HOWTO - E-Mail Guide

I found this in the March 1996 Silicon Valley Computer Guide and wanted to keep it handy.

This describes how to email from one of the popular online services to an Internet address or vice versa.

INA

Internet Address

SIN

Service ID number

NAME

Recipients name

Field

Field name as listed in service dialog box

Response

What needs to be typed in by user

(...)

Special instructions to modify SIN

Handy email guide between commercial online services and internet email

Service	When Sending From	When Sending To
America Online	TO: INA	SIN@aol.com
CompuServe	WinCIM's Create Mail/Recipient List dialog box Address Field internet: INA	SIN@compuserve.com (change `,' to `.' in SIN)
MCI Mail	TO: NAME ems Then EMS: INA	SIN@mcimail.com (delete the `,' in SIN)
MicroSloth Network	TO: INA	SIN@msn.com
Prodigy	TO: INA	SIN@prodigy.com

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  Handy email guide between commercial online services and internet email

     Service            When Sending From             When Sending To
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------
 America        |                             |
 Online         | TO: INA                     | SIN@aol.com
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------
                | WinCIM's Create             |
 CompuServe     | Mail/Recipient List dialog  | SIN@compuserve.com
                | box                         | (change `,' to `.' in SIN)
                | Address Field internet: INA |
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------
 MCI Mail       | TO: NAME ems                | SIN@mcimail.com
                | Then EMS: INA               | (delete the `,' in SIN)
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------
 MicroSloth     |                             |
 Network        | TO: INA                     | SIN@msn.com
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------
 Prodigy        | TO: INA                     | SIN@prodigy.com
----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------