[2686] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Portal?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charlotte Mooers)
Fri Apr 17 10:13:38 1992
From: Charlotte Mooers <mooers@NNSC.NSF.NET>
To: Genevieve Engel <GENOL@UCCMVSA.BITNET>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, mooers@NNSC.NSF.NET
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 16 Apr 92 22:25:43 -0800.
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 10:11:00 -0400
Portal is not new. It is listed on page 606 of John S. Quarterman's
book "The Matrix".
Portal is also in the WHOIS database at nic.ddn.mil, which can be
accessed by anonymous TELNET (one of the fairly uncommon anonymous
TELNET services).
> whois portal-dom
Portal Communications Company (PORTAL-DOM)
20863 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Suite 200
Cupertino, CA 95014
Domain Name: PORTAL.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Little, John (JL115) jel@CORP.PORTAL.COM
(408) 973-9111
Record last updated on 07-Jan-92.
Domain servers in listed order:
NOVA.UNIX.PORTAL.COM 192.83.245.2
FERNWOOD.MPK.CA.US 130.93.1.2
UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.COM 16.1.0.18
UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.COM 16.1.0.19
To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 22:25:43 PST
> From: Genevieve Engel <GENOL%UCCMVSA.BITNET@lists.psi.com>
> Subject: Portal?
> Does anybody know what/where Portal is? It's apparently some kind of
> general-user Internet access provider along the lines of Well or
> World or Netcom, but that's all I have heard. If you have contact
> information for Portal please send it along to me.
> Thanks,
> Genny Engel
> MELVYL System User Services
> University of California
> genol@uccmvsa.bitnet
> gen@magnum.ucop.edu
---Charlotte Mooers
NNSC User Services
