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From: david@monymsys.uucp (David Kozinn)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Link to GEnie
Message-ID: <1989Nov20.015352.4051@monymsys.uucp>
Date: 20 Nov 89 01:53:52 GMT
References: <1989Nov10.171006.10373@monymsys.uucp> <748@lakart.UUCP>
Reply-To: david@monymsys.UUCP (David Kozinn)
Organization: MONY Financial Services, Microcomputer Systems, Teaneck, NJ
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In article <748@lakart.UUCP> dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes:
   [stuff deleted]
>
>The main problem with an individual setting up a gateway is that the
>traffic would be rather large, and posting all the mail would require
>being online almost 24 hours a day. Much more efficient would be to
>hook into GEnie's system directly as has been done with CI$, and drop
>the stuff off with an Internet link.

This is certainly one of the largest problems. Another consideration with
going through an individual gateway involves security. Sure, any mail going
out through the internet can easily be read, altered, etc. by anyone with the
proper privs on any machine that it goes through, but I'm sure that GE's
lawyers are closely studying the ramifications of passing relatively secure,
private mail (originating on GEnie) out through the non-secure,
non-guaranteed-delivery world of the internet. 
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