On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:05:24 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Eisenberger)
wrote:
> "Norman C. Leet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> There are a growing number of "Free Internet ISPs" showing up
>> in recent months, however they all seem to require Windows 95/98
>> as a pre-requisite (to support the advertising scheme, I would
>> suppose).
>> Has anyone come across a "free ISP" that can accessed via Arachne
>> from a DOS based machine?
> I am using DOS with freewwweb (U.S.A. and Canada). I signed up with
> TCI: Freewwweb 4 Linux at http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW/ .
> Standard PPP account. Clear instructions and nothing to download.
> The only problem is that you have to use a secure browser (https) to
> register. I used Lynx with SSL from the shell account at my non-free
> ISP.
The HTTPS _can_ be bypassed.
This is being sent from the account I just setup at freewwweb.
(used Arachne to do it)
Just remove the "s" from "https" and it works just fine.
The only problem I can see is that they didn't supply a DNS number.
So I'm using the DNS at cosnet.com for the moment. (works fine)
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(this eMail might be refused by the list if the address is not first
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Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
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Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
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