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From: rick@usenix.UUCP (Rick Adams)
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Subject: Re: UUNET Communications Service Available
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Date: Sun, 19-Apr-87 10:44:00 EST
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As noted in my previous posting, the Usenix Association has agreed to
fund the UUNET project on an experimental basis.  As most of you know,
the Usenix Association is a non-profit, established, technical
association interested in fostering innovation and sharing ideas,
software and experience where Unix and Unix like systems and the C
programming language are concerned. The Usenix Association is aware
of the restrictions on the use of the ARPANET and at no time intended
to use the ARPANET nor any other government facility for commercial 
purposes.

UUNET is intended to be a non-profit service for the benefit of Usenix
members and others who lack access to mail networks in common use.  It
will not be in direct competition with existing businesses, but will
provide a value added service (electronic mail and news) using existing
commercial common carriers. Of course, UUNET will obtain the best possible
rates from those carriers through volume and other discounts.

Unfortunately some of the potential services mentioned in my earlier
posting were not clearly portrayed as concepts requiring final
approval.

In particular:

	The Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
	(DARPA) has not given approval to function as an official
	arpanet mail gateway.  (There was never a plan to gateway
	anything other than mail.)

	DARPA has not given approval to connect to "seismo" nor to use
	the facilities of the Center for Seismic Studies.

The UUNET system has the technical capabilities to connect to other
networks (including ARPANET) and UUNET intends to pursue links to other
networks through the appropriate channels.

There will be a small delay (a few weeks) in the start of service,
while appropriate facilities are secured.

I deeply regret any confusion and misunderstanding that may have
occurred because of the incomplete or poorly worded portions of my
original announcement.

--rick