Internet E-mail Group
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John,
I have no idea! I don't know of one. We set one up because HyperChem is
getting a fair amount of use in universities, where internet is pervasive
and CompuServe nowhere. 3D studio buyers are, as far as I can see, a far
more CServe-based bunch. Any Autodeskers got anything to add?
Tom
Tom, I recently intercepted a message from you requesting internet
addresses in order to set up a discussion on Hyperchem. I do not currently
use internet, but do have a suggestion/question. Are you planning to
insert these Internet E-mail messages into the Hyperchem forum on
Compuserve? I get the distict impression that there are not many chemists
monitoring this forum and the added critical mass from internet could well
aid Hyperchem users in more fully understanding and using the package.
John,
Two comments. First, you do not need an internet address in order to
receive the e-mail being exchanged in the Internet user group. Perhaps I
was not clear about this. Mail can be sent to CompuServe from internet, so
as long as you have your CompuServe ID number you can be added to the
group. I'm pretty sure you can e-mail to the group as well, but I'm not
sure how to do this. Anyone got any ideas/experience with sending to
internet addresses from CompuServe?
Anyhow, if you let me know by (CompuServe) e-mail then I can get you added
to the list so that you can receive the material through your CompuServe
e-mail address.
I don't think there is an interface between the internet e-mail system and
CompuServe forums (fora?), unfortunately. I don't, for instance, know of
any cross-talking between other internet e-mail or news groups and
CompuServe groups. So unless there are ideas about how this could be done
we'll have to go by the e-mail route.
Tom
I ran into this problem when you-all found a Hyperchem forum message in
your Hyperchem library. That was originally an ASCII file I hade generated
in a word processor. I am using OZCIS (I hope this doesn't violate your
suggestion Richard-you did not mention it) when using compuserve and there
was an ASCII upload option I chose which somehow only allowed me to upload
into the library. I bet if I read another 300 pages of the manual I could
figure out how to load an ASCII file directly into the forum. It turned
out to be simpler to just write a binary file directly in the OZCIS editor.
At any rate your sys-op found a way to transfer the file from the library
to the forum (by which time I had already uploaded a binary file version-
somewhat humorous). Since, windows and a number of other options can
directly capture text from the screen and dump it in a word processor, this
would seem to close the loop (internet to compuserve forum). I'm not at
all sure you-all care to exercise such an option.
This now reminds me of files in Hyperchem. I know how to download X-Ray
X,Y, and Z coordinates from Cambridge Crystallographic Database as ASCII
files. With minor editing, I can read them into PCMODEL and from PCMODEL I
can write them as Sybyl files. With Alchemy III, I can write the Sybyl
files as .MOL files which I can now transfer into Hyperchem using
ConSystant (I'm not sure of the last part (but will be shortly?) as I just
got my copy of ConSystant today). Somewhat convoluted…..
John,
I'd be interested to hear how (well) ConSystant works. How much are they
selling it for, by the way? Let us know when you've tried it.
Tom
Tom,
To interface the INTERNET gateway from MAIL use the following address type.
>INTERNET:name@node.com
The leading ">" is critical as it tells MAIL to use the INTERNET gateway.
CIS INTERNET id's are a little different too. My INTERNET address would be
76702.1302@compuserve.com
Note the "." in place of the "," in the Compuserve UID.
John,
To send messages thru Internet, your address should look like:
>INTERNET:address.whatever
Note that there are no spaces in the address
If you have basic services on Compuserve, expect an extra charge for
messages send out on Internet. There is not, however, an extra charge for
incoming mail. Hope this helps.
Ken Loss-Cutler