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From: psrc@mtunq.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: AT&T replies
Summary: try first.m.last@att.com instead
Keywords: cbnews
Message-ID: <1255@mtunq.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 90 16:50:25 GMT
References: <1990Aug19.205508.16479@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1990Aug19.205508.16479@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) writes:
>Does anyone else out there have a hard time sending replies to att-ites?
>	1) Article is posted from "bell@cbnews.att.com (alex.g.bell)"
>	2) I attempt to reply to that address
>	3) My reply bounces, for various reasons, at cbnews.
>All this comes about because, of course, Alex does not REALLY have an
>account on cbnews, but instead on another att machine that lets cbnews
>do all the postings.

I'm surprised the reply doesn't work.  Another way to answer Alex would
be to send e-mail to alex.g.bell@att.com; Bell's name would be looked
up in the AT&T internal e-mail directory, and forwarded to the e-mail
address listed there.  (It's impossible to look up information in the
directory and have the result sent outside of AT&T; that's both a
security and a privacy feature.)  The middle name or initial is
optional.

Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories (paul.s.r.chisholm@att.com)
att!mtunq!psrc, psrc@mtunq.att.com, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm
I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.