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Subject: Re: VMS email connectivity
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Date: Thu, 2-Apr-87 23:36:00 EST
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/* Written  2:39 pm  Mar 31, 1987 by tp@ndmce.UUCP in gorgo.UUCP:comp.mail.misc */
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Is there a relatively inexpensive way for a VAX/VMS system to exchange
electronic mail with the rest of the world (uucp, arpa, csnet, bitnet,
etc)?  I have heard that both CSNET and BITNET require sizeable membership
fees.  What I am looking for is something akin to uucp under UNIX, which
allows one to join the world wide email network for only the cost of the
phone bills to another site.  The only solution I am aware of, is that at
some point there will be a VMS port of uuslave, which will allow VMS Vaxen
to join the nets.  Is there any other alternative?  Can a VMS site connect
to a csnet or bitnet site without joining those nets?

Thanks
-- 
Terry Poot, Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers, (214)739-4741
8800 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300, Dallas, Tx 75231, USA
UUCP: { seismo | cbosgd | ihnp4 | sun!convex | allegra!convex }!ndmce!tp
ARPA: ndmce!tp@seismo.css.gov   CSNET: ndmce!tp@smu
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Yeah! Yeah! Me too! 

I know there's a way, because I can (supposedly) send mail to a VAX/VMS system
at the University of Oklahoma through 'uokmax'. So, how about one of you ECN
gurus elightening the rest of us? The outfit I work for would like to be able
to tie their VMS system into Usenet; surely, there's a way (without running
UN*X)....

David Drexler
ddrex@gorgo.uucp  aka  ihnp4!occrsh!gorgo!ddrex