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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Portal
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Date: 8 Jun 89 04:37:07 GMT
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>What exactly *IS* the portal system?  Ive never really heard of it before..

Aptly named; it's a 'gateway' for other systems (similar to UUNET on the
East Coast) to UUCP and the World.  I gather that individuals can also
subscribe (acquire an account for a fee) and read USENET.

 UUCP mail path from psuvax1 to portal:
         lll-winken!ames!claris!portal!username
 portal.com
 portal.portal.com

 #Name                   portal
 #F      sun.com
 #Organization           Portal Communications Company
 #Contact                John Little
 #Electronic-Address     portal!postmaster
 #Telephone              +1 408 973 9111
 #Postal-Address         19720 Auburn Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014
 #Latitude-Longitude     122 2 W / 37 19 N city
 #Remarks                Portal Communications Company gateway

 #USENET
 #Written-by             portal!jel (John Little)
                         Mon Aug 22 09:39:38 PDT 1988

 portal  .portal.com
 portal= portal.portal.com, portal.com
 portal  sun(EVENING), atari(EVENING), hoptoad(EVENING), claris(EVENING)

Murph Sewall                       Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90]
Prof. of Marketing     Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET
Business School        sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu          [INTERNET]
U of Connecticut       {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL     [UUCP]
           (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM]

-+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could
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