Media Share 9/MEDIASHARE_09.ISO/pcboard/uupcb100.zip/ADDRESS

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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: [e-mail]  @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: [e-mail] (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 <[e-mail]>@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 [e-mail], 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![e-mail] 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![e-mail]@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
     @[e-mail]@X07

@X0AHow do people write me back?@X07

     @X0FIt's easy, your email address here is:@X07

     @[e-mail]@X07

     @X0FJust put a period between your first and last name and stick @X07
     @[e-mail] 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