From: jgifford@attmail.com Subject: my uucp/e-mail (again) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1992 19:50:44 GMT
Some of you are wondering if I now have a linux box on the internet.
Well, yes and no. yes-ish to e-mail, no to EVERYthing else.
see, attmail is a commercial e-mail service with an 800 #(toll free in US)
that provides uucp and dial-up e-mail on one number.(depends on login)
They in turn are uucp-ed to a machine they have (called internet) that gateways
to the internet, so, for me to send e-mail to someone from raskol(my 386)
then I send it to attmail!internet!host.site.dom!user. I am also
reachable from uucp(althoug I am NOT on the uucp maps)
through ...!uunet!attmail!raskol!jim(that's me) ;)
I am looking into other means of connecting to the internet, but it
will probably have to wait till I am back in school(at a REAL school that
has internet access)
I hope that this clears up any misconceptions that may exist because
of my attempts to connect. ;)
Jim Gifford
jgifford@attmail.com
jim@raskol.attmail.com