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From: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
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Subject: Re: CompuServe and other places near and far
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Date: 28 Oct 89 01:41:27 GMT
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In-reply-to: epsilon@wet.UUCP's message of 21 Oct 89 19:38:04 GMT

In article <697@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes:
> In article <2636@hub.UUCP> pete@cavevax.ucsb.edu writes:
>>I know it gets posted monthly, but do you think someone could mail me
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ since when?

Since I saw it posted a few weeks ago preceded by the announcement: "in
accordance with monthly posting schedules, here is..."

>>the addressing schemes for various online services not directly
>>connected to UseNet.

> No, I don't think someone could.

Someone has. Someone who knew what I was talking about and acted on it,
as opposed to what you've done, which equates to knowing what I was
talking about and refusing to admit it.

> USENET is not MAIL
> USENET is not UUCP
> USENET is not part of UNIX
> (ad nauseum)

Yes yes, I'm sorry. I'm not THAT new of a user, I just slipped.

I see the pseudo-group "Junk", which locally is full of all the groups
that don't fit anywhere else. (I guess from FidoNet, mostly.) That
brings the point home. But everybody else seems to be from UNIX boxes,
and that leads to the (unconscious and unintentional) conclusion that
UseNet is "somewhere."

Anyway, someone MUCH less concerned with flaming has already sent me a
VERY useful list that shows how to send mail to AppleLink, CompuServe,
MCI Mail, and a few other more obscure places. If anyone would like a
copy, I'd be happy to share.
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  | GurgleKat (Pete Gontier), pete@cavevax.ucsb.edu
  | .UUCP reply addresses bounce; try another path.
  | ...if you'd gone to Dartmouth, you'd not have had to take the math.