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From: sgordon@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Steven I Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: compuserve aliases?
Keywords: workaround?
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Date: 25 Mar 91 20:57:43 GMT
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In article <1991Mar22.235011.19753@mtek.com> bbh@mtek.com (Bud Hovell @ Mtek) w
rites:
>For an address like "73011,3401@compuserve.com", the 'newalias' command doesn'
t
>like it owing to the comma. Blows up big time.
>
>I tried putting a backslash in front of the comma, but that didn't work, eithe
r.
>
>Is there any workaround for this?
You can use a period instead of a comma.  This is acceptable to both elm
and as the internet address for compuserve.