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- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!rryan
- From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
- Subject: Re: Compu$erve and WIN3-L
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.042823.24357@panix.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:28:23 GMT
- References: <921222154831459-MTABWIDENER*William.C.Boyd@cyber.Widener.EDU>
- Organization: Panix, NYC
- Lines: 27
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- In <921222154831459-MTABWIDENER*William.C.Boyd@cyber.Widener.EDU> William.C.Boyd@CYBER.WIDENER.EDU writes:
-
- > Is it possible to subscribe to this list through compuserve? I assume
- >that since you can email through the internet to compuserve it should be
- >possible, but I'd like to verify it first. Secondly, are FTP and TELNET
- >available through Compuserve? Thanks in advance.
-
- You can subscribe to a list through Compu$erve, though it may not be cost
- effective since Compu$erve charges for reading mail from Internet beyond
- the $8 or $9 monthly allocation. Usually, most of us don't get close to
- exceeding our Compu$erve monthly mail allocations (upto which mail is free
- and beyond which mail is expensive), but given the volume of a list like
- this, if you read a lot, you may end up paying a lot. (Incidentally,
- Compu$erve only charges you for what you read, not what you receive, so
- judicious reading might be feasible, but I doubt it.)
-
- You cannot FTP or Telnet from Compu$erve. You can telnet to Compu$erve
- (using hermes, I think), but I've heard it is expensive, but don't remember
- the details.
-
- If you're asking if you can use your Compu$erve account as an Internet/Bitnet
- account, the answer is no. They do provide a mail service (at a cost beyond
- a certain point) and the ability to telnet to Compu$erve, but that's it.
-
- --
- Rob Ryan
- rryan@panix.com
-