[comp.sys.mac.comm] Internet <-> America Online

waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) (03/19/91)

1st Question:

That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an
account on America Online???  Is it possible??

2nd Question:

Has anyone heard of a program called Reflection for the macintosh?  It appears
to be capable of emulating a VT-220 and logging into a VAX on ethernet.  I know
there is a PC version.

Thanks for any info!

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starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) (03/20/91)

waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) writes:

> That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an
> account on America Online???  Is it possible??

Currently there is no gateway between the Internet and America Online. 
However, there are indications that this may change in the future. Only 
time will tell.

John

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wjb@tantalum.eds.com (Bill Biesty) (03/20/91)

In article <2888@sparko.gwu.edu> waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) writes:
->
->1st Question:
->
->That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an
->account on America Online???  Is it possible??
->
->-- 
->Timothy A. Waire, Jr. (Whitegold)           Executive Office of the President
->INTERNET: waire@seas.gwu.edu                Office of Management & Budget 
->The George Washington University            Wash., D.C.  20503
->Electrical Engineering & Computer Science   Voice: 2023954922   Fax: 2023953910

Nada.  I asked about this recently.  Steve, the president of the company
(you can send him mail on AOL to "Steve") said they were considering adding
it as a feature in the future.

Bill

koehn@vms.macc.wisc.edu (03/20/91)

In article <2888@sparko.gwu.edu>, waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A. Waire Jr.) writes...
>That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an

I too am interested in Internet to AOL mail. If anyone finds anything out, 
please let me know!

Brad Koehn
Brad_medil@media.medsch.wisc.edu
UW-Madison
Dept of Medical Illustration

gousha@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Gousha) (03/23/91)

>Has anyone heard of a program called Reflection for the macintosh?  It appears
>to be capable of emulating a VT-220 and logging into a VAX on ethernet.  I know
>there is a PC version.

>Thanks for any info!

>Timothy A. Waire, Jr. (Whitegold) 

Reflection is a series of programs for specific terminal emulation types.
From the sounds of your post, they have one out for the vt-220.

I'm most familiar with their Mac and PC versions that emulate HP2393 and
HP2621/23/27 terminals, since the college I used to go to had a number
of HP3000 minicomputers with Macs and PC's as terminals.

They do make good emulators, by the way.

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johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson) (03/23/91)

wjb@tantalum.eds.com (Bill Biesty) writes:

>In article <2888@sparko.gwu.edu> waire@seas.gwu.edu (Timothy A Waire) writes:
>->That title sorta says it, anyway, how does one send e-mail to someone with an
>->account on America Online???  Is it possible??
>
>Nada.  I asked about this recently.  Steve, the president of the company
>(you can send him mail on AOL to "Steve") said they were considering adding
>it as a feature in the future.

I wrote a note I wrote to the people at America Online and their response was
basically that though they are "looking into the possibility", "America Online
currently has no plans to offer" an AOL<->Internet gateway.


Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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