Asri-unix.414 net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!mike@BMD70 Mon Jan 4 19:31:46 1982 Mass Mailers get Go-Ahead From: Michael Muuss >From the Business World column of The Sun, Saturday, January 2, Baltimore MD: Mass Mailers get Go-Ahead Washington (AP) - The U.S. Count of Appeals has cleared the way for the Postal Service to begin Monday a new computerized mail system designed to benefit mass mailers. A count panel ruled yesterday that it would not grant an injunction sought by the Justice Department to prevent the service from starting until legal arguments could be heard. The new service, known as ECOM, will allow mass mailers to hook their computers into new Postal Service computers in 25 cities. The mailers' computers will transmit address lists and the texts of letters, and the new service is expected to be used mainly for financial statements, fund-raising letters, and recall announcements. Mailers wishing to use the system will be required to pay a $50 annual fee and establish an advance deposit account for paying ECOM chrges, which will be 26 cents for the first page, and 5 cents for the second page of each electronic letter. The letters will be printed, stuffed in envelopes, and addressed in the post office. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anybody on the net planning to join up? Would certainly take the bother out of sending (paper) mail to folks who are not on the net! I wonder what addresses would be like? "9522 Perry Hall Blvd@Zip-212361234" @ USPS ? -Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.