Fwd: Digital Chicken - Press Release
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P R E S S R E L E A S E
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Recently you may have read postings from Digital Chicken and Planet
Communications and Computing Facility of Toronto, regarding their
new e-mail to fax gateway service, that allows people world-wide
to communicate with a variety of Canadian government and non-
governmental agencies.
As a result of complaints from certain government agencies, service
to both Digital Chicken and Planet was terminated on Wednesday,
November 3rd.
NOT TO WORRY, HOWEVER. Through the generosity of administrative staff
at UUNET Canada, the e-mail to fax gateway is once again operative.
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Please note the new address: plan9!chyk!<user name>@uunet.ca
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A revised copy of the FAQ follows this message.
Within the next few days, I will also post a revised listing of
agencies that we provide e-mail service for. If you would like to
receive automatic updates, please e-mail plan9!chyk!ri...@uunet.ca
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D I G I T A L C H I C K E N
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AN EXPERIMENT IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL
REMOTE PRINTING AND FAXING.
Who?
Digital Chicken is a new cooperative venture between
Dr. Robert Riley and Planet Communications & Computing, of Toronto.
Digital Chicken
c/o Dr. Robert Riley
157 Bastedo Avenue, Suite #2
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4C 3N2
Telephone: (416) 690-3833 Fax: (416) 778-5345
Internet: plan9!chyk!ri...@uunet.ca
What?
The service provided by Digital Chicken is to allow people with
Internet e-mail access to communicate quickly and efficiently with
a variety of Canadian federal and provincial government and
non-governmental agencies (e.g., the Prime Minister, Toronto Star,
Toronto Blue Jays, Ontario Human Rights Commission).
E-mail may be sent to any of these agencies, and upon receipt by
Digital Chicken the mail is immediately forwarded via fax to the
organizations office. In time, interested organizations will be
shown how to access their e-mail directly, and in turn respond to
your letters by e-mail. At the moment, however, replies to you will
be via fax or regular mail.
How?
Refer to the following list of Digital Chicken member agencies.
You may e-mail to the agency(ies) of your choice by using their
'nick' and sending mail to the following address (NOTE--you must
use the bang path address as written below, at this time):
plan9!chyk!<user>@uunet.ca
Remember that at the present time you must include your correct
name, postal mailing address, and/or fax number if you wish a
reply from the agency.
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If you have any questions/concerns, or if you would like to see an
agency/organization included in our service, please contact
Digital Chicken at: plan9!chyk!ri...@uunet.ca
Further, if you wish to send a fax in the 416 or parts of the 905
area codes (local to Toronto), you may send it to
plan9!chyk!ri...@uunet.ca, and it will be forwarded
on for you. Please make the subject line: FAX TO <fax #>
**NOTE: PLEASE BE AWARE THAT E-MAIL IS NOT THE ROUTE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. ANY SYSTEM OPERATOR, OF ANY SITE ON THE ROUTE
YOUR MESSAGE TRAVELS, COULD READ YOUR MESSAGE. IT IS YOUR CHOICE AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO USE E-MAIL WHEN AND WHERE APPROPRIATE.
Brett Glaysher
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|> P R E S S R E L E A S E
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|> As a result of complaints from certain government agencies, service
|> to both Digital Chicken and Planet was terminated on Wednesday,
|> November 3rd.
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Do you have any details on who complained, and why?
Were there abuses of the system, or did the government
agencies not appreciate communications with everyday
people? ;-)
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Spelling falmes welcome.
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| Brett Glaysher | Internet Style: bre...@zed.com |
| Programmer/Analyst Club Zed | UUCP : ...!uunet!aruba!brettg |
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