Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 5/22/85; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ucbvax!cbosgd!dan From: dan@netword.UUCP (Dan Guetzkow at Netword, Inc.) Newsgroups: net.announce Subject: suspension of E-COM gateway due to closing of E-COM system. Message-ID: <1506@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 13:34:41 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1506 Posted: Sun Sep 22 13:34:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Sep-85 00:46:42 EDT Sender: mark@cbosgd.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Oh Lines: 28 Approved: mark@cbosgd.UUCP With the closing of the USPS E-COM system at 12:01am September 3, 1985, we have removed the "ecom" login here at netword. Mail that is directed for E-COM delivery that has not been acknowledged was not submitted to the E-COM system, nor otherwise mailed. Hard copy mail service may be offered soon, but not using the E-COM system. Netword will need some time to prepare an alternative product. Any mail left in queues may be processed at that time, should a gateway to hard-copy service be re-established. Thank you to all those who co-operated in the experiment. We processed over 3500 letters between Oct. 24, 1983 and Sept. 3, 1985, from over 500 different users at over 100 sites. Thanks to those of you who submitted programs to help others access it. Our special thanks to all those who brought paying jobs in as a result of the promotion, helping us justify the effort. One of our heroes, without whose help this project would have not succeeded is Gary Murakami of ihnp4, who is responsible for the timely transfer of enormous quantities of data. Feel free to write to {ihnp4, seismo}!netword!dan comments and suggestions. Look for more news in the weeks to come. Best, Dan Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com