Xref: utzoo alt.bbs:4328 comp.mail.misc:4865 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!husc6!encore!houligan!epeterso From: epeterso@houligan.encore.com (Eric Peterson) Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Saudi Connection Network Relay - Messages to Troops Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 91 16:56:30 GMT References: <9102111614.AA00356@Jester.CC.MsState.Edu> Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: epeterson@encore.com (Eric Peterson) Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Diagnostic Development Lines: 85 Nntp-Posting-Host: houligan.encore.com News-Software: NN 6.4.12 I saw this on a Bitnet mailing list and thought it might of general interesting, especially since this topic was brought up in alt.bbs recently ... fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu writes: | E-Mail to Troops in the Persian Gulf Area - Not really a list | | Editor's Note: I have received inquiries about a network address to | use for mail to troops in Operation Desert Storm. | While not a mailing list, there is probably enough | interest in some countries to post the following. | Besides the service mentioned below, GE Information | Services is offering a free service on their GEnie | network. For more information you may contact | GEnie in the US at 1-800-638-9636. The GEnie | service requires that you call a GEnie dial-in modem | and sign onto their "Letters from Home" service. | Please note that in both cases the services are | probably subject to interruption or delays without | notice. Be sure to provide all the information | provided. I have no information on how these | services are actually working at present. Marty Hoag | | Date: 13 Dec 90 13:15:43 U | From: George Bennet | Subject: Desert Shield mail | | ... | A drop-box address has been established at | saudi-connection@Ra.MsState.Edu to route personal messages to | U.S. military personnel involved in Operation Desert Shield. | Since there is presently no known direct internet route to | Saudi Arabia, these messages will be uploaded to the Saudi | Connection, a BBS network. Traffic on the Saudi Connection ends up | with a sysop in Saudi Arabia who prints the messages on a laser | printer and delivers them to the U.S. military postal system | there. | Although the routing is very complex, these messages are now | being delivered to the addressee in Saudi Arabia in less than a | week. In comparison, there have been reports that snail-mail is | taking six to 10 weeks. | While the contents of these messages are not available for | public viewing, they are also not private. One or more sysops in | the system will censor the messages for racial slurs, profanity | and obvious things of that nature. The Saudi Connection is a | private endeavor and those involved in it feel strongly that it | should only be used to send "positive" messages. No message will | be passed which might adversely affect the morale of the | recipient. | This is presently a one-way deal. No system has been | established for return mail, so be sure to include your snail-mail | address, especially if you are writing to ANY SERVICEPERSON. | Include the serviceperson's name and address in the body of | your message as shown below: | | Specific Individuals: | | Name, Rank, Social Security Number | Operation Desert Shield | Organization/Unit (Deployed) | APO NY ZIPCode | Local Forces <----THIS MUST BE INCLUDED OR IT WILL GET SENT | TO NEW YORK AND THEN BACK TO SAUDI!!!!! | | Any Serviceperson: | | Any Servicemember | Operation Desert Shield | APO New York 09848-0006 | Local Forces <----THIS MUST BE INCLUDED OR IT WILL GET SENT | TO NEW YORK AND THEN BACK TO SAUDI!!!!! | | It is important that you put "Local Forces" as the last line | of the address. If you don't, it will take a very long time, | indeed, to reach the addressee. | Please try to limit messages to 20 lines. | Once again, the drop-box address is: | saudi-connection@Ra.MsState.Edu | | -- -- Eric Peterson <> epeterson@encore.com <> uunet!encore!epeterson Encore Computer Corp. * Ft. Lauderdale, Florida * (305) 587-2900 x 5208 Why did Constantinople get the works? Gung'f abobql'f ohfvarff ohg gur Ghexf.