On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:15:20 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> If some ISPs don't permit their subscribers to access POP3 server by telnet,
> then how, at the low level, is a POP3 server accessed? How does Insight,
> Eudora, Outlook Express, Pine, Mutt, etc, access the POP3 (and SMTP) server?
For sending outgoing mail and for retrieving incoming mail there is no problem
with my ISP in using Insight, Mailman, NetMail DOS 2.12, SMTPOP.EXE, NetTamer,
and the Barebones DOS email system. Also, the built-in "mailto:" program that
comes with Bobcat/Lynx works just fine for sending outgoing mail. I used to
use Micro$oft Outlook on my Window$ machine, but have discontinued using it
because this software is very poorly designed, bloated, lacking in security,
and easily attacked by virri. With any Window$ email client, the mere
opening of an attachment can result in horrible consequences. Not so with
DOS email clients, because an attachment having executable code simply cannot
be "run" merely by clicking on it. Any email program that supports this kind
of behavior with attachments is very poorly designed indeed, IMHO.
Consider that this major bug has persisted for many years in the way Window$
handles email attachments. Bill Gates, with all his resources, has so far
failed to develop a patch to fix this problem. He obviously doesn't care about
what is in the best interests of the consumers who use his products.
King Michael on the other hand is sympathetic, and he listens even to the most
minor and insignificant complaints about the performance of Arachne. He always
wants to change whatever is wrong, although it might take him quite a while to
get around to squashing the very minor bugs.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
