Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!isi.edu!cew From: cew@isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Need info on telemail Summary: Telemail is now SprintMail Message-ID: <17541@venera.isi.edu> Date: 11 Apr 91 21:34:19 GMT References: <094223.13561@timbuk.cray.com> Reply-To: cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Organization: Information Sciences Institute, Univ. of So. California Lines: 33 In article <094223.13561@timbuk.cray.com> tbc@juniper04.cray.com (Tom Craig) writes: >Does anyone know anything about a mail system called "telemail"? The mail system called "telemail" is now "SprintMail" and a few different relays between it an the Internet exist. The preferred one is Sprint own, Sprint.COM. A less functional, but more consistent*, one is through the Commercial Mail Relay. NASA ARC also had one for in-house use. Sprint.COM uses an X.400-like addressing scheme. The best way to find out your friends address in the eyes of Sprint.COM is to have her send you a message so you can see the "From" field. (For how to do this, she should ask her local reps or see the on-line help.) Mail through Sprint.COM is store-and-forward. The CMR also uses a store-and-forward method; however, it is visible to the user. Mail is "relayed" through a mailbox on SprintMail. Information on the CMR is available from "intermail-request@intermail.isi.edu." The address you mentioned in your article would work, after processing, with the CMR if, and *only* if, it were on the *same* SprintMail host as the CMR relay mailbox. Your best bet is Sprint.COM. Good luck. *As recently as February 1991, Sprint.COM and SprintMail did not use compatible versions of X.400. One example is the country code: Sprint.COM only accepted "US" while SprintMail used "USA." One hopes that they will fix such things; however, one must not hold ones breath.... -- Craig E. Ward Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" USPS: USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1200 Marina del Rey, CA 90292