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Subject: Re: MCI Mail Numbering Scheme
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Date: 2 Mar 90 22:24:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 139, Message 8 of 10


In issue # 134, Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) <cmoore@brl.mil> writes ...

> I have seen MCI mail numbers listed in the same format as 7-digit
> telephone numbers.  Is there any meaning to this?

> [Moderator's Note: No particular meaning applies, except that the
> lower the box number, the longer the person has been a user. Boxes
> numbered 1xx-xxxx up to about 2xx-xxxx have been on MCI Mail for
> several years. The folks with 4xx-xxxx are newer users from the past
> six or eight months.  PT]
 
Patrick is right in a general sense, but 'the lower the box number, the
longer the person has been a member' is not true in an absolute sense.

MCI ID (mailbox) numbers appear to be assigned in groups.  Mailboxes
which are assigned in sequence may have a pattern similar to the
following ...

410-0001
411-0002
412-0003
413-0004
 ...
419-0010
410-0011
411-0012

etc.

Additionally, there is some sort of check-digit mechanism built into
mailbox numbers so that not every sequential number is used.


Paul Wilczynski
Krislyn Computer Services
Authorized MCI Mail Agency