'>INET:" to the e-mail address. For instance, Suitable
    Solutions could contact me as:

              >INET:GTHEALL@Penndrls.Upenn.Edu

    I have not tested this method before so I only know that in
principle it should work. Further, I do not know whether Compuserve
charges users to gateway mail in this fashion.

    So, it appears that Rainbow users on the nets (BITNET/Internet/uucp)
and Compuserve can now be united. I'd like to propose that Suitable
Solutions subscribe to INFO-DEC-MICRO. I believe their participation
in this forum would be mutually beneficial, though I don't know whether
it would violate ARPA guidelines prohibiting use of BITNET/Internet for
commercial gain. Additionally, we might investigate the possibility of
gatewaying (sp?) some portion of the messages from INFO-DEC-MICRO to
Compuserve's DEC PC forum and vice versa. Anyone know who to speak to
about this?

George

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