Commercial Mail Relay (CMR) _A_d_d_r_e_s_s: Commercial Mail Relay c/o Chloe Holg USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 _E-_m_a_i_l: Intermail-request@ISI.EDU _P_h_o_n_e: (213) 822-1511 _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n The Commercial Mail Relay service currently provides mail relay functions between the Internet and three commercial electronic mail systems: Telemail, MCI-Mail, and DIALCOM systems (IEEE-Compmail, NSFMAIL, and USDA-MAIL). To send mail via the Commercial Mail Relay users on each system use their normal mail programs to prepare, send, and receive messages. Messages to be forwarded are sent to the CMR mailbox called ``Intermail'' on the local mail system. The CMR operates by having a program service mailboxes in both the local and the destination mail systems. When the right information is supplied either in the ARPA-Mail header ``TO'' field, at the beginning of the text of a message, the program forwards those messages into the other mail system. The Simple Forwarding Header (SFH) method of addressing mail for each system follows. First send a message to ``Intermail@ISI.EDU'', and use one of the SFHs in the body of the text. a. Forward: TELEMAIL To: [user/org]system/country Begin text of message here. _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. September 25, 1989 NNSC Section 5.20, Page 1 b. Forward: COMPMAIL TO: CMP0123 Begin text of message here. c. Forward:NSFMAIL TO: NSF0123 Begin text of message here. d. Forward: USDAMAIL TO: AGS786 Begin text of message here. e. Forward: MCIMAIL TO: 198-7654 Begin text of message here. For Telemail, and the Dialcom systems, we have added a feature, of simply typing the Commercial Mail mailbox in the ARPA-Internet header. TO:[user/organization]system/country%Telemail@INTERMAIL.ISI.EDU TO: CMP765%compmail@INTERMAIL.ISI.EDU TO: NSF765%nsfmail@INTERMAIL.ISI.EDU TO: AGS765%usdamail@INTERMAIL.ISI.EDU In order for a message to be delivered from one of the com- mercial mail systems to a mailbox in the ARPA-Internet Mail system, you must first send mail to the CMR mailbox of that system, then add the Internet forwarding information at the beginning of the text of each message. The CMR mailbox address in each system is: September 25, 1989 NNSC Section 5.20, Page 2 Telemail: [Intermail/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA MCI-Mail: Intermail or 107-8239 CompMail: Intermail or CMP0817 NSF-Mail: Intermail or NSF153 USDA-Mail: Intermail or AGS9999 For example, to send a message from Telemail to an ARPA- mailbox this format is used. To: [INTERMAIL/USCISI]TELEMAIL/USA Subject: Test Message Number 1 Forward: ARPA To: user@host.domain For detailed instructions on how to use the Commercial Mail Relay (CMR) send a message to ``intermail- request@intermail.isi.edu''. _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s CMR is a UNIX based system, using the MMDF mail software. Any IP/TCP organization may access CMR. See restrictions below. _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_M_R _G_a_t_e_w_a_y The requirement for using CMR is that the work conducted must be DARPA sponsored research or other US government approved business (or otherwise meet the acceptable use pol- icy of DARPA,) only. However, DARPA as a member of the Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (FRICC) has agreed to the (draft) policy for communication networks that provides (in part) that: ``the member agencies of the FRICC agree to carry all traffic that meets the acceptable use policy of the ori- ginating member agency.'' Thus, e-mail messages (i.e., ``traffic'') that meet the acceptable use policy of an agency and pass through some facility of that agency (i.e., ``the originating member'') on the way to Intermail or CMR are allowed. The current member agencies of the FRICC are DARPA, NSF, DOE, NASA, AND NIH. In the least restrictive case, all bona fide researchers and September 25, 1989 NNSC Section 5.20, Page 3 scholars, public and private, from the United States and foreign countries (unless denied access by national policy) are allowed access. BITNET and UUCP (and other) networks are interconnected to the Internet via mail relays. It is the responsibility of the managers of these mail relays to ensure that the e-mail messages (``traffic'') that enters the Internet via their mail relays meets the acceptable use policy of the member agency providing the internet access. _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n Problems: call Chloe Holg (213) 822-1511 or e-mail to holg@isi.edu. September 25, 1989 NNSC Section 5.20, Page 4