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What is PDIAL?
PDIAL is the Public Dialup Internet Access List. It is a FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) file, for those who want to know how they
may access the Email and/or newsgroups on Internet via a BBS or some
other means. (Newsgroups are akin to the message bases in the
various Forums on CompuServe.)
I did not write this file; it is posted on Internet, and any credit
(and any questions or comments) should be addressed to the author of
this file. His Net address, and his CIS ID number, are included in
PDIAL.TXT.
At this writing (11/92), CompuServe, America On-Line, and various
Email services offer inter-service Email access via the Internet "gateway".
Prodigy is set to offer the same service shortly. Newsgroup access,
however, is not in the cards for any of these services at this time.
Internet is, of course, much more than either Email or newsgroups. Another
file should be available in this area, probably under the filename
NETFAQ.ZIP, which goes into more detail about what Internet is.