Wherefore art thou, Compuserve.com?

Andy Behrens andyb at coat.com
Mon Apr 9 13:50:57 AEST 1990


Samlb at pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) writes:
> ....syntax for sending mail to a Compu$erve subscriber from the Internet is:
>
>	71735,1776 at compuserve.com	(My PPN, by the way)

Make that
	71735.1776 at compuserve.com

Close.  The comma really does get changed to a period when you're
sending mail.  (Commas, and most other punctuation marks, are not
allowed in the user part of a user at domain address -- unless it's
quoted.  Periods *are* allowed).

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					Andy Behrens
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