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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: United Telephone and/or Sprint connectivity inquiry
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Date: 9 Aug 90 18:51:24 GMT
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davism@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu writes:
   I was wondering if either of the companies in the Subject: line are
   connected to the outside world for E-mail services.

I didn't find United Telephone, but:

| [524] [2:44pm] giza:/n/giza/0/karl> whois sprint-dom
| Sprint International (SPRINT-DOM)
|    12490 Sunrise Valley Drive
|    Reston, VA 22096
| 
|    Domain Name: SPRINT.COM
| 
|    Administrative Contact:
|       Church, Daniel  (DC324)  DCHURCH@SPRINT.COM
|       (703) 689-6094
|    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
|       Knopper, Mark A  (MAK38)  MKNOPPER@MERIT.EDU
|       (313) 763-6061
| 
|    Record last updated on 12-Mar-90.
| 
|    Domain servers in listed order:
| 
|    SPRINT.COM                   35.1.1.62
|    MAILRUS.CC.UMICH.EDU         35.1.1.26
| 
|    No known hosts under this secondary domain.

And I am aware due to traces in my logs here that sprint.com accepts
<local-part>s in X.400 syntax, e.g., stuff like
	/pn=username/o=some-org-name/admd=mail-carrier-name/c=us/@sprint.com
for mail-carrier-names of the form telemail, telemax, or tmailuk.

--karl