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From: gjm@packard.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: Gateway to AT&T Mail
Message-ID: <487@packard.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 10:09:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: packard.487
Posted: Mon Jul 14 10:09:44 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jul-86 22:31:05 EDT
References: <320@proper.UUCP> <514@gargoyle.UUCP>
Reply-To: gjm@packard.UUCP (59455-GJ Murakami)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner
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In article <514@gargoyle.UUCP> chris@gargoyle.UUCP (Chris Johnston) writes:
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>I get/receive attmail through ihnp4.

Since AT&T MAIL charges for message delivery, the ihnp4 attmail link was
intended for friendly use (and not for public knowledge).

However ihnp4 has not paid its $814 AT&T MAIL bill (my request for
payment by my previous management seems to have been rejected).  The
ihnp4 --> attmail link seems to have been cut (attmail rejects ihnp4's
login attempts, but I haven't checked attmail --> ihnp4). The latest
bill shows that there was no activity for the past month.

So any mail destined for attmail through ihnp4 will be returned to
sender after 7 days of failed attempts at delivery.

The ironic part of the charges is that ihnp4 has delivered much more
than $814 worth of messages and sources for the AT&T MAIL developers,
but since it is "friendly" and doesn't charge for delivery, we cant
offset the charges (even on request to waive the bill).

Alas, the days of free delivery seem numbered, and I am no longer in a
position to promote or prolong the golden days of free, fast, and
friendly service.

Start adjusting your thinking for the future:

	good service requires good payment 

Please be prepared to pay for your own private link to attmail.

-Gary