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From: Perrine@LOGICON.ARPA (Tom Perrine)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMS Internet mail
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Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 12:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  4 12:20:00 1987
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Thanks to all who responded (and are continuing to respond).  All of
the responses have increased my understanding of what VMS people have
to do to talk to the Internet.

The mystery has been solved.  My friend was running MAIL first, then
issuing the SEND command of MAIL.  The address was entered in the
"MAILER!" format for WIN/TCP mailer.  Everything up to this point was
OK.

The problem was that she was connected via a TAC, which "knows" that
the "@" character is magic.  the TAC was sending the "Can't" when she
put in the "@" of the address.  This (correct) explanation was provided
by gwalker@SPCA.BBN.COM.

Many thanks to all who responded.  Its sure is nice to be able to tap
the "collective conciousness of the Internet" to get answers to these
weird problems.

Tom Perrine (Perrine@LOGICON.ARPA)
Logicon - Operating Systems Division, San Diego CA (619) 455-1330 x725
"There is a special place in Hell reserved for people who park in fire lanes."