From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 3 6:45:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA90137B419 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 06:45:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-195.wobline.de [212.68.69.206]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id g03Ej0w09860; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:45:00 +0100 Received: from tisys.org (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g03EjSX11915; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:45:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by tisys.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g03Ej5d03796; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:45:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:45:05 +0100 From: Nils Holland To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet service Message-ID: <20020103154505.A3717@tisys.org> Mail-Followup-To: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <039001c19435$3b6f9330$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <200201031158.g03BweV12218@lurza.secnetix.de> <20020103130727.A2569@tisys.org> <20020103140553.GA8194@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020103140553.GA8194@raggedclown.net>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:05:53PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD jodie.ncptiddische.net 4.5-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-Machine-Uptime: 3:42PM up 5:08, 1 user, load averages: 0.02, 0.08, 0.05 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:05:53PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson stood up and spoke: > > > > Well, there are many more similar things. I remember that CompuServe even > > let it do you the other way round: You could send an eMail to a special > > address at CompuServe, and they'd print that message and deliver it via > > postal mail. So, if you were in the US and wanted to send a postal letter to > > Germany, you could use CompuServe's service. They'd simply make sure that > > your eMail got printed in their German office, and then sent via postal > > mail to the destination address in Germany. Of course, this was faster than > > sending a message all the way via postal mail from the US to Germany. > > > > On the other hand, though, I wonder if anyone actually used this service > > ;-) > > > Mmm, didn't used to be called a telegram :) Yup, but in order to send a telegram, you'd go to your local post office and let them handle it. In the above example, you'd send eMail to some special @compuserve.com address, tell them what to write and where to send it to. So you never had to leave your home. So, indeed, it's like a telegram, but with a piece of eMail in between ;-) Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message