Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!portal!sv!daven From: daven@svc.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: how to mail InterNet <-> America On Line? Message-ID: <1990Dec20.213436.12706@svc.portal.com> Date: 20 Dec 90 21:34:36 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Software Ventures Lines: 17 In article ogawa@sm.sony.co.jp (Masato Ogawa) writes: > > I would like to contact some representative of AOL by e-mail. Can I >send an e-mail from InterNet? > Nope, there are many things I like about AOL, but this is not one of them. They seem to believe in closed worlds. The parent company "Quantum" (not related to the drive manufacture) runs 3 other online services, and as far as I can tell they are all closed Email systems. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Newman | daven@svc.portal.com | AppleLink: D0025 Sofware Ventures Corp. | AOL: MicroPhone | CIS: 76004,2161 Berkeley, CA 94705 | WELL: tinman@well.sf.ca.us | (415) 644-3232