Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdahl!pyramid!ncr-sd!matt From: matt@ncr-sd.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Connection to Compuserve? Message-ID: <1522@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: Sat, 18-Apr-87 00:38:16 EST Article-I.D.: ncr-sd.1522 Posted: Sat Apr 18 00:38:16 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 00:46:43 EST References: <196@houxj.UUCP> Reply-To: matt@ncr-sd.UUCP (Matt Costello) Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo Lines: 40 Xref: utgpu comp.mail.misc:169 comp.mail.uucp:428 Summary: Don't hold your breath In article <196@houxj.UUCP> nelsn@houxj.UUCP (M.NELSON) writes: >Is there a way to send from UUCP (or from any other net which >connects to UUCP) to Compuserve? NCR has a CompuServe/UUCP bi-directional gateway for internal use only. It is used to connect between the two separate mail systems, both of which are in widespread use within NCR. I developed it to communicate with the InfoPlex service of CompuServe, although mail to and from normal Compuserve users (EasyPlex) also works. The gateway software requires SysV and Honey Danber UUCP to run. Unfortunately the software is owned by NCR and I cannot give it away. I had enough problems with our mail router and the lawyers that I eventually called it a rewrite of smail 1.3 and ripped out all the copyright notices (with approval from management). >Are there any other commercial BBoard operations which have >connections/access to the net? CompuServe charges on a per-message basis for the InfoPlex service. I believe it costs $.45 to send a message from EasyPlex to InfoPlex; I don't know about the other direction since I don't pay the bills. There is no way that NCR (or any other entity) is going to pay for a wide-open CompuServe/UUCP gateway as it would cost too much to subsidize. >I think this was asked by someone else a couple of months back, >but I never saw an answer on the net. I didn't post a response then because the news is not very good. If you really want it bad, figure out a way for me to justify releasing it to mod.sources. The lawyers don't really care about not making any money on it, since NCR has no plans to sell it. They are worried about NCR's image and possible lawsuits, lovely intangibles that cannot be refuted. -- Matt Costello {sdcsvax,cbatt,dcdwest,nosc.ARPA,ihnp4}!ncr-sd!matt