Hello:

I am revisiting the beginning of an old thread, and I have taken the liberty
to change the subject line of the original post to which I am replying.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 12:08:37 +0100 (CET), Richard Menedetter wrote:

> Hi

> "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

<snip>

> SH> "Note that as of version 4.00, PC-Pine is only available for
> SH> Windows95, Windows98 and Windows-NT."

> SH> Does anyone know where we can get a compatible version of Pine?

> Go to http://www.washington.edu/pine/
> click on pc-pine, download the wattcp/packetdriver pine version !!

I downloaded PC Pine version 3.96 for DOS.  I installed it and later I
replied to the list:

"Works GREAT !! and I love the news (NNTP) part of it !"

I was reading and posting news while logged on to the IMAP server at
"Subdimension.com"

Then I recall seeing some opinions posted saying that this activity had
nothing to do with IMAP servers because I was using the news server that
is supported by my own ISP, "news.shentel.net"

Yet I still feel that somehow the IMAP server at Subdimension.com was
somehow managing the way I was dealing with newsgroups.  In the manner
of IMAP, I was manipulating the newsgroup posts while they were still on
the server.  I could read the headers and selectively tag the posts for
download or deletion, or I could view the posts while they were still
on the server.  If I were to use a POP3 client and newsgroup getter
such as Net-Tamer, I would log on to my own ISP and Net-Tamer would go
fetch all the newsgroup posts and download everything to my hard drive.
No way of manipulating the messages while they are still on the server
in this case.  When I log on to the IMAP server at Subdimension.com with
PC-PINE everything is handled differently with regard to managing newsgroup
postings.

Therefore, I disagree with the opinion that the IMAP server at
Subdimension.com has absolutely nothing to do with the way I was dealing
with newsgroups.

If anyone should like to discuss this matter, please respond in private
because this subject has drifted way off topic.

All the best

Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client

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