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From: stefan@moot.cs.cornell.edu (Kjartan Stefansson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Internet/Compuserve Mail
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Date: 16 Oct 90 18:28:53 GMT
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ddrg@mentor.gandalf.ca (Duncan Glendinning) writes:

>Is it possible to exchange mail between the internet and
>compuserve, and if so, what is the address format (i.e.,
>goven a compuserve id, what internet address to use)?

There is a guide to mailing between the various nets, and that guide
used to be posted to comp.mail.misc monthly (although I haven't seen
it around for a while).  The following lines come from that guide:

... the general format of mail ...

#F mynet
#T yournet
#R youraddress
#C contact address if any
#I send to "youraddress@thegateway"

... and later on ...

#F compuserve
#T internet
#R user@domain
#I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain"

... and to mail the other way around ...

#F internet
#T compuserve
#R 71234,567
#I send to "71234.567@compuserve.com"
#I   note: Compuserve account IDs are pairs of octal numbers.  Ordinary
#I     consumer CIS user IDs begin with a `7' as shown.



>thanks...  duncan
>--
>Duncan Glendinning         CAnet: ddrg@mentor.gandalf.ca, ddrg@gandalf.ca
>Gandalf Data Ltd.          Voice: (613) 723-6500
>Nepean, Ontario              Fax: (613) 226-1717
>Canada  K2E 7M4

I tried mailing to both of the addresses above, but the mail bounced.

Kjartan