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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:19:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Gary Welles <gary AT wellesway DOT com>
To: OpenDos <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Networks
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Jame Clay wrote:

>    Since that's already in place, including being connected as part of the
> internet;  I'm not sure what your point is...

A network having a gateway to the Internet, as Fidonet does, does
not make it part of the Internet.  I assume Fidonet users can
exchange messages without those messages traversing the Internet,
or at least not as Internet mail (SMTP).

Consider X.400 as a more expensive alternative.  MCI Mail has
been decommissioned, but the other carriers remain and the X.400
details are valid:

     X.400 - The Better Internet
     http://www.oppenheimer-software.com/x400.html

Also, I'd expect e-mail with mobile devices like phones and
pagers are private message systems with Internet gateways.

-- Gary