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In article <1992Jun13.165624.5694@ddsw1.mcs.com> dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (David W. Tamkin) writes:
>Yes: GEnie has an indial node in Naperville, which should be a local call for
>you from Wheaton.  Open your own GEnie account and you can exchange all the
>email you like with other GEnie customers.

David, don't be so disparaging.  Gatewaying of the different proprietary
Email networks is, for many people, an exceedingly attractive and desirable
thing.  Just because you like and use COMPUSERVE, for instance, on a regular
basis doesn't mean that I should.  And even if I *do*, it would mean that I'd
have to check my mailbox on all systems on which I have Email--I have to do
that now for a couple, and it's a pain.  It's a lot more reasonable to have
a single Email drop, and be able to talk to people on other networks that
they like and use (or don't like and have to use.)  My current client runs
a Novell network with a UUCP gateway; the people in my group weren't aware
of this, and had been effectively cut off from Email communication while at
work.  They went crazy when I demonstrated bidirectional Email from their
workstations to an internet machine.

What we *do* have to work on is getting the rates for Email to be fair and
affordable...

		Dave Ihnat
		ignatz@homebru.chi.il.us (preferred return address)
		ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us