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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: Question about Internet access
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Date: 22 May 91 15:22:07 GMT
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mdf@tut.cis.osu-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) writes:
>>A simple solution for a small corporation would be to use MCI Mail,
>>which can send and receive messages from the Internet.
>
>CompuServe, my employer, also offers an email gateway to the Internet...

As do Telenet (not my employer), uunet, et al.  Probably there's a heading
in the Yellow Pages for this, by now.  Ask around.  UUCP connections to
friendly local Unix shops are generally a lot cheaper than what these
commercial companies will charge, if your usage is low.

Keep in mind that CompuServe, MCI Mail, uunet, and Telenet offer
services which bear little resemblance to the full suite of Internet
services.  The gateways presently tend to be e-mail only, and don't
support real-time connections, high-volume file transfers, and so on.
They also don't carry netnews, to my knowledge.  This will all change
in the not-too-distant future, I would expect.

-rich