Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "John R. Levine" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: TYMNET/MCIMail Message-ID: <3390@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 31 Jan 90 13:10:35 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 21 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 66, message 7 of 8 In article <3342@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write: >In fact, you don't even have to use to the MCI ID (mailbox number). >You can use the Formal Name or Username as long as it's unique. > >[Moderator's Note: But that only works provided you are *certain* the >user name is unique. Unlike actually being on MCI Mail, internetters >don't get the option of making a selection from a menu of John Smiths. If you send a message to a name that isn't unique, the gateway will bounce it back to you, showing you in the bounce message all of the names and IDs that match the address that you gave. It's true, the only guaranteed way to send a message is to the seven digit user number (beats me why they pad it with zeros, maybe they're planning area codes) but user names are also reasonable, particularly for those of use whose user names are not the default first initial and last name. The implementation of the gateway is really excellent, my congratulations to whoever did it. Regards, John Levine, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl also johnl@mcimail.com