Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!dftsrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!dweissman From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Internet -> Sprintmail/Telenet systems Message-ID: <3737@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 25 Oct 90 17:41:31 GMT Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 38 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 If you need to send mail to a user of any of the Sprintmail based systems such as TELEMAIL, Omnet, GTE Mail, NASAMAIL or GSFCMail the following format will work (roughly following RFC-822): FOR PRIVATE SYSTEMS (like NASAMAIL, GSFCMAIL): /PN=fullname/ADMD=TELEMAIL/PRMD=private domain/O=organization/C=US /@SPRINT.COM or /DD.UN=username/ADMD=TELEMAIL/PRMD=private domain/O=organization/C=US /@SPRINT.COM FOR PUBLIC SYSTEMS (like TELEMAIL, OMNET): /PN=fullname/ADMD=TELEMAIL/O=organization/C=US/@SPRINT.COM or /DD.UN=username/ADMD=TELEMAIL/O=organization/C=US/@SPRINT.COM is the firstname, middle initial (optional), lastname as as determined by the foreign system's DIRECTORY, seperated by periods. (ex. JOHN.R.SMITH) This information is best gotten directly from the recipient (or wait for X.500 !) is the username of the recipient on the foreign system. (ex. JSMITH, JRSMITH, J.SMITH) NOTE: - Do not use the '<' and '>' around fullname and username. - Because mail differs from machine to machine on the Internet, extra header info may be required. (ex. SMTP%) ///Dave Weissman at Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA - Code 543.0/LAN