[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Original-Subject: Why I dont like insight-type mailers
>
> I am surprised not to be able to find POP/SMTP mail transports
> for dos that will send or receive mail messages in a single file.
I'm not sure why anyone should be surprised, unless they have some
pre-conceived notion of how these programs ought to work.
> found the wattcp program, popdump -- which dumps all the messages
> on your mail server to one file (in a sumwhat funky format, e.g.,
> ``Getting Message #4). Now if I can find a program that sends
> like that, Im set.
I currently use two DOS mail (and news) transport programs, uka_ppp
(wattcp) and Yan (KA9Q). The former (x_mail.exe) places downloaded
mail in single messages (m????.msg) in the spool directory, which
can be converted quite easily to a single file (unix mailbox format),
if required. The latter places downloaded messages in a single unix
mailbox. To send mail, both programs look for single messages (one
or two) in the outgoing spool directory. KA9Q uses the standard
.TXT/.WRK format for outgoing mail.
> The popular mail transports like smtpop12