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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Wanted: help starting archive mail server
Message-ID: <9RA4B2C@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 13:48:00 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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In article <EMV.90Jun27143002@urania.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
> In article <KY940U6@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>    Now if UUNET were to provide a method of doing anonymous FTP to their
>    customers directly, you'd have a case. But they don't, so we need our
>    mail servers.

> They are, it's called "alternet".

Alternet is a commercial TCP/IP service. What I'm talking about is a uucp
to ftp gateway for UUNET customers, like what PUCC provides but without the
bitnet hassles. It's as different as road and rail.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.
<peter@ficc.ferranti.com>