peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (07/10/89)
Let's say I have a friend in Australia, who wants to engage in electronic mail with me. Let's say, further, that this person is not on Usenet and can't get on Usenet. What sort of E-mail systems are available in Australia, and what commercial networks in the US are they gatewayed to? I've been told that there is a gateway between Midas in Australia and AT&T mail in the US, but that's all I know of. I'd rather not go with AT&T mail here because I don't have my own site... and the non-uucp interface to AT&T mail seems rather primitive. Is this a real gateway, or is it just a packet network that lets you call AT&T Mail from Australia a little more cheaply... this obviously won't do. The AT&T Mail people I spoke to were kind of uncertain, and MCI also mentioned Midas but referred to it purely as this kind of system. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "try out a seldom-used feature Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | of C -- the ``comment''." Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | -- David Gelhar.