Reality.sys corrupted. Reboot universe? (Y/n)
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Well, the newbies on compuserve have realized that some actors have
accounts on various services. A couple months ago someone asked about
email addresses for Trek. I responded with a tongue-in-cheek list of
domains, and that was it.

However, the past week it's started up again. So I thought I'd post a couple
of the messages and my responses. With the rotten things going on in the
US right now, I think we all need a chuckle or two. [This was written
shortly after the Oklahoma City Bombing] Georg was at Grand Slam last
month and got hugs and smooches from Nana Visitor (I have videos for
future blackmail!)

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From:      matthew
Can anyone give me an E-Mail address for any Star Trek characters ?
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From:      blanche
To:        matthew
For the TNG crew, most are awaiting re-assignment, but try

    rrrxxxx@fleet.hq.fed.gov

where xxxx is the first letter of the first name followed by the first
7 characters of the last name and rrr is the rank, eg CPT for Captain,
LCR for Lt Commander, etc. 

For the DS9 crew, same name format but no rank needed at the domain

    xxxxx@ds9.fleet.fed.gov

Hm....didn't we post these addresses a few months ago?
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From:    Anne 
To:      Blanche
So, what would the e-mail addresses be for the voyager crew be?  Something 
like:

       janeway@delta.quadrant.not

I'd hate to have to set up *that* net server.
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From:    Blanche 
To:      Anne 

>So, what would the e-mail addresses be for the voyager crew be?  

>   janeway@delta.quadrant.not

>I'd hate to have to set up *that* net server.

No provider in the quadrant yet....still dealing with ISDN lines, the
Telephony Decency legislation and other hassles....*g*

Wonder if you can string a T1 line thru a wormhole.....?
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From:    Georg 
To:      Blanche 
Dear Miss Manners,

thank you so much for providing the e-mail addresses of the Star Trek 
characters. I had a blast talking to them, they are a nice bunch.

I would be forever in your debt, if you can tell me how to contact the 
characters in the Mirror, Mirror universe. (fed.gov seems to be the wrong 
domain.) These people are so _interesting_!

I would especially like to chat with the intendant. She is so... ambiguous.
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From:    blanche
To:      Georg

> contact the characters in the Mirror, Mirror universe. 
>(fed.gov seems to be the wrong domain.)

There are lots of alt universes on the internet...

   alt.startrek.creative
   alt.sex.fetish.startrek
   alt.barney.die.die.die
   alt.bald.captains
   alt.tv.star-trek.voyager
   alt.tv.star-trek.ds9
   alt.tv.startrek.bajoran

and so on. Seems like the writers of TtLG have been spending too much time
on a.s.f.s!

>I would especially like to chat with the intendant. She is so... ambiguous.

uh-huh.    merely "chat"...?
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And this was private email - talk about needing to get a life...

From:       C.L.
To:         blanche

Hello Blanche. My name is Carrie. I was just on the ST forums and I
read a note that said that you have the email addresses for the
characters. Would it be an imposition for you to send them to me? If it's
alot of trouble for you don't worry about it, but I'm always looking for
another trekkie to write to. I would really
like to hear from you!
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And this was posted publicly:

From:    Susie
To:      Blanche

I'm kind of new at this so I have to ask?  You can send e-mail & talk to Star 
Trek characters?  For example my favorite character is Chief O'Brien, how 
would I send a message?
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From:    blanche
To:      everyone
One more time, because many people didn't have time to read the original
message, due to the scroll rate here.

>email addresses for the characters

The TNG crew is currently awaiting orders for their new postings. You can
probably find them at rrrxxxxxff@hq.fleet.fed.gov where rrr is a 3 character
rank, eg CPT is Captain, LCR is Lt Commander, etc. And xxxxx is the first
5 characters of their last name and ff is the first 2 letters of their
first name. Once posted to active duty, the domain will, of course, change.

The original TOS crew, for the most part, have retired. Fortunately, all
have aliases thru the Star Fleet retirement plan. Try reaching them at

    xxxxxff@ret.hq.fleet.fed.gov

The DS9 crew is the easiest to find:

    rrrxxxxxff@ds9.fleet.fed.gov

However, the non-Federation crew will have slightly different domain names,

    rrrxxxxxff@ds9.bajor.org

Altho I did mention to Anne the potential communication with the
other quadrants, I've been assured during the past couple days by TelCal that
currently there is no way to reach the Voyager crew since T1 lines cannot
be strung thru wormholes. Sorry. Same for the alternate universe crews.
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blanche