NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/apple2/24268

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!geac!aimed!torag!robohack!feline!gray
From: [e-mail] (Kelly Gray)
Subject: Re: GEnie gateway (was Re: Applelink gateway)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Humber College Technology Dept.
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:16:02 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
> To whom do they charge these fees?  The only answer that makes sense
> is the GEnie subscriber (i.e. the recipient of the mail message).  Do
> they get charged the $2 fee when they receive their first Internet
> E-Mail message?
>
> David Empson
>
> Internet: [e-mail]    [e-mail]
> Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

  As far as I understand it, a Genie subscriber cannot receive Internet
mail until the setup fee is paid. I suppose that this means that mail to
a Genie subscriber who has not paid the fee will bounce.

  I can't be a whole lot more definite about this though, because of
another little limitation to the Genie/Internet gateway. I've been
trying to find the gateway from my Genie account, and it turns out that
the Internet gateway is only available to US Genie subscribers. It would
be nice if Genie admin types at least mentioned this somewhere where
non-us subscribers would be expected to be looking for it :(

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<o_o>    Kelly Gray
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