Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!telly!evan From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Mail access to CompuServe Message-ID: <616819733.15336@telly.on.ca> Date: 19 Jul 89 02:48:52 GMT References: <54950@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <14472@bfmny0.UUCP> Organization: Telly Online, Brampton, Ontario Lines: 17 In article karl@dinosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes: >The reason is that "inet" was being used originally, but was found to >conflict with (I believe; memory is slightly fuzzy here) an entity >called INET with which CompuServe does business. Hence the change. >Both are accepted for the time being; "inet" is heading for defunctitude. There is an entity in Canada called iNet which is offered by Telecom Canada, the Great White North's answer to Tymnet. Here, iNet is offered as a menu-based service for connecting to assorted consumer databases via X.25. I believe Compuserve uses iNet to facilitate access from Canada. -- Evan Leibovitch, SA, Telly Online, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!attcan!telly!evan / Director & editor, /usr/group/cdn God is Love, but get it in writing