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davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) wrote: 

> My questions is, since Prodigy and AOL offer news service as well as
> mail, why was anyone using the mail to news gateway in the first
> place?

Already answered several times, but the threads are long and fraying now,
so here is the info again: 

1) To send a cross-post: AOL does not support cross-posting; UT did (and
the cross-posts were legitimate: a notice about an RFD on a new group
which was sent to 5 groups whose discussions related to the topic to be
discussed in the new group). This cross-post was later sent by someone
else. 

2) To send a test message sent for a friend who could not access a certain
small alt.* group through his ISP, to see if he could access it through
UT. He simply wanted to post there (at a one-day "virtual party"), not
necessarily read the group. 

catherine yronwode