Re: Mail access to CompuServe

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From: Evan Leibovitch
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 02:48

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In article <KARL.89Jul16151027@dinosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@dinosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:

>The reason is that "inet" was being used originally, but was found to
>conflict with (I believe; memory is slightly fuzzy here) an entity
>called INET with which CompuServe does business.  Hence the change.
>Both are accepted for the time being; "inet" is heading for defunctitude.

There is an entity in Canada called iNet which is offered by Telecom Canada,
the Great White North's answer to Tymnet. Here, iNet is offered as a menu-based
service for connecting to assorted consumer databases via X.25. I believe
Compuserve uses iNet to facilitate access from Canada.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!telly!evan
From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Mail access to CompuServe
Message-ID: <616819733.15336@telly.on.ca>
Date: 19 Jul 89 02:48:52 GMT
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