Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:45:05 +0100 From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet service Message-ID: <20020103154505.A3717@tisys.org> In-Reply-To: <20020103140553.GA8194@raggedclown.net>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:05:53PM %2B0100 References: <039001c19435$3b6f9330$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <200201031158.g03BweV12218@lurza.secnetix.de> <20020103130727.A2569@tisys.org> <20020103140553.GA8194@raggedclown.net>
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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
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