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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: BIX Gateway?
Message-ID: <12249@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 6 Jul 90 15:49:27 GMT
References: <14187@venera.isi.edu> <12241@asylum.SF.CA.US> <26657@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher)
Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA
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In article <26657@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
>In article <12241@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) writes:
>>In article <14187@venera.isi.edu> lpress@venera.isi.edu (Laurence I. Press) writes:
>>>Is there a way to send mail to people on Byte Magazine's BIX
>>>service?
>[stuff omitted]
>
>I understand that there is a gateway operating.  I don't know how to get email
>from bix to internet, but to get from internet to bix, try the following:
>
>	user@dcibix.das.net
>
>The bad news is that DASnet is a commercial gateway service, and someone has
>to pay for it.  I understand that bix subscribers can ask for the service,
>and can be charged for it by Byte Magazine who in turn pay DASnet.

Oh.   I thought the person had been asking about a direct gateway.
Yes, DASnet does indeed have such a service.  I understand it's kind
of expensive, but if you *have* to send stuff between the two
services, it does work.

>For more information, check out the "Inter-Network Mail Guide".  I don't have
>a publisher or author.
>
>Disclaimer:  This is information I read elsewhere on Usenet, confirmed by
>reliable parties about one year ago.  Please check it out for yourself to
>be sure these resources are still available.