---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20161226150330.GA6527@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 10:03:30 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Re: Telex and TWX History On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 01:50:20PM -0500, tlvp wrote: > On Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:15:53 -0500, Bill Horne wrote: > > > > > ... Telex certainly should be called the original form of E-Mail. ... > > > > Indeed, one of the prime attractions the early commercial email ventures > (Compuserve, AT&T Mail, and MCI Mail) held for me, back when my university > first made email available to its faculty, was the bidirectional eMail to > Telex gateway each maintained, for it was only Telex that eastern european > universities relied on for electronic transmission of text messages then, > rather than email. > > Makes me wonder, now that both AT&T Mail and MCI Mail are no more: are any > bidirectional eMail to Telex gateways still being maintained? If so, where? In 1986, I was using Western Union's email service, which was IIRC called "Easylink". It had such a gateway, and I used it to overcome a serious problem while I was applying for a license to operate my ham radio station in Ireland. I was able to send and receive Telex messages to/from the Ireland radio governing authority, twice in a single day, which would have, at that time, been unthinkable by any other means. Bill -- (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2s1zkmqujlig$.157b1n8gltprp$.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 13:50:20 -0500 From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> Subject: Re: Telex and TWX History On Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:15:53 -0500, Bill Horne wrote: > > ... Telex certainly should be called the original form of E-Mail. ... > Indeed, one of the prime attractions the early commercial email ventures (Compuserve, AT&T Mail, and MCI Mail) held for me, back when my university first made email available to its faculty, was the bidirectional eMail to Telex gateway each maintained, for it was only Telex that eastern european universities relied on for electronic transmission of text messages then, rather than email. Makes me wonder, now that both AT&T Mail and MCI Mail are no more: are any bidirectional eMail to Telex gateways still being maintained? If so, where? TiA, with Season's Best Greetings, and a Gracious New Year to all, -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. ----------------------------- ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 27 Dec 2016