Re: GEnie gateway (was Re: Applelink gateway)

[wsgentry@ne3005.reston.ingr.com (Scott Gentry)]

andy@vistachrome.com (Andrew Finkenstadt) writes:

>>uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd) writes:
>>>I think that GEnie's charging money for the Internet mail is insane!  It's
>>>_free_ on America Online.  Some way to compete, GEnie.  Way to go.

>AOL -used- to be connected via UUCP.  Now (and for some months now)
>they have a SCO machine running some measure of internetworkable 
>software which can be pinged and telnetted to just fine.
>AOL charges by the hour for all connection time, except those in
>free areas.  I can assure you that mail is NOT free on AOL.

Save connect time, it's free.  There is no per-byte charge.


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