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FTS2000 Offnet Calling

These procedures are for U.S. government employees dialing from hotels, motels, pay phones, and other non-FTS2000 telephones. Dialing procedures are based on the network servicing the employee’s agency.

Network A (AT&T). To gain access to this network, employees must:

1.  Use the AT&T Calling Card to dial the access number (800) 633-6384, and then wait for a dial tone.
2.  Dial the 7-digit FTS or 10-digit commercial number to be accessed and wait for another dial tone.
3.  Dial the 11-digit authorization code on the AT & T Calling Card.

Network B (U.S. Sprint). To gain access to this network, employees must

1.  Use the U.S. Sprint FONCARD to dial the access number (800) 366-4000.
2.  Dial the 11-digit FONCARD number shown on the card.
3.  Dial the 7-digit FTS or 10-digit commercial number to be accessed.

If dialing from a rotary dial telephone using either card, users must wait for an operator after dialing the appropriate 800 number. For assistance, users can dial the THIS at FTS 295-8500 or (301) 295-8500.

MCI Mail

Customer service telephone number:

(800) 444-6245

Log-in Procedures. To log in to MCI Mail, users must:

1.  Set the communications configuration.
8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
2.  Dial the MCI Mail access number.
(800) 234-6245
3.  Respond to the user prompt by typing the user ID.
4.  Respond to the password prompt by typing the password.

Mailboxes. Mailbox sections and their contents include the following:

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INBOX Messages that have not been read.
OUTBOX Messages that were previously sent.
DESK Messages that were read.
PENDING Messages being created.

Mailbox-related commands and their functions are:

ANSWER For replying to the sender or a message that has been read.
ANSWER EACH For replying to the sender of a message and everyone else who received the message.
CREATE For writing an MCI Mail message.
— To cancel a message, the user types a slash (/) at TO, CC, or subject.
— To complete a message, the user types a slash (/) on a blank line after the body of the message.
DELETE Enables messages to be deleted from any mailbox selection. The user enters the command followed by the scan numbers to be deleted. For example, DELETE 5, 7 causes the fifth and seventh message in the current mailbox section to be deleted.
FORWARD Causes a copy of one or more messages in a mailbox to be sent to other people.
INCLUDE Enables text from other messages to be inserted into a message. Type/INCLUDE/scan-number in the message being created. For example,/INCLUDE/2,4 & 5 inserts text from messages 2, 4, and 5 in the message being created.
NEXT Causes the next message from the current section to be displayed after a READ command is issued.
PRINT Enables a series of messages to be displayed without pausing between messages. Messages to PRINT can be identified by scan-number, mailbox section, or by one of the following:
ALL
ON [date] SUBJECT [“words”]
AFTER [date] TO [lastname]
BEFORE [date] FROM [lastname]
READ Enables one or more messages to be displayed with page breaks between messages. Messages to READ can be identified by scan-number, mailbox section, or by one of the following:
ALL
AFTER [date] TO [lastname]
BEFORE [date] FROM [lastname]
After reading a message one of the following commands can be used:
ANSWER NEXT
FORWARD PRINT
SCAN Enables users to obtain a summary of the messages in their mailboxes. One or more of the following options can be used with SCAN:
INBOX AFTER [date]
OUTBOX BEFORE [date]
DESK SUBJECT [“text”]
PENDING TO [name]
ALL FROM [name]
ON [date]
SEND Enables a draft message to be transmitted for non-priority delivery.
SEND ONITE Enables a draft message to be transmitted for priority delivery.
SEND 4HOUR Enables a draft message to be transmitted by electronic mail and adds priority notification to the message.
/UPLOAD Enables one or more files containing addresses into the envelope of a message to be transmitted.

Other MCI Mail commands include:

ACCOUNT Enables a terminal’s characteristics to be defined to MCI Mail.
DOW JONES Enables users to access Dow Jones News and Retrieval Information.
EDIT Allows users to make changes to pending messages.
EXIT For terminating the MCI Mail session.
FIND Permits users to search for an MCI Mail subscriber’s name to obtain their MCI ID and other information.


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