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- MCI MAIL SERVICES AND FEATURES
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- Electronic Delivery
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- An "on-line" computer-based electronic messaging system allowing
- delivery to an electronic mailbox for receipt by other mailbox
- subscribers.
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- MCI Mail can be accessed via an 800 number.
- Through International Packet Network access, MCI Mail is accessible from
- over 40 countries outside the continental U.S.
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- Telex Delivery
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- MCI Mail offers it's users the capability to send and receive domestic
- and international telex messages.
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- Fax Delivery
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- Subscribers can have messages delivered to virtually any fax machine
- in the world. MCI Mail will continue to retry sending a fax if the
- recipient's phone is busy or otherwise unavailable. Teamed with MCI
- Mail's ability to create lists, this is an easy way to send large
- numbers of faxes quickly.
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- Postal Delivery
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- Subscribers can request an electronic message to be laser printed,
- enveloped and submitted for postal delivery worldwide. MCI Mail letters
- with domestic destinations are electronically transmitted to the laser
- print site closest to the recipient, prepared for mailing and delivered
- via first class mail.
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- Mail destined for delivery outside the continental U.S. is
- electronically transmitted and prepared at an international location to
- aid in the speed of delivery.
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- Courier Delivery
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- MCI Mail users can indicate that delivery of a laser printed message
- should be expedited by courier delivery. Domestically, MCI Mail offers
- guaranteed "overnight" delivery to virtually any address in the country.
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- MCI Mail customers also have the capability to send courier delivered
- messages throughout most of the free world at costs up to 50% less than
- those charged by U.S. couriers.
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- Graphics
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- MCI Mail subscribers have the ability to register their unique
- letterhead and signature such that hard copy mail can be printed with a
- digitized facsimile of the graphic.
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- Mail Alert
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- A service which allows a message sender to request that the electronic
- recipient (or recipients) be telephoned by an MCI operator and notified
- that the sender's message has been delivered to the recipient's mailbox.
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- Receipt Notification
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- MCI Mail users have the ability to request Return Receipts of all
- messages.
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- Private Distribution List
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- Lists can be set up as a shortcut for addressing the same message text
- to multiple recipients. Lists may be edited to change the list name or
- to add, delete or change members. List creation and maintenance is
- entirely under the individual user's control.
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- Shared Lists
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- A mail system subscriber can create lists for sharing by other
- subscribers. The list "owner" is able to define which other subscribers
- should be allowed to use the shared list. A shared list may be declared
- "public."
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- Electronic Forms
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- "Scripts" is the MCI Mail service that enables you to design and
- generate your own interactive, on-line, intelligent data entry forms on
- MCI mail. Scripts can check for data entry errors and issue a help
- message and input prompt when they detect a mistake. The output of a
- script can be transmitted and delivered instantly, either to a
- predetermined list of addressees or to addressees that the user
- specifies. (not officially released)
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- On-Line HELP
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- In addition to printed materials, MCI Mail provides on-line "HELP
- files". These files may be accessed at any command prompt allowing the
- user to locate contextual information about services and features.
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- Bulletin Boards
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- A service which will allow messages to be posted to "electronic bulletin
- boards." The owner of the board can specify those allowed to read it or
- it can be open for all to read. Bulletin boards can be scanned like any
- other message file, so that a summary of the items on the board can be
- reviewed for selective retrieval.
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- Dow Jones News/Retrieval Service
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- MCI Mail provides an interactive gateway to the Dow Jones News/Retrieval
- database service.
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- MCI Mail Prices
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- Annual Fee: $25
- No monthly minimum or monthly charges.
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- Electronic mail
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- -- under 500 characters: $.45
- -- under 2500 characters: $.75
- -- under 7500 characters: $1.00
- -- each additional 7500 characters: $1.00
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- Faxes
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- First 1/2 page (26 lines) .50
- Each additional 1/2 page .30
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- Paper Mail
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- Delivered by US Postal Service: 2.00 for first 3 pages
- 1.00 for each addl 3 pages
- Delivered by overnight courier: 9.00 for first 6 pages
- 1.00 for each addl 3 pages
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- Telex
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- Depends on country, but is usually at least $2.00 for 400 _characters_
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- To sign up for an MCI Mail account, you must provide ...
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- 1) Name
- 2) Company or Organization Name
- 3) Address
- 4) Mother's maiden name of the person signing up
- 5) Telephone number
- 6) Type of computer you will be using
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- You may be billed directly (in American dollars if outside of the United
- States), or pay by credit card (VISA, M/C, or American Express).
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- To sign up for MCI Mail, or for answers to questions, please call
- 617/986-5580 in Massachusetts or 800/648-3581 outside of
- Massachusetts.
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