Commercial Mail Relay (CMR)


           _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
           Commercial Mail Relay
           c/o Chloe Holg
           USC/Information Sciences Institute
           4676 Admiralty Way
           Marina del Rey, CA  90292

           _E-_m_a_i_l: [email protected]

           _P_h_o_n_e: (213) 822-1511


           _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

           The Commercial Mail Relay service  currently  provides  mail
           relay  functions  between  the Internet and three commercial
           electronic mail systems:  Telemail,  MCI-Mail,  and  DIALCOM
           systems (IEEE-Compmail, NSFMAIL, and USDA-MAIL).

           To send mail via the Commercial Mail  Relay  users  on  each
           system  use their normal mail programs to prepare, send, and
           receive messages.  Messages to be forwarded are sent to  the
           CMR  mailbox  called ``Intermail'' on the local mail system.
           The CMR operates by having a program  service  mailboxes  in
           both  the  local and the destination mail systems.  When the
           right information is supplied either in the ARPA-Mail header
           ``TO'' field, at the beginning of the text of a message, the
           program forwards those messages into the other mail system.

           The Simple Forwarding Header (SFH) method of addressing mail
           for   each   system   follows.   First  send  a  message  to
           ``[email protected]'', and use one of the SFHs in  the  body
           of the text.

                a.   Forward: TELEMAIL
                     To: [user/org]system/country
                     <blank line>

                     Begin text of message here.
           _________________________
           The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
           dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
           of this guide.




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                b.   Forward: COMPMAIL
                     TO:  CMP0123
                     <blank line>

                     Begin text of message here.


                c.   Forward:NSFMAIL
                     TO:  NSF0123
                     <blank line>

                     Begin text of message here.


                d.   Forward: USDAMAIL
                     TO:  AGS786
                     <blank line>

                     Begin text of message here.


                e.   Forward: MCIMAIL
                     TO:  198-7654
                     <blank line>

                     Begin text of message here.

           For Telemail, and the  Dialcom  systems,  we  have  added  a
           feature, of simply typing the Commercial Mail mailbox in the
           ARPA-Internet header.

           TO:[user/organization]system/country%[email protected]
           TO: CMP765%[email protected]
           TO: NSF765%[email protected]
           TO: AGS765%[email protected]

           In order for a message to be delivered from one of the  com-
           mercial  mail systems to a mailbox in the ARPA-Internet Mail
           system, you must first send mail to the CMR mailbox of  that
           system,  then add the Internet forwarding information at the
           beginning of the text of each message.

           The CMR mailbox address in each system is:








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                   Telemail: [Intermail/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA
                   MCI-Mail: Intermail  or  107-8239
                   CompMail: Intermail  or  CMP0817
                   NSF-Mail: Intermail  or  NSF153
                   USDA-Mail: Intermail  or  AGS9999


           For example, to send a message from  Telemail  to  an  ARPA-
           mailbox this format is used.
                To: [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA
                Subject: Test Message Number 1

                Forward: ARPA
                To: [email protected]

           For detailed instructions on how to use the Commercial  Mail
           Relay    (CMR)    send    a    message    to    ``intermail-
           [email protected]''.

           _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

           CMR is a UNIX based system, using the  MMDF  mail  software.
           Any  IP/TCP  organization  may access CMR.  See restrictions
           below.

           _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_M_R _G_a_t_e_w_a_y

           The requirement for using CMR is  that  the  work  conducted
           must  be  DARPA  sponsored  research  or other US government
           approved business (or otherwise meet the acceptable use pol-
           icy of DARPA,) only.

           However, DARPA as a member of the Federal Research  Internet
           Coordinating  Committee  (FRICC)  has  agreed to the (draft)
           policy for communication networks that  provides  (in  part)
           that:  ``the member agencies of the FRICC agree to carry all
           traffic that meets the acceptable use  policy  of  the  ori-
           ginating member agency.''

           Thus, e-mail messages  (i.e.,  ``traffic'')  that  meet  the
           acceptable  use  policy  of  an agency and pass through some
           facility of that agency (i.e., ``the  originating  member'')
           on  the  way  to  Intermail or CMR are allowed.  The current
           member agencies of the FRICC are DARPA, NSF, DOE, NASA,  AND
           NIH.

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           scholars,  public  and  private,  from the United States and
           foreign countries (unless denied access by national  policy)
           are allowed access.

           BITNET and UUCP (and other) networks are  interconnected  to
           the  Internet  via  mail relays. It is the responsibility of
           the managers of these mail relays to ensure that the  e-mail
           messages  (``traffic'')  that  enters the Internet via their
           mail relays meets the acceptable use policy  of  the  member
           agency providing the internet access.

           _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

           Problems:  call Chloe  Holg  (213)  822-1511  or  e-mail  to
           [email protected].




































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