Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!apple!netcom!jfh From: jfh@netcom.COM (Jack Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: compuserve aliases? Keywords: workaround? Message-ID: <1991Mar24.235930.14164@netcom.COM> Date: 24 Mar 91 23:59:30 GMT References: <1991Mar22.235011.19753@mtek.com> Distribution: na Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest} Lines: 11 In article <1991Mar22.235011.19753@mtek.com> bbh@mtek.com (Bud Hovell @ Mtek) writes: >For an address like "73011,3401@compuserve.com", the 'newalias' command doesn't >like it owing to the comma. Blows up big time. It should be 73011.3401@compuserv.com. Use a period instead of a comma. The documentation I've seen says to use a period. You may be confused because Compuserve uses a comma internally. -- Jack Hamilton jfh@netcom.com apple!netcom!jfh