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From: cluther@supernet.dallas.haus.com (Clay Luther)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: What I know about PROFS (damn little, but every little bit helps)
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.035407.24666@supernet.dallas.haus.com>
Date: 15 Mar 91 03:54:07 GMT
Organization: Harris Adacom Corporation
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PROFS is not so much a network as a software package.  I used PROFS when I was
working for IBM a few years ago.

IBM has a fantastic internal network.  This network extends to customers of IBM
who pay megabucks to have access to IBM.  PROFS is akin to a huge office
system, with email, wp, printing, dbms, kitchen sinks, and other items thrown
in.

IBM *is* connected to the outside world.  Hearsay has it that the IBM site in
the Triangle, NC, is the IBM network gateway.

However, while people on the internal IBM network can send email to anyone
around the globe (and on the IBM net) , IBM is very strict about giving anyone
access to external networks.  For instance, when I was working in
Las Colinas, I had to "apply" for a external-email-allowed account.  Without
it, I could neither send or receive email from external nets.

I understand that this process continues today. 

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