The Online World resources handbook

Electronic mail, telex, and fax http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/7.html
jsmall%cdp%pyramid@uunet.uu.net
This method works most of the time. If it works, use this addressing form. Bang paths
may fail if an intermediate site in the path happens to be down. (Most UUCP sites are
registering Internet domain names now. This helps lessen the problem of path failures.)
Some messages must be routed through many gateways to reach their destination.
This is the longest address that I have used:
hpda!hplabs!hpscdc!hp lsd.cos.hp.com!oldcolo!dave@uunet.uu.net
It used to be the address of a user in Colorado, U.S.A.. Today, he can be reached using a
much shorter address.
If you are on UUCP/EUnet, you may use the following address to send email to
Odd de Presno:
eunet.no!presno
Addressing international electronic mail sometimes looks like black magic. To learn
more, read some of the books listed in Appendix 5.
cc:Mail gateways
Many Local Area Networks have been connected to the global Matrix of networks.
CompuServe offers a cc:Mail gateway. Lotus cc:Mail is a PC Lan based email system
used in corporate, government and other organizations.
When sending from CompuServe Mail to a cc:Mail user through this gateway, a
typical address may look like this:
>mhs:pt support@performa
To send to this user from the Internet through CompuServe's MHS gateway, write the
address like this:
pt support@performa.mhs.compuserve.com
Other vendors of LAN gateways use different addressing methods.
Email to Fax
Some services let you send messages to fax machines, as telex, and as ordinary paper
mail.
On CompuServe, we replaced "Odd de Presno 75755,1327" with "FAX:
4737030193". My fax number is +47 370 30193. Services and user interfaces change
regularly, so it may not work like this today...
The "How can I send a fax from the Internet?" FAQ is posted regularly to
alt.internet.services, alt.online service, alt.bbs.internet, alt.answers and news.answers on
Usenet.
Email to Telex
To send a telex, you'll need the recipient's telex number, an answerback code, and the
code of the recipient's country. If the message is meant for telex number 871161147,
answerback ZETO, and country Russia (country code 871), enter "TLX:871161147
ZETO" at CompuServe.
When the recipient is using another mailbox system
When the recipient is using your mailbox service, writing addresses is simple. Not so
when your email has to be forwarded to mailboxes on other online services through the
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