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From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Fidonet "Alternative Network" starts up
Message-ID: <3749@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 29 Dec 87 16:24:32 GMT
References: <3713@hoptoad.uucp> <3716@hoptoad.uucp> <1095@sjuvax.UUCP> <1056@bc-cis.UUCP>
Organization: Syncstream/Widget Systems (San Francisco)
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raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) wrote:
> In article <3716@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
> >  [about Fidonet, the nation IBM PC BBS network]
> >  They seem to be evolving faster than us, so perhaps they can guide us
> >  by lighting the path as they tread it (or fall off it).
> 
> 	I don't know Fidonet but I understand that you can use this network
> to send mail across the country and out of the country. Is there a gateway
> between Fidonet and uucp? How can I use Fidonet to send mail to friends
> accros the country?
>  
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Raanan Herrmann  (bc-cis!raanan, raanan@bc-cis.UUCP raanan@bklyncis.BITNET)

   Yes there are unofficial gateways at this time.  We are
   working on a domain for internet and there will be an
   official gateway then.

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