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GETTING INFORMATION TO AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Updated March 12, 1993
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A. HOW TO SIGN UP FOR ELECTRONIC RELEASES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:
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The White House Communications office is distributing press releases over an
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experimental system developed during the campaign.
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You can sign up to receive press releases on this experimental system by using
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the automated computer server. You will be carried forward onto the system
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that replaces it. However, it would be appreciated if you used this
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service sparingly at this time. The present system was not designed to handle
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high levels of message traffic. In due course, a more powerful system will
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be available.
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You can also find copies of the press releases in certain on-line bulletin
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board groups devoted to discussions of either national politics in general or
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President Clinton in particular.
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1. On USENET/NETNEWS, electronic publications are found on a variety of
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groups:
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Direct Distribution
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alt.politics.clinton
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alt.politics.org.misc
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alt.politics.reform
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alt.politics.usa.misc
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alt.news-media
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alt.activism
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talk.politics.misc
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Indirect Distribution
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misc.activism.progressive
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cmu.soc.politics
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assocs.clinton-gore-92
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2. On CompuServe: GO WHITEHOUSE
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3. On America Online: keyword WHITEHOUSE or THE WHITEHOUSE or CLINTON
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4. On The WELL: type whitehouse
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5. On MCI: type VIEW WHITE HOUSE
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If you don't have access to the these accounts or if you would prefer to
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receive the releases via e-mail, then the next section details how to sign up
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for this service. The server is not set up to answer e-mail letters,
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comments or requests for specific information. To reach this server, send
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e-mail:
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to: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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subject: Help
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The server works by reading the subject line of the incoming message and
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taking whatever action that line calls for. If you want to sign up to
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automatically receive press releases, then your subject line would begin with
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the word RECEIVE. You can then specify what kind of information you are
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interested in receiving. The categories of information are:
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ECONOMIC POLICY
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Get releases related to the economy such as budget
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news, technology policy review, etc.
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FOREIGN POLICY
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Get releases related to foreign policy such as
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statements on Bosnian airdrop, Haitian refugee status,
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etc.
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SOCIAL POLICY
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Get releases related to social issues like National
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Service (Student Loan) program, abortion, welfare
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reform, etc.
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SPEECHES
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All speeches made by the President and important
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speeches made by other Administration officials.
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NEWS
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Transcripts of press conferences released by the White
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House Communications office, as well as the
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President's remarks in photo ops and other Q&A
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sessions.
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ALL All of the above
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So, if you wanted to sign up to get releases related to the economy your
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e-mail message would look like this:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: RECEIVE ECONOMY
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When you send a signup message to the clinton-info server, it sends you back a
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status message letting you know what distribution streams you are signed up
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for. If you ever want to check on what groups you are signed up for send the
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following message:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: STATUS
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You can stop receiving e-mail releases by sending a REMOVE message to the
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clinton-info server. The word REMOVE would be followed by whatever
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distribution stream you wanted to drop. If you wanted to stop receiving
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message about the ECONOMY then your mail would look like this:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: REMOVE ECONOMY
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You could substitute SOCIAL, FOREIGN, SPEECHES, NEWS or ALL for ECONOMY in the
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above message and you would be dropped from that distribution list. If you
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send the subject line REMOVE ALL, then you will be taken off the e-mail
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distribution system all together and will not receive further releases of any
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kind.
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You can also ask for help from the automated server. Send an e-mail query as
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follows:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: HELP
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The server will respond by sending you a detailed form that will guide you
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through the process of signing up for the various distribution streams.
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B. ARE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES BEING ARCHIVED.
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Yes. Various sites are archiving the press releases. What follows is an
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incomplete list of some of the sites containing the documents that have
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been released to date. This FAQ will be updated to reflect new sites as
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they become known.
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SITE DIRECTORY
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1. SUNSITE.UNC.EDU /HOME3/WAIS/WHITE-HOUSE-PAPERS
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2. FTP.CCO.CALTECH.EDU /PUB/BJMCCALL
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3. FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU
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4. CPSR.ORG /CPSR/CLINTON
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5. FedWorld BBS 703-321-8020 8-N-1
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Notes: The following are notes on how to log in and get
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information from the above sites.
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1. Office FOR Information Technology at University of
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North Carolina Maintains the full collection of White
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House electronic release available for search with WAIS.
