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- Internet connects thousands of businesses, universities, and online services,
- all over the world. Internet began in 1969 as a Defense Department computer
- network. Over the years it has grown to include research institutions and
- businesses. Through Internet millions of people, from all over the world,
- exchange information on a wide range of subjects.
-
- With The Board's expanded mail service, you can send mail to, and receive mail
- from, anyone who has an Internet address.
-
- <$$$>
-
- HOW TO SEND MAIL TO OTHER SERVICES
-
- To send mail to someone on another service, all you need to know is the name
- that your recipient uses on the other service, and the Internet "address" for
- that service.
-
- You send mail to other services in the same way that you send regular NetMail on
- The Board BBS. The main difference is that you need to put the entire Internet
- address in the "To:" field followed by a comma, a space and '285/1'.
-
- The Internet address consists of two parts:
-
- 1) The name the person you are sending mail uses on the other service, followed
- by the "@" symbol
-
- 2) The Internet name of the service your mail recipient is using
-
- After both parts are put together, the address should be in this form:
-
- name@company.com, 285/1
-
- For example, if you are sending a piece of mail to someone at Compuserve, this
- is what you would put in the "To:" field on the "Compose Mail" screen:
-
- 12345.678@compuserve.com, 285/1
-
- <$$$>
-
- Normally, the company name is followed by a suffix describing what type of
- organization it is. For example, businesses use the suffix "com," educational
- institutions use "edu," military sites use "mil," and government offices use
- "gov."
-
- Location Address Example
- ---------- ------------------- --------------------------------
- Compuserve compuserve.com 12345.678@compuserve.com, 285/1
- MCI Mail mcimail.com name@mcimail.com, 285/1
- AT&T Mail attmail.com name@attmail.com, 285/1
- America Online aol.com screenname@aok.com, 285/1
- AppleLink applelink.apple.com name@applelink.apple.com, 285/1
-
- COMPUSERVE ADDRESSES
-
- Compuserve addresses normally consist of five numbers, followed by a comma, then
- another three or four numbers. However, when sending mail from The Board to
- Compuserve, you need to change the comma to a period. For example, you would
- change the Compuserve address:
-
- 12345,678
-
- to
-
- 12345.678
-
-
- After you enter the address, compose the text of your mail just like you
- normally would. Once you are finished, type "/ex", and your mail is on its way!
-
- Depending on where your mail is going, it can take anywhere from a few hours to
- a few days for it to arrive.
-
- <$$$>
-
- YOUR ONLINE ADDRESS
-
- If there are people on other services who want to send mail to you at The Board,
- you will need to give them your mailing address. Your Board address consists of
- your name, without blank spaces (use a period for the space between first and
- last names), followed by the "@" symbol and "theboard.omahug.org".
-
- For example, the address for the name "John Doe" would be:
-
- john.doe@theboard.omahug.org
-
- Other Addresses of interest:
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- 70277.2502@compuserve.com, 285/1 Rush Linbaugh's Address
- jamesp51@aol.com, 285/1 James Podlasek's Address
-
-
- <$$$>
-
- TIPS AND HINTS
-
- * There are thousands of computers connected to the Internet, giving you access
- to millions of people, all over the world. Internet mail is transferred from
- system to system, until it reaches its destination. Since there are so many
- Internet sites, the amount of time it takes for mail to be delivered will vary,
- depending on how many intermediate sites are involved before the mail reaches
- its final site.
-
- The Board processes incoming and outgoing mail frequently. Incoming mail is
- processed when it is received; and outgoing mail is sent periodically throughout
- the day.
-
- * Outgoing mail messages cannot be longer than 20K.
-
- * The Board does not reformat incoming mail. This may cause the mail to look
- unusual, depending on the column width of the message.
-
- * Your mailbox can hold no more than 5 pieces of mail at one time. Additional
- mail will not reach your mailbox.
-
- * Any special characters will be translated as spaces.
-
- * Because Prodigy is not connected to Internet, you cannot send mail to people
- there.
-