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 Paul> == Paul Andrews <mpa@zoo.bt.co.uk> 

 Paul> Does anyone know if it is possible to send/receive mail between
 Paul> users of usenet/ internet and users of CIX?

USENET doesn't have mail, just newsgroups.  If you meant UUCP, yes.

Since the CIX is part of the IP-connected Internet[*], it's certainly
possible to send mail from Internet sites to CIX-member-network sites.

EFF is on Alternet; Alternet is a CIX member; I get email from non-CIX
network sites all the time (too much, sometimes ;-).

IMHO, the CIX is the "real" Internet and the sections that have
Acceptable Use Policies, though they're sometimes faster, are by their
very nature "unreal" since they're not all-encompassing.

[*] Well, mostly.  Some parts of the CIX member networks are not
directly reachable from networks that need to traverse the NSFNET.  Long
story.

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