"The Msg Mail System" is a commercial ad.

[John Gilmore]

In article <57700003 at hpcnof.UUCP>, dat at hpcnof.UUCP writes:
> Speaking of mail systems...
> 	Herein is attached the users guide to the Msg mail system.  The
> system currently runs on Bell system *, HP-UX and Amdahl UTS, and is on
> the verge of working on a BSD system.

Note that the "msg" system is not in the public domain, and no sources
for it are going to appear on net.sources.  It's being sold *for
profit* by d_taylor.  I got a copy of the users' guide from him and it
had this in it, which was cleverly left out of the net.sources posting.
I personally think this is an abuse of net.sources.


To: veeger!hpcnof!hplabs!qantel!ptsfa!hoptoad!gnu
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 86 12:18:18 MST
From: hplabs!hpcnou!dat (Dave Taylor)

John,

	Enclosed is the Users Guide for the Msg Mail System.  Currently
I plan on offering it for official release in about two weeks at the
price of:

	Functional demo		-  $50 (with your own media)
	Working system		- $250 (with your own media)
	Entire system + source  - $500 (with your own media)

The media cost, a reel-to-reel mag tape, will be a function of the 
local cost should you choose not to include your own.

If you're interested in obtaining any of the above copies after 
having read the documentation (and I think you will be) please
drop me another note including what type of system you're 
runnning on.

Of course, if you find this mailer to be the exceptional value
and excellent product that I believe it is, please feel free to
refer other customers!  I'll probably give a $25 dollar referral
fee for each customer that says they're referred by an existing
customer.

Further note: This is all on the up-and-up with regards to my current
employment at HP - in fact the two week delay in releasing the
software is to ensure that the agreement that HP and I are working
out will be signed.

If you need it, my work phone number is: (303) 229-2419

						-- Dave Taylor



PS from Gnu:  It looks like a 1980-technology mail system to me anyway.
-- 
# I resisted cluttering my mail with signatures for years, but the mail relay
# situation has gotten to where people can't reach me without it.  Dammit!
# John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,nsc}!hoptoad!gnu    jgilmore at lll-crg.arpa