cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (02/28/90)
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]
0002293637@mcimail.com (Krislyn Companies) (03/03/90)
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
gutierre@oblio.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Gutierrez) (03/05/90)
0002293637@mcimail.com (Krislyn Companies) writes in V10, I-139, Msg 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..... > 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. Don't forget that MCI Mailbox numbers are assigned on a 10 digit basis. Right now, only the last 7 digits are being used, and the first 3 are defaulted to 000. That means Krislyn Companies is actually 000-229-3637. This is obviously for expansion capabilities. Don't forget, you can use the person's name to address the MCI Mail, and if there is more than one person, you can use their orginization also. Case in point: There are two Alan Smiths in the MCI Mail directory. They both work for MCI Telecommuncations. If I don't have their MCI Mail numbers, but don't want a bounced message telling me there are more than one Alan Smith, then I can address it down to the orginization like so: alan_smith/mcit_southeast@mcimail.com or the other Alan: alan_smith/mcit_midwestern@mcimail.com or just type out the line up to the character which differentiates the 2 Alan's, like so: alan_smith/mcit_s@mcimail.com Of course, if there were two Alan Smith's in MCI's Southeastern division, then I need his actual mailbox number....but if they were in different 'locations', then I can address down to the location: alan_smith/mcit_s/nashville@mcimail.com But, if you were suicidal, you could just mail to 'smith@mcimail.com', and wade (literally) through all the Smiths to find the right one......... Robert Gutierrez NASA Science Internet Network Operations. Moffett Feild, California. "TPC....*THE* Telephone Company...." ('The President's Analyst', 1968)