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From: sorsen@wucfua.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Gateway to VNET wanted
Message-ID: <162@wucfua.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Aug-86 17:58:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: wucfua.162
Posted: Mon Aug  4 17:58:14 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 6-Aug-86 02:31:42 EDT
References: <1002@kuling.UUCP>
Reply-To: sorsen@wucfua.UUCP (Michael L. Sorsen)
Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis
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Summary: Forget it

In article <1002@kuling.UUCP> klemets@kuling.UUCP (Anders Klemets) writes:
>
>I need to send e-mail to a host on VNET. That seems to be IBM's
>internal network which links their sites around the world.

There is a gateway into VNET from BITNET, but its' use is extremely
limited. Only a handfull of sites on the VNET side are allowed to  
use the gateway, and the user on the VNET side must authorize a 
'virtual circuit' before any communication can take place.

IBM seems to be paranoid about the gateway. I have often
wished they would allow our local IBM representatives to send/receive
mail to/from us (it would save a lot of phone-tag), but no one
who has the power to make such a change has responded. I plan to
submit a requirement at SHARE 67 requesting more open access.
(SHARE is an IBM user group.)  

For more information, contact Bill Rubin (WGRCU@CUNYVM.BITNET).
Mr. Rubin is listed as the contact person for VNET. 

Mike Sorsen (SORSEN@WUVMD.BITNET or sorsen@wucfua.uucp)