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From: HATHAWA@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com (Barry Hathaway)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: MCI Mail <---> uucp gateway ?
Message-ID: <90018.165048HATHAWA@GECRDVM1.BITNET>
Date: 18 Jan 90 20:50:48 GMT
References: <3090@infmx.UUCP>
Organization: General Electric Corporate Research & Development
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Below is piece from the October issue of Netmonth.

       *Q* I was  absolutly delighted to hear in NetMonth  that it was
       possible to send mail to MCI from a BITNET node.  So I promptly
       set  off to  do  so.  To  my  dismay I  received  a reply  from
       XB.DAS@TANFORD that  this was a  'for-fee' service and  that my
       BITNET node  was not  a DASNET  subsriber.  So  much for  a MCI
       gateway.

       *A* [More on MCI from Murph  Sewall and June Genis]:   It turns
       out that  there is gateway  to MCI  other than the  DASnet one.
       David K. Ely wrote the following explanation:

       The Internet<->MCI Mail Gateway is  an experimental mail system
       being  developed  by  the  Corporation  for  National  Research
       Initiatives (NRI), a non-profit research organization.   NRI is
       currently  researching interconnecting  various mail  services.
       Currently,   there  is no  charge  for  sending mail  from  the
       Internet to MCI Mail.    In order to send mail to  users on MCI
       Mail, use one of the following addresses:

            accountname@mcimail.com
            ci_id@mcimail.com
            full_user_name@mcimail.com

       For instance,  I  have a mailbox on MCI Mail.    You could send
       mail to me via  either dely@mcimail.com or 379-3286@mcimail.com
       or David_Ely@mcimail.com.

       Users on MCI Mail can also  send messages to the Internet.   At
       the "Command:"  prompt,  type "create <carriage return>.   Then
       the user performs the following:   (NOTE  the "TO:", "EMS:" and
       "MBX:" strings are prompts provided by MCI Mail.

            Command:  create <return>
            TO:  David K. Ely (EMS)
            EMS: INTERNET
            MBX: dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US

       This address is translated to:

           "David K. Ely" <dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US> by the Gateway.

       Mail sent from MCI Mail to the Internet is charged by MCI Mail.
       One final note:  Feel free to use the gateway as often as you'd
       like,  but be forewarned:   The gateway is still not considered
       fully operational; sometimes mail will be delayed (usually less
       than 24 hours.)