* The Agency rM THE REST OF STORY Vbiume 1. Numbers 5 & 6 THE May-June 1965 International Electronic Mail Service There are perhaps as many as 25 com- lEMS uses the "tymnet packet switching panies in the United States that offer elec- network, one of ttfe largest, with nodes or tronic mail services. The services vary in of- local call-in locations available to most of ferings and costs, each trying to appeal to the United States, "tymnet has rather elab- a general or specialized market niche. Four orate on-line capabilities, called Ontyme, of the most well-known are Western Union available to lEMS users. You can use the (with Easylink to telex, mailgram etc), MCI Ontyme text editor to write your letters or (MCI Mail), ITT (Diaicom) and the US use the word processor in your PC and copy Postal Service (E-COM). How do you that text into your letter. The entire capa- choose one over theother? And if you want bility is so extensive that it would take some true computer to computer electronic mail time to learn, though for electronic mail with your customers how do you know only a small subset must be mastered. Ex- which service to use, since they may each tensiveon-line documentation is available. use a different service? If you try to use Charges for the lEMS services include several services, you will have to pay fees 550/year per mailbox (with a minimum of for each, learn different protocols, and two), $5/month per ID, S3/hour connect check your mail box in each service regular- time, 5.25/1000 characters input or output ly to see whether any messages are waiting. and S.Ol/1000 characters per day for file A California company, International storage. Use of Mailgram, Telex, E-COM, Electronic Mail Service (lEMS), provides MCI Mail etc is subject to their normal one common consistent link into Western charges as well as a S.lO surcharge/message. Union, MCI Mail, ITT and the Post Of- lEMS consolidates all the charges incurred fice. You establish your mailboxes on lEMS from using any of the connected-to services and from them can send and receive mes- into one monthly bill, which can be op- sages electronically within lEMS or between tionally departmentalized. Unlike the other it and the other major electronic ma'l sup- electronic mail facilities, lEMS is happy to pliers. Using lEMS you would be certain look at special customizing for particular of receiving electronic correspondence from applications. your clients no matter which of the major If you want to use electronic mail, want services they used. You do not need to sign- capabilities of the major vendors, but want up with, learn procedures of and constant- to avoid some of the costs and chaos that ly check mailboxes spread over several net- could result, lEMS may be the answer. For works. lEMS offers flexibility without more information write or call lEMS, 21686 chaos. Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014; 408/446-4367. ■ INTERNATIONAL SLECTRONIC G3AIL SERVICE UlllwuS 21686 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA. 95014 (408)446-4257 BULK RATE CORPORATE TIMES POSTAGE PAID "Technology and Business Communications" PERMIT 4083 lEMS Provides Interlinkage C UPERTINO Adjacent to the What lEMS does is provide the Tymnet, plus an annual fee railroad tracks— crossing Stevens link. We can. and do. link all the per ID subscription fee. Creek Boulevard is a row of available electronic mail services Besides the individual user, storefronts reminiscent of an old with each other. As new elec- companies have used lEMS to West pioneering town. The tronic services are introduced, establish or enhance their own classic black-on-yellow they become part of our net- E-Mail system. lEMS' client list "Western Union" sign is prom- work." includes Memorex, Computer- inently displayed in the "store" Building their interlinking ser- land, RDM Systems. window of the International vice has taken years to construct, Sydney Development Corpora- Electronic Mail Service. A front requiring first-hand knowledge tion and Chevron Oil. office equipped with a barred of how the telecommunications "We have installed private ticket window and a manual networks work. The service is electronic mail systems for our telegraph key gives the further completelyfinanced by the small larger clients, tailored to meet impression of a turn-of-the- firm's employees, who have pre- their specific requirements," century telegraph office. viously worked for ITT, IBM, Oliver stated. Some clients re- Closer examination, however, Western Union, Hewlett- quire dedicated hardware and reveals that lEMS is more likely Packard, Memorex and other software. Companies with a lot from the 2 1st than the 19th cen- high-tech giants. of traffic and requiring confiden- tury. Behind the rustic doors of "As this service has never been tiality choose this