Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks

From: v011l6fc@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (DAVE ROSSELL)

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:35:00 +0000

Can we get some sort of consensus out there on just what GSI's policy on e-mail
is?  I've sent them a turn via e-mail to their compuserve address.  They
promptly charged my account $1 (without warning me of this charge in advance,
might I add).  Does anyone out there send turns to GSI's AOL address, and do
they charge the "postage due" fee for the AOL turns.  Yes, I understand about
"no charge" for e-mail turns sent on-time, I'm wondering about "postage-due"
charges here.

Whether it's smart or not, necessary or not, GSI does not dump e-mail turns
directly into the turn-running system--they have a someone enter the data
manually.  Yes?

GSI does not confirm e-mail arrival any more than it confirms USPS mail--you
still have to call.  Thus, it makes sense to not wait 'til the last minute to
e-mail turns, but it's still quicker than USPS.

Doesn't GSI accept credit cards now?  If so, after the inital form is signed,
e-mailers wouldn't even need to send the occasional check.

Does GSI accept e-mail notecards?  (Whether it's technologically possible for
them to do so or not.)

Don't use tabs when formatting your turns.  Keep your e-mail turn sheet as much
like the snail mail turn sheets as possible, but only use spaces and carriage
returns.

Anything else folks need to know before e-mailing turns to GSI?

dave rossell

In article <Ji81FWB.kazandar@delphi.com>, kazandar <kazandar@delphi.com> writes...
>I've checked out the expenses re pbem vs pbm extensively.  Pbem is so much
>cheaper from the company's perspective that it's ludicrous to assume that
>you save anything by retaining a paper format.  The only question concerns
>accessibility to customers who don't use computers - a vanishing breed.
>
>It's been my experience from dealings with the ME-PBM crowd that more than
>50% of us are already using email on a regular basis.  This is more or less
>true of the other paper-based games I've been in as well.  With luck, the
>numbers will increase and the paper will soon be a thing of the past.
>
>Rochelle was incorrect about a number of things, which you all have already
>pointed out.  I would like to add that a number of programs exist which will
>strip the mail headers and footers off the message and use the text directly
>for input into a program.  They float around as freeware and aren't that
>tough to write.  In addition, you can improve the efficiency simply by
>having the customer download a company-developed program where the player
>enters data and the computer transmits it in a set format to the destination.
>
>A final word:  the U.S. Postal Service has about a half-dozen pieces of my
>mail in the last year, including about three turns from GSI (and a rent
>check).  Internet hasn't failed me once.  The only trouble I've experienced
>has been with certain destination sites which always seem to be crashing
>(usually overloaded university systems).  My mail gets delivered okay - and
>then the system shuts down and scrambles everything.  On the whole, I trust
>the 'net far more than snailmail.
>
>Kazandar
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Dave Rossell                               "When you lay your dreams to rest,
v011L6FC@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu	            you can get what's second best,
                                            but it's hard to get enough."
						-David Wilcox

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References

MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
swater@esd.sgi.com (Adam Waters)
Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:59:06 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
v313mdm8@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
Fri, 18 Nov 1994 17:18:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:40:26 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
v313mdm8@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 21:45:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
kazandar <kazandar@delphi.com>
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 07:42:49 +0000

Referenced By

MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
swater@esd.sgi.com (Adam Waters)
Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:59:06 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
v313mdm8@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
Fri, 18 Nov 1994 17:18:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:40:26 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
v313mdm8@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 21:45:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM:Bill Field Speaks
kazandar <kazandar@delphi.com>
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 07:42:49 +0000