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From: STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: AppleLink
Message-ID: <8804252312.aa26823@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Date: 26 Apr 88 04:01:55 GMT
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From MacWeek, 4/26/88, p. 20, "AppleLink, BITNET tie tested":

"A new gateway between AppleLink ... and BITNET is being tested ...
throughout the country.

"The link ... was developed by Apple to provide AppleLink and BITNET users
with an electronic mail relay between the two systems.  The gateway allows
BITNET users to send text messages to AppleLink addresses and vice versa.

"BITNET ... already has similar links to other industry networks like IBM's
VNET, DEC's Easynet and Xerox's Grapevine.

"...Apple is requiring potential users to submit an application and sign an
agreement that their use of the mail relay will be for research and development
purposes only.

"The connection is not so much an AppleLink-to-Bitnet gateway as it is a
connection to the academic community for Apple employees.  Apple worked very
hard to convince the BITNET board to allow this connection, said Ira Fuchs,
VP for computing andinformation technology at Princeton University...

"... for more information, contact EDUCOM at PO Box 362, Princeton, NJ
08540; (609) 520-3377."

Does anyone have any details about how to connect to AppleLink?