AT&T Mail

[lkw at csun.UUCP]

> AT&T Mail can be addressed
> through any access point by using the UNIX system name "attmail".
> 
> 1. AT&T Mail has transparent uucp access for any UNIX(tm) system
> with the "mail" (note lower case) command as provided in AT&T
> UNIX(tm) software distributions. PMX software is needed only if
> your users require a menu-driven interface to electronic mail, or
> if your "mail" command has been modified in incompatible ways.
> AT&T Mail can be used as a message transport mechanism among
> UNIX(tm) systems. Once your system is registered with AT&T Mail,
> you will be able to send messages to, for example, Joe Bednar by
> addressing them to attmail!lzmt!jab.

The obvious question here seems to be: if AT&T is now running a
centralized mail server, and charging for it, will they still see it as
a Good Thing to be running a non-profit one, such as ihnp4?

Comments?
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Larry Wake
CSU Northridge Computer Center
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