"Michael H. Riddle" <riddle@hoss.unl.edu> (04/28/91)
From: kmcvay@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca (Ken McVay)
Date: 28 Apr 91 08:49:48 GMT
Organization: 1B Systems Management Limited
I am pleased to report that the downstream logjam which caused us to
temporarily refuse Saudi-bound mail has been corrected, and the mail
is moving again.
We are also receiving confirmation from returning troops that the mail
did indeed arrive, although some of it didn't catch up with the folks
it was addressed to until they returned to the States :-)
The mail flow remained steady (7-8000 messages a month) until the end
of February, when it was interrupted. All mail received between the
end of February and the present has been RESENT to Saudi Arabia as of
this writing - 1.6 megs arrived there yesterday, and has been
distributed to the MPO for delivery.
There are still about 200,000 troops in the Gulf, and they NEED to
hear from you folks - I will be posting instructions again soon, when
we can get caught up with the cancelled APO/FPO addresses and provide
a current list.
For those of you with current addresses, just continue to use the same
format you used prior to this time, and address the messages to:
saudinet@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca
The upper-left-hand corner of the message body should contain the
address in this format:
LOCAL FORCES
PVT JOHN DOE <SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!>
UNIT ADDRESS (DEPLOYED)
OPERATION DESERT STORM
APO/FPO ADDRESS
The uucp mail headers will be removed at the SaudiNet gateway, so
don't forget to include a return address at the END of the letter. The
letters are printed in Saudi Arabia, folded three ways, stapled, and
delivered to the military for distribution.
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