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│@X0F @X0E @X0A How do I address an Internet Message? @X0E @X0F @X0E │
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@X07
@X0FA normal Internet address is in the format: userid@system.domain @X07
@X0FThese addresses are normally CASE SENSITIVE! Don't capitalize lower case or@X07
@X0F use lower case for capitals. Your message may not get through.@X07
@X0F To send a message:@X07
@X0F 1. Post it in Conference 157.@X07
@X0F 2. Enter the word "TO:" and the Internet address@X07 @X0Fas the @X0CFIRST LINE@X0F in your@X07
@X0F message.@X07 @X0FPlease Note! The regular PC BOARD "TO" field (and the one in@X07
@X0F EZ-Reader, QDeluxe, SLMR, etc) is IRRELEVANT! Do NOT depend on this field@X07
@X0F for the Internet address! @X07
@X0F That's all there is to it!@X07
@X0F @X0CWhere do I get Internet addresses?@X0F Let's say you want to reply to a message@X07
@X0F in a Usenet conference privately. In other words, you want it to only go@X07
@X0F to one person, not to everyone who reads the conference. The first step is@X07
@X0F to make note of who the person is. If the message originated outside this@X07
@X0F BBS, you will see that persons address embodied in the first lines of the @X07
@X0F message itself. @X07
@X0F For example:@X07
@X0FFrom: gbush@whitehouse.gov (George Bush)@X07
@X0F The "(George Bush)" is just an item to tell you the "english" name of the@X07
@X0F person. On occasion some rather whimsical names will be entered in this@X07
@X0F area instead of real names.@X07
@X0F gbush is the users ID on the system.@X07
@X0F whitehouse is the name of the computer where this user gets mail.@X07
@X0F @X07
@X0F gov is the "domain" or subset of the Internet in which the system @X07
@X0F"whitehouse" is registered.@X07
@X0F An alternate style often used is:@X07
@X0F @X07
@X0F From: George Bush <gbush@whitehouse.gov>@X07
@X0F The Internet mailer used here assumes that the first block of characters@X07
@X0F after "TO:" in the FIRST LINE of your message is a valid Internet address.
It will disregard anything after this first block. Therefore, you could@X07
@X0F copy all of example #1 (even the "(George Bush)") without problems.@X07
@X07 @X0FThat's because the first block of characters is gbush@whitehouse.gov, which@X07
@X0Fis a valid internet address. "(George Bush)" is ignored by the system.@X07
@X0FYou could not, however, copy@X07 @X0Fexample #2's address without modification.@X07
@X0F That's because the first block of characters (George) is not a valid @X07
@X0F Internet address. It would be a simple matter, however, to copy the segment@X07
@X0F within the <> characters to your message.@X07
@X0F And a word about all those funny characters.....@X07
@X0F @ = This is literally the "at" sign. It is used to seperate the user ID from
the system name.@X07
@X0F @X07
@X0F . = Used to separate system name from domain name in the right hand side of@X07
@X0F the internet address. If found on the left hand side of the @ sign, it@X07
@X0F is typically used as a substitute for a space or comma in a "foreign"@X07
@X0F user ID. Your ID here (ie, @USER@) is typically
@X0F considered a "foreign" ID and a period is inserted on your outbound@X07
@X0F mail between your first and last name. (you don't have to worry about@X07
@X0F this unless someone asks for your email ID)@X07
@X0F ! = Used to separate items in a UNIX UUCP style address. Normally not used@X07
@X0F here except in conjunction with an "@" style address. For example:@X07
@X0F bsm3cca!ehopper@attmail.com would send mail to the system bsm3cca@X07
@X07 @X0Fvia attmail.com. The desired user would be ehopper.@X07
@X0F % - This is the same as "!" in internet addresses, however, the order@X07
@X0Fis reversed. In other words while ehbbs!ed.hopper@menudo.uh.edu@X07
@X0Fis the way to use a "!", if you wish to use "%" reverse the machine@X07
@X0Fand the user id. Thus the appropriate entry is:@X07
@X0Fed.hopper%ehbbs@menudo.uh.edu@X07
@X0AHow do people write me back?@X07
@X0FIt's easy, your email address here is:@X07
@X0Efirstname.lastname@ehhbs.hou.tx.us@X07
@X0FJust put a period between your first and last name and stick @X07
@X0F@ehbbs.hou.tx.us on the end of it. This is the ID that is automatically
@X07 @X0Fadded to your messages when they are sent out.@X07
@X0F See the other bulletins for information on sending mail to other systems@X07
@X0Flike Compuserve, AT&T Mail, MCI Mail, etc.@X07