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- 11/8/90 - ANNOUNCEMENT from GEnie (G.E. Network for Information Exchange)
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- GEnie is proud to announce "LETTERS FROM HOME" - a program allowing families
- and friends to send FREE electronic mail messages to their loved ones serving
- with the U.S. Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf region.
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- "LETTERS FROM HOME", offered in cooperation with the U.S. Armed Forces, the
- Saudi-American General Electric Company, GE Rents and Pitney Bowes Inc., allows
- individuals in the United States with access to a personal computer and modem
- to send personal messages to loved ones serving in the Persian Gulf region.
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- Letters will be sent electronically via GE Information Services' worldwide
- teleprocessing network to GE's local telecommunications facility in Saudi
- Arabia. The letters will be received and printed on computers and printers
- supplied by GE Rents. The mail will then be folded, inserted and sealed in
- envelopes using state-of-the-art equipment provided by Pitney Bowes. The
- letters will then be given to the U.S. Armed Forces for delivery to the
- designated serviceperson.
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- You may access the Letters from Home system by typing the word "LETTERS" at any
- menu prompt. Non-subscribers can dial any GEnie local access telephone number.
- Non-subscribers can access Letters from Home by typing LETTERS at a U#=
- prompt.
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- To send a Letter From Home, you MUST know the Name & Rank, Social Security #,
- Unit or Ship and APO or FPO of the recipient. The Letters From Home system
- will automatically prompt senders for the appropriate information.
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- The free "LETTERS FROM HOME" electronic mail service is in effect through
- February 28, 1991.
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- NOTE FROM UPLOADER: In Atlanta, dial 633-8552, 1200 or 2400, N/8/1
- MNP4 available
- after connection, type HHH (3 H's, not too fast)
- response is U#=
- then type LETTERS