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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: BITNET
Message-ID: <4520@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 88 08:35:07 GMT
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In article <17222@watmath.waterloo.edu> egisin@watmath.waterloo.edu (Eric Gisin) writes:
>IBM does market a TCP/IP product. I don't know if it has a decent mailer.
>The problem would be in getting BITNET to change.

IBM includes with TCP/IP a modified version of the note command that
recognizes note files with non-BITNET addresses and uses SMTP over
ethernet to forward them, instead of using RSCS.

I don't think IBM does the next obvious thing, which is to provide
gateway software, and modified note commands for non-TCP/IP sites so
they can send E-mail beyond the confines of BITNET.  Given IBM's
tendency to strut and crow (in their promotional material) about modest
achievements I expect I would have heard some noise about it if they
had provided a gateway facility.

-- 
David Canzi