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From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Internet <-> America Online
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Date: 23 Mar 91 06:57:23 GMT
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wjb@tantalum.eds.com (Bill Biesty) writes:

>In article <2888@sparko.gwu.edu> waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A Waire) writes:
>->That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an
>->account on America Online???  Is it possible??
>
>Nada.  I asked about this recently.  Steve, the president of the company
>(you can send him mail on AOL to "Steve") said they were considering adding
>it as a feature in the future.

I wrote a note I wrote to the people at America Online and their response was
basically that though they are "looking into the possibility", "America Online
currently has no plans to offer" an AOL<->Internet gateway.


Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering  \
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \ AmericaOnline: ErikAJ