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From: lmb@sat.com (Larry Blair)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Internet <-> Prodigy Gateway?
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.002540.7280@sat.com>
Date: 28 Feb 91 00:25:40 GMT
References: <96059@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <BOB.91Feb26133340@volitans.MorningStar.Com>
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In article <BOB.91Feb26133340@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
=In article <96059@unix.cis.pitt.edu> anthony@unix.cis.pitt.edu (M. Kapolka) writes:
=   Is there a way to send mail from the internet to a user on Prodigy?
=   Vice versa?
=
=No, Prodigy is an island.  They're a videotex service, not an
=electronic mail network.

Besides, how could they extract their $.25 if there were one?

Given the reported political climate on Prodigy I would pity anyone stupid
enough to set up such a gateway.


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Larry Blair   lmb@sat.com   {apple,decwrl}!sat!lmb