Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 1995/10

From: John Baetens <jsbtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: America Online Group
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:00:24 -0400

At 09:27 PM 10/1/95 -0400, Sheridan Lewis wrote:
>I've been receiving messages to and from various personnel via my America
>Online e-mail. Is there a way to access the Klarinet Internet through the
>America Online Group Bulletin Board or other dial-in bulletin board? I truly
>enjoy reading the messages, have enjoyed the subjects discussed, would like
>to e-mail the network membership. But is there a way I can read the messages
>from a bulletin board system other than through on-line e-mail?
>
I don't see how you could do this, since Klarinet is not part of AOL, but
is part of the Internet. Furthermore, I don't understand why you would
want to access Klarinet through a bulletin board. Bulletin boards require
you to stay online longer than E-mail, which runs up your monthly bill
quite a bit on AOL. By being an E-mail mailing list, you can read and
contribute to Klarinet while offline, then post and retrieve new mail using
AOL flash sessions, which require only a very short time online.

John Baetens
ex AOL subscriber