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From: NOSES@DBNINF5.BITNET (Achim Patzner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: FTP from non-Internet sites
Message-ID: <9003130237.AA12608@apple.com>
Date: 13 Mar 90 02:44:07 GMT
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HELO DBNINF5
TICK 2345
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RCPT TO:   <Sewall@UCONNVM>
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Date sent:  Fr 3/9/90 18:20 MEZ
From:       Noses <Noses@DBNINF5>
To:         <Sewall@UCONNVM>
Subj:       Re: Forthcoming gateway to America On-Line
> A different source doubts that GEnie is aware of the Internet.  That seems
> strange because I'm told that AppleLink (Corporate) runs on the same
> computer (AppleLink.Apple.COM).

Wrong... and that's the reason why <user>@applelink.apple.com won't always
work. It's the mailer-daemon of apple.com which sends the mail back to
dasnet.com; sometimes this daemon tends to be stingy and just eats the mail
(seems to be imported from Scottland 8-) ) so you should always the
'correct' form and send it to <user>%applelink@apple.com (or @das.net or
any alternative names for them). Sometimes I'm *really* happy our user group
stopped wasting money on that Applelink account; even running our own
subnet (German rogue-uucp) mailbox is cheaper...

> I'd think that GEnie would be a competitive
> disadvantage compared to CIS and MCImail (to say nothing of FidoNet which
> ALSO has gateways to the Internet) if they remain isolated.

8-))) Yes... Fido has gateways to the Internet. But don't ever rely on mail
really being delivered. You might have nightmares...

> /s Murph <Sewall%UConnVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu>         [Internet]

Achim
(Noses@DBNINF5)