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From: ptrei@mbunix.mitre.org (Trei)
Subject: Re: mail to Prodigy
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In article <DrPHILLIPS.91Mar26133225@fozzie.nrl.navy.mil> phillips@fozzie.nrl.navy.mil (Lee Phillips) writes:
>Can mail be sent from the internet to Prodigy and back?
>                                           Lee Phillips

NO 

Prodigy possesses the following characteristics:

* Lack of communication with the outside world. 

* Boards of censors who cut anything deemed "controversial" from Prodigy's
  bboards, including anything critical of Prodigy's policies.

* Suppression of internal communication: Email is charged at 25 cents per
  message beyond 1 message/day.

* Exile of dissidents (their accounts are cancelled). 

     I used to describe Prodigy as the Albania of commercial bboards, but
the Tirana regime has lightened up a little since then.

						Peter Trei

OBDisclaimer: My employer pays me for my skills, not my opinions.