route." thefront office lies a labyrinthof done we have had to Other companies, like Com- telecommunications and com- build our operation slowly, one puterland, hae several dedicated puter gear interlinked with the step at a time," continued electronic mail boxes for each international nervous system of Oliver. "When we first construct store or office. Each of these today's electronic mailnetworks. a link it is operated manually: mailboxes can handle specific- "We are successful because we then we automate the process. types of like ac- hae a lot of competition." said We now have the capacity to counting, inventory control,new Dennis President of automaticallyreformat messages product reviews, etc. The head lEMS. "We make it possible for from one electronic mail system office or any of the branch of- anyone to send and receive mes- to another, while maintaining an fices can send "carbon copies" sages with any other electronic audit trail ofall messages sent." of memos instantly to anyone mail system." Because of this interlinking else in (he network. With Com- A major problem with elec- ability, lEMS can provide its puterland. lEMS enances its in- tronic mail today, according to customerswith a full spectrum of house E-mail system by pro- is that there are no cross- online electronic mail services, viding interconnection services to linkages among the electronic including Telex, TWX, Postal other electronic networks. mail systems. E-Com. MCI Mail, and Dial- "We providea simplelow-cost "Let's say one company sub- corn. lEMS online costs are set of communications services scribes to MCI Mail and another among the lowest in the industry, for companies of ail si7es," to Easy I.ink. Because they are on charging only per hour con- claimed Oliver. "We areprepar- different networks, they cannot nect time to the lEMS network ing for a well connected future." casilv send E-Mail to each other. through the international carrier. ( MARCH 198? (INTEHNATIONAL BLECTTONIC G3AIL SERVICE UlllMici) 21686 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA. 95014 (408)446-4367 U.S. SANJOSE.CA $50 IDG, before, information, Oliver, Oliver, $3 ORPORATETIMES AM Ihttimm md mmmrt» mtm. nlmwd 4m Radio Telex Used to Access Computer Services International Electronic Mail Service (lEMS) showed that it is possible to access computer based services from the thou- sands of ships equipped with radio telex machines via a demonstration of a ship- board radio telex machine connected to a computer host on a packet switched net- work. The demonstration took place aboard the passenger liner Royal Viking Sea. Until recently, only ships equipped with expensive satellite communications equipment could access the computer hosts available on the Tymnet and Telenet packetswitched networks. This latest de- velopment makes a variety of computer services available to thousands of ships plying the high seas without making an investment in newequipment or time lost in refitting and retraining for satellite communications. Cupertino, California-based lEMS provides a range of communication and interconnection services for clients of all sizes. INTERNATIONAL IiLECTRONIC L3AIL. SERVICE lEMS 21686 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA. 95014 (408)446-4367 <■ ■*-■ WHOLE/DEARTH SoftwareJCatalog &Review 140 TELECOMMUNICATING THE COST OF NETWORKING ConnectCharge (Per ConnectedHour| Name of Hours Evenings Weekends ChargePer Other Initial Charge Monthly Charge! Business a Transaction Charges Network 300BAUO 1200 BAUD 300 BAUD 1200 BAUD CompuServe $19.95 None $12.50* $6* $12.50* None $500-51,000 per month pp.142,144, (Includes one for maintaining yourown 146 free hour) conference* CONFER II 20.00 10.00 $21 None None p.147 per group(2 or minimum per more members) group Dow JonesNt "/Retrievalpp.l 12,144 (Any member in choose oneof tireeplans:) Standard 75.00 None 72.00 72.00 12.00 12.00 None hour extrafree-text search Blue Chip 175.00 None 72.00 72.00 7.80 7.80 None $16.29/hour extra for ($lOO annual) free-text search Executive None 50.00 48.00 48.00 7.80 7.80 None hour extra for free-text search EasyLink None None 14.40 27.00 14.40 27.00 15 per address, $2-5 .15 extraforsigning on p. 145 per overseas from remote locations vis *TELEX. WATS lines. Electronic None 75.00 7.50 7.50 3.00 3.00 None $15/monthly (approx.) Information storage fees for each Exchange conference you create. System(EIES) p.147 International $100 ($5O per $5 per account $3.00 $3.00 25Cper 1000 characters None Electronic Mail account. lEMS (a 250-word message Service (lEMS) has a 2-account costs500); per p.145 minimum). overseas TELEX* MCI Mail None None None None Per message: S1 as None None p.145 electronic mail, as first class mail, $6 and up as overnight mail or TELEX. The Source SlOO SlO(S1 fee plus 525.75 76 None $10/monthly (approx).