Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92  21:28:01 EDT
From: Paul Robinson <FZC@CU.NIH.GOV>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: MCI Mail Automatic Autoforwarding (MCI Press Release)
Reply-To: TDarcos@mcimail.com
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 679, Message 1 of 15

                    MCI MAIL INTRODUCES AUTOMATIC
                 FORWARDING CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE
                      MESSAGING FLEXIBILITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             Contact: Jane Levene
                                        (914) 934-6480
                                 Internet: 2671163@MCIMAIL.COM

Corporation (MCI), today announced a new electronic mail feature which
allows customers to automatically forward their incoming MCI Mail
messages to any destination including other MCI Mail users, X.400
recipients, and any fax, telex or postal address for a specified
period of time.  This new feature, AutoForward, is available
immediately and gives MCI Mail users more control in managing their
correspondence.

The new functionality allows MCI Mail customers to have multiple
AutoForward settings to control the starting/ending dates and the
specific recipients or destinations for their autoforwarded messages.
Customers with active settings are notified immediately when they log
on to MCI Mail.  Settings may be edited for future reactivation,
cancelled to immediately terminate an active setting, or deleted
entirely from a user's account.

"The AutoForward feature is designed to make it easier for people to
manage their day-to-day correspondence whether they are in or out of
the office", said Jerry DeMartino, Vice-President of Sales and
Marketing for MCI International, a subsidiary of MCI.  "It is
particularly useful for business executives, and people on vacation or
personal leave who may not have immediate access to a PC.  Customers
can AutoForward messages to fax machines at their hotels.  And market
research suggests that AutoForward can be used to distribute market
survey results and customer feedback.  Other uses for AutoForward are
limited only to our customers' imaginations."

MCI Mail customers can use the Autoforward feature by typing CREATE
AUTOFORWARD at the Command: prompt.  MCI Mail will prompt the user to
provide a start and end date, as well as the name they want to give
their AutoForward setting and the recipients to whom they want their
AutoForwarded messages delivered.  Once the user has entered their
setting information and confirmed that the information is accurate,
the setting will become active based on the Start Date and Time
provided by the user.  For further details, customers may type HELP
AUTOFORWARD at the on-line Command: prompt.

MCI Mail provides a complete range of messaging services including
electronic mail, EDI, X.400. fax, telex, hardcopy postal and courier
delivery worldwide.  Customers can access MCI Mail through a toll-free
number in the U.S., through packet switched networks in over 90
countries, or via MCI Mail Global Access, currently offered in 27
countries.

MCI offers a full spectrum of domestic and international
communications services.  In addition to electronic mail, other
international services include worldwide direct dialing, MCI CALL USA,
MCI WORLD REACH, 800 services, telex, private voice and data networks
and television transmission.  MCI offices in over 50 countries, Guam
and Puerto Rico are positioned to provide and support the full range
of global telecommunications services.

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[Moderator's Note: With all these improvements MCI Mail is making to
their system, I wonder why they still have not managed to bring their
service into compliance with Internet mail standards. There is not a
week goes by that mcimail.com does not dump out at least one and as
often as not two or three issues of TELECOM Digest undelivered due to
a bad name on the list or some other problem. The rule is supposed to
be that delivery of the same email to multiple names is not affected
because of one bad name: you skip that one and deliver to the others.
Several dozen readers at mcimail.com don't get their copy because MCI
dumps the whole load. Of course then I have to pull the bad name from
the list and resend the issue to everyone there. My solution soon will
be to discontinue delivery of the Digest to MCI Mail and send subscrib-
ers there a note suggesting they bring pressure on MCI Mail honchos
to join the rest of the email world in conforming to standards set up
to serve everyone. I've tried calling MCI Mail about this; I get
nowhere fast.  PAT]