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From: ocker@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (John Ockerbloom)
Newsgroups: soc.college,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Access to USENET for non-comp sci majors at undergrad institutions
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 10:05:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 28 10:05:26 1987
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In article <515@unirot.UUCP> gib@unirot.UUCP (the gibster) writes:
>
>In examining several colleges and universities for a friend of mine,
>the question of USENET and internet access has come up.
>
>Do most colleges and universities give access to USETNET and the Internet
>if they have it? Are there any special restrictions that usually apply?
>
>This friend is looking seriously at the following institutions of higher
>learning, and a response from faculty, current students, or administrators
>from said schools would be greatly appreciated:

[...]
>       Yale University

Here is the situation at Yale:

CS majors (and people taking classes on CS department machines) have access
to Usenet, and the major mail networks (ARPA, UUCP, and BITNET).  Undergraduates
have only recently gotten limited ARPA access, though gatewaying has always
been possible.  I'm not sure if we can use ftp - I haven't had much success
with it outside Yale.

Non-majors have accounts on a general machine (YALEVM) which is connected to
BITNET only, but the machine also knows how to use gateways to get to the
other networks.  They do not get the Usenet.

Here are the addresses of Yalies if you want to reach them:

CS majors only:

database-name@yale.EDU
database-name@yalecs.BITNET
database-name@yale.UUCP          ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!database-name

in all three cases, the database name is <lastname>-<firstname>, as in
smith-joan.  If the person has a unique last name (like mine) the last name
by itself will do.

All students (majors and non-majors):

username@yalevm.BITNET

in this case, username is usually the first 3 letters of the last name, plus
the first three letters of the first name, plus the middle initial.  There
are some exceptions.

I hope this helps.

John Ockerbloom
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