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- From: nauen@WRAIR-EMH1.ARMY.MIL
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: Internet ---> IBM Mail Exchange (X400 Gateway)
- Message-ID: <9209111516.AA02900@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 16:00:00 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- In <1992Sep10.135911.18999@schbbs.mot.com> you write:
-
- > I have been attemping to send mail from the Internet through the gateway
- > in France. The mail just 'disappears' into the bit-bucket, it appears.
- >
- > I was sending to the address format specified in the IBMMAIL DESCRIPT,
- >
- > GivenName.Surname@ibmx400-country.ibmmail.circe.fr
-
- Are you aware that "GivenName" is not the name your parents gave you,
- but rather one bestowed upon you by mother blue, usually something like
- the first chars of the last name followed by the initials, but never
- longer than 7 chars.
-
- Ric
-