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Grex Info Item 202: Mail, Finger, and usenet questions.
Entered by peacefrg on Fri Jan 27 02:43:41 UTC 1995:

Is there a way to view and respond to my mail here from another freenet?
I have another internet provider that runs at 28.baud and it would
be faster to read and respond from there. Also, why doesn't grex have
internet wide finger? Or am I just doing it wrong.

!finger jedel@sunny.ncmc.cc.mi.us?

And, how do I post to usenet news through e-mail?
I tried an address that I got off of an earlier info posting
but it didn't work.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by popcorn on Fri Jan 27 03:00:25 1995:

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#2 of 5 by popcorn on Fri Jan 27 03:01:53 1995:

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#3 of 5 by srw on Fri Jan 27 08:06:58 1995:

It's not uncommon for hosts to run without finger daemon.
Finger requests to that host will be rejected in that case.

#4 of 5 by robh on Fri Jan 27 14:46:05 1995:

For Usenet posting by mail, send it to

        group.name.usenet@decwrl.dec.com

For instance, my last post was mailed to:

        alt.tv.x-files.usenet@decwrl.dec.com

It took a few dyas to show up at the U of M Engineering
public server.

#5 of 5 by cicero on Fri Jan 27 15:14:53 1995:

I suppose that someone should point out here just for the benefit of
newer users, that when the new internet access policy gets implemented
then internet-wide finger will be available to all.  It is just a 
question of staff time right now.

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