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(:source
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:version 3
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:database-name "/home3/wais/White-House-Papers" :ip-
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address "152.2.22.81"
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:ip-name "sunsite.unc.edu"
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:tcp-port 210
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:cost 0.00
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:cost-unit :free
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:maintainer "pjones@sunsite.unc.edu"
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:description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on
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Feb 27 15:16:16 1993 by pjones@sunsite.unc.edu
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These are the White House Press Briefings and other
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postings dealing with William Jefferson Clinton and
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Albert Gore as well as members of the President's
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Cabinet and the first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
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Chelsea, Socks and others in Washington DC. Dee Dee
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Meyers and George Stephanopoulos. Other good words:
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United States of America, Bill Al Tipper Democrats USA
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US These files are also available via anonymous ftp
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from sunsite.unc.edu The files of type filename used in
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the index were:
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/home3/ftp/pub/academic/political-science/whitehouse-
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papers/1993 ")
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Folks without WAIS clients or gophers that act as WAIS
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clients may telnet to sunsite.unc.edu and login as swais
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to access this information via WAIS.
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2. No special instructions.
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3. The CLINTON@MARIST log files which contain all the official
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administration releases distributed through the MIT servers
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are available via anonymous FTP. These logs contain in
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addition to the official releases, the posts that comprise the
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ongoing discussion conducted by the list subscribers.
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To obtain the logs:
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FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU - the logs are in the CLINTON directory
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and are named CLINTON LOG9208 thru CLINTON LOGyymm where yymm
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stands for the current year and month. Problems should be
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directed to my attention: URLS@MARISTC.BITNET or
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URLS@VM.MARIST.EDU.
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Posted by Lee Sakkas - owner, CLINTON@MARIST
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4. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is
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providing all Clinton documents on technology and privacy
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at the CPSR Internet Library, available via
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FTP/WAIS/Gopher at cpsr.org /cpsr/clinton (and in other
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folders as relevant). For email access, send a message
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with the word "help" at the 1st line of text to
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listserv@cpsr.org.
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5. The White House Forum (GO WHITEHOUSE) on CompuServe is devoted to
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discussion of the Clinton administration's policies and activities.
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The forum's library consists of news releases and twice daily media
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briefings from the White House Office of Media Affairs. CompuServe
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members can exchange information and opinions with each other in the
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17 sections in the forum's message area. The message board spans a
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broad range of topics, including international and United Nations
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activities, defense, health care, the economy and the deficit, housing
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and urban development, the environment, and education and national
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service.
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6. On America Online the posts are sent to the White House Forum, located
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in the News & Finance department of the service and accessible via
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keywords "white house" and "clinton." The White House Forum on America
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Online contains the press releases from the White House, divided into the
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categories "Press Briefings," "Meetings & Speeches," "Foreign Policy," "The
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Economy," "Technology," "Health Care," and "Appointments." The area features a
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message board so you can discuss the releases with other AOL members, and a
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searchable database for easy retrieval of releases in the topic that interests
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you.
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7. MCI Mail users can access daily information on the administration's
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programs provided by the White House through MCI Mail bulletin boards. The
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available boards are: WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC, WHITE HOUSE FOREIGN, WHITE HOUSE
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SOCIAL, WHITE HOUSE SPEECHES and WHITE HOUSE NEWS. A listing of these
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boards can also be obtained by simply typing
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VIEW WHITE HOUSE at the COMMAND prompt.
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C. SENDING E-MAIL TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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The White House e-mail system is under construction. This is a new project
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and suffers from all of the problems common to a startup operation. The
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Communications office is currently working on defining what this system will
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do, as well as trying to come up with equipment and staffing to make sure that
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it works. E-mail messages are currently being printed out and responses
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are being sent out via US Mail.
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Nobody wants this new venture to work more than the staff that has devoted so
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many hours to getting it up and running. But much time and effort will be
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required before the system is truly interactive. In the mean time, they will
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need a little patience from the electronic community. If you send a message
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to the White House, please include a US Post office address for replies.
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You can send e-mail to the following accounts:
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Compuserve: 75300,3115
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GO: WHITE HOUSE finds White House forum
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America OnLine: clinton pz
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KEYWORD: WHITEHOUSE finds White House area
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MCI TO: WHITE HOUSE
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VIEW WHITE HOUSE views bulletin boards
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Internet: clinton-hq@Campaign92.Org
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75300.3115@compuserve.com
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clintonpz@aol.com
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Please send corrections, deletion and additions to this fqa to:
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Updates@Clinton92.Org
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