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How to Send E-Mail to CompuServe Accounts
Last reviewed: August 11, 1997
Article ID: Q136413

The information in this article applies to:

  • The Microsoft Network versions 1.0, 1.05, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.5

SUMMARY

This article contains a copy of the text of the message you receive from the Electronic Postmaster if you send an incorrectly addressed e-mail message to a CompuServe member.

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? Invalid receiver address: <address>

Your message could not be delivered as addressed.

--- Message From Postmaster ---

Subject: Addressing CompuServe Mail users

A message you sent to a CompuServe Mail user could not be delivered due to an incorrect address. The correct method of addressing CompuServe Mail users is outlined below.

Five types of CompuServe Mail addresses can be reached from the Internet as follows:

a) Members of the CompuServe Information Service have an address 

   (a.k.a. User ID) of the form "xxxxx,yyyy", such as "74906,1610".
   To send mail to such an address from the Internet, change the
   comma to a period and attach "@CompuServe.com". For instance:

        74906.1610@CompuServe.com
b) Members of organizations with a private CompuServe Mail area have 
   an address of the form "organization:name", such as "ABC:J.SMITH".
   To send mail to such an address from the Internet, send it to
   "name@organization.CompuServe.com". For instance:

        J.SMITH@ABC.CompuServe.com

   A few organizations also include a department in the form
   "organization:department:name", such as "ABC:ACCTG:JOHN".
   To send mail to such an address, send to
   "name@department.organization.CompuServe.com".
   For instance:

        JOHN@ACCTG.ABC.CompuServe.com
c) Members of organizations whose LAN mail system is connected to 
   the CompuServe Mail Hub via Novell NetWare MHS have an address of
   the form "name@workgroup", such as "JSMITH@ABC". To send mail to
   such an address from the Internet, send it to
   "name@workgroup.MHS.CompuServe.com". For instance:

        JSMITH@ABC.MHS.CompuServe.Com
d) Members of organizations whose LAN mail system is connected to 
   the CompuServe Mail Hub via cc:Mail have an address of the form
   "name at postoffice", such as "JSMITH at ABC". To send mail to
   such an address from the Internet, send it to
   "name@postoffice.ccmail.CompuServe.com". For instance:

        JSMITH@ABC.CCMAIL.CompuServe.Com
e) Members of organizations whose X.400 mail system is connected to 
   CompuServe as a CompuServe PRMD. Their X.400 addresses will have a
   Country value of "US" and an ADMD value of "CompuServe", such as
   "x400:(c=US;a=CompuServe;p=ABC;s=Smith;g=John)". To send mail to
   such an address, send it to
   "/s=surname/g=givenname/@prmd.X400.CompuServe.COM". For instance:

        /s=Smith/g=John/@ABC.X400.CompuServe.COM.

   Note that the Country and ADMD values are NOT needed on the left
   side of the at sign. Those values are implied by the
   ".X400.CompuServe.COM" portion of the address.

   The "tags" (i.e. the "/s=" and "/g=") are as follows:

        /O    Organization
        /OU   Organizational Unit
        /S    Surname
        /G    Given Name
        /I    Initials
        /Q    Generation Qualifiers
        /U    UA Unique ID
        /X    X.121 Address
        /T    Terminal ID
        /D    Domain Defined Attribute
                (/DD and /DDA are also acceptable)
              NOTE: In a Domain Defined Attribute, the type and value
              are to be separated by an equal sign.
Please note that a number of special destinations available to users of CompuServe Mail which are NOT accessible from the Internet, including: 

    Facsimile Delivery                  (e.g. FAX: )
    Postal Delivery                     (e.g. POSTAL: )
    Telex Delivery                      (e.g. TLX: )
    MCI Mail Delivery                   (e.g. MCIMAIL: )
Finally, please realize that only CompuServe Mail users have access to our member directory. Since there is no mechanism for you to obtain addresses directly from CompuServe Incorporated, you should obtain this information from the individuals with whom you wish to correspond. Thank you. 

    Cordially,

        The Electronic Postmaster
For more information on this topic you can visit the following Compuserve site 

   http://world.compuserve.com/cs/csfaq.htm
a Compuserve FAQ site which answers this Compuserve e-mail question.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.05 1.20 1.30 2.00 2.50
Keywords : email msnmail kbusage
Version : 1.00 1.05 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.5
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 11, 1997
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