hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) (07/19/88)
Do any of you have the software, sendmail configuration files
and/or other software/information necessary to allow sending
mail from usenet to MCI Mail via maybe "mcimail!user".
Thanks,
Howard
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Howard Postley usenet: uunet!bambam!hjp
On Word phone: +1 213 399 7733
snail: 2434 Main St; Santa Monica, CA 90405logajan@ns.UUCP (John Logajan x3118) (07/19/88)
In article <12@bambam.UUCP>, hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) writes: > to allow mail from usenet to MCI Mail via maybe "mcimail!user". Since MCI mail makes money delivering e-mail, you aren't likely to find a "free" usenet entry into it. They have an agreement with Compuserve and Western Union, but each end charges for mail to be sent. Since usenet is out of control, an MCI Mail gateway is unlikely, in my opinion. - John M. Logajan @ Network Systems; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 - - {...rutgers!umn-cs, ...amdahl!bungia, ...uunet!rosevax!bungia} !ns!logajan -
David_J_Buerger@cup.portal.com (07/22/88)
If you want to go from a UUCP/Usenet site to MCI Mail, you might check out DA Systems, 1503 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008, voice 408/559-7434. They have a relay system called DASnet that allows you to go from UUCP to MCI Mail, and virtually all other public e-mail systems. The cost comes out to $4.50 per month per user, plus roughly $.50 per message. Large site accounts are available. I've used this system reliably for a year and it works great. And yes, you have to pay for it... :*) David Buerger Santa Clara University-- dbuerger@scu.bitnet
hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) (07/23/88)
In article <486@ns.UUCP>, logajan@ns.UUCP (John Logajan x3118) writes: > In article <12@bambam.UUCP>, hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) writes: > > to allow mail from usenet to MCI Mail via maybe "mcimail!user". > > Since MCI mail makes money delivering e-mail, you aren't likely to find a > "free" usenet entry into it. They have an agreement with Compuserve and > Western Union, but each end charges for mail to be sent. Since usenet > is out of control, an MCI Mail gateway is unlikely, in my opinion. > > - John M. Logajan @ Network Systems; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 - > - {...rutgers!umn-cs, ...amdahl!bungia, ...uunet!rosevax!bungia} !ns!logajan - I think that you misunderstood my message. I am *not* looking for a site to forward our mail to MCI Mail. What I am looking for is software (and a sendmail configuration) that will allow our site to send and receive messages from MCI Mail via normal dial-up lines. Don't need complex x.25 links or any of the other things that the Compuserve, Western Union, et al. need and have. We have an MCI Account. They bill us. We pay them. :-) I'm just trying to get our various local (to our site) email systems linked up for our use. I don't want a service to do it for me. Nor was the intention to provide a service for others (although it is an idea). // Howard -- Howard Postley usenet: uunet!bambam!hjp On Word phone: +1 213 399 7733 snail: 2434 Main St; Santa Monica, CA 90405
gary@apexepa.UUCP (Gary Wisniewski) (08/02/88)
In article <486@ns.UUCP> logajan@ns.UUCP (John Logajan x3118) writes: >In article <12@bambam.UUCP>, hjp@bambam.UUCP (Howard J. Postley) writes: >> to allow mail from usenet to MCI Mail via maybe "mcimail!user". > >Since MCI mail makes money delivering e-mail, you aren't likely to find a >"free" usenet entry into it. They have an agreement with Compuserve and >Western Union, but each end charges for mail to be sent. Since usenet >is out of control, an MCI Mail gateway is unlikely, in my opinion. I posted the original question which prompted this response. What I was looking for was software to implement a *local* gateway, not a public access gateway. I am aware that paymail systems are not candidates for public access gateways. I want to avoid having to call the local MCI mail number MANUALLY---I would rather have my Sun do it, then relay the mail to me automatically. I was hoping that some software exists to perform this function. -- Gary J. Wisniewski Apex Software Corporation {allegra,bellcore,cadre}!pitt!darth!apexepa!gary Phone: (412) 681-4343