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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!ccvax.ucd.ie!lkomito
- From: lkomito@ccvax.ucd.ie
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: Internet ---> IBM Mail Exchange (X400 Gateway)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.112535.49663@ccvax.ucd.ie>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 11:25:35 GMT
- References: <9209111516.AA02900@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Organization: University College Dublin
- Lines: 25
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- In article <9209111516.AA02900@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, nauen@WRAIR-EMH1.ARMY.MIL writes:
- > 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
-
- In addition, I have the impression that this Givenname.Surname is
- a result of registering for internet mail. Without the registration
- at the gateway, I believe messages simply disappear.
-
- --
- Lee Komito lkomito@irlearn.ucd.ie
- Sociology Dept.; University College Dublin; Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- lkomito@irlearn (Bitnet), Phone +353 1 706-7106, FAX +353 1 269-4409
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