Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bionet!PHARM.SUNYSB.EDU!TOM From: TOM@PHARM.SUNYSB.EDU (Thomas Easton) Newsgroups: bionet.software Subject: Re: Info on addressing between networks Message-ID: <68410961@pharm.sunysb.edu> Date: 8 Mar 91 02:42:41 GMT Sender: daemon@genbank.bio.net Reply-To: tom@pharm.sunysb.edu Lines: 44 > Is there any source of information on how to send > messages from Internet or Bitnet to commercial > networks such as Compuserve, MCI mail, Easylink, etc? > The following regarding MCI mail was plucked/edited from a local bboard. I've had no occasion to try it. I have communicated with the 'Portal' system from as: username@cup.portal.com Have fun! Tom Easton -------- from bboard: From: "David K. Ely" [ll. deleted] Currently, there is no charge for sending mail from the Internet to MCI Mail. In order to send mail to users on MCI Mail, use one of the following addresses : accountname@mcimail.com -or- mci_id@mcimail.com -or- full_user_name@mcimail.com For instance, I have a mailbox on MCI Mail. You could send mail to me via either dely@mcimail.com or 379-3286@mcimail.com or David_Ely@mcimail.com. Users on MCI Mail can also send messages to the Internet. At the "Command:" prompt, type "create . Then the user performs the following: (NOTE the "TO:", "EMS:" and "MBX:" strings are prompts provided by MCI Mail. Command: create TO: David K. Ely (EMS) EMS: INTERNET MBX: dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US This address is translated to: "David K. Ely" by the Gateway. Mail sent from MCI Mail to the Internet is charged by MCI Mail. [ll. deleted]