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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Q: sending/receiving Telexes from micro or via USENET - any pointers?
Message-ID: <2217@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 19:25:09 EST
Article-I.D.: kitty.2217
Posted: Tue Nov 10 19:25:09 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Nov-87 02:36:43 EST
References: <6795@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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Summary: Telex service options

In article <6795@ut-ngp.UUCP>, kraut@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
> we would like to explore the existing alternatives for sending/receiving
> telexes on our USENET-connected SUN or on one of our modem-connected micros.
> I know I've seen information mentioning this possibility during the past few
> years, but would appreciate any pointers, especially recent information.
> 
> I believe that NetWord Inc used to offer such service - but they are out-of
> business.  Portal may have mentioned such a service, but I can't find any info
> in my archives on that.  MCI-mail comes to mind as being a possibility ...

	All of the major telex providers - Western Union, Western Union
International (MCI), RCA Global Communications and ITT - provide telex
service with DDD "mailbox access".  Such service eliminates dedicated
leased lines for access, the cost of which has become astronomical in the
past 4 years.
	To use the DDD access service, one dials a local or 800-number and
uploads a telex message according to a predetermined format.  Some of these
services connect to the called telex subscriber in an "online" fashion;
others use store-and-forward.  To receive telex messages, one dials the
DDD telex access number on a daily or regular basis, and queries the user
mailbox.  The UNIX cu(1) utility works fine for this.
	My organization has telex service through RCA, but we use a variation
of the above.  We call a local number to send telex messages; we wrote a
a program that uses dial(3), detects and send answerbacks, and takes the
text of a message to be sent from an input file.  To receive messages,
we have a dedicated telephone line with a TI terminal that has answerback
capability; RCA calls us with all incoming messages instead of our having
to periodically check a mailbox.  This method is still much cheaper than
a leased line.
	I would suggest that you contact one of the above telex providers
directly instead of going through some intermediary.  I recommend RCA;
the only recurring cost is a $ 25.00/month minimum bill - which is not
a problem.  There is no access charge per se.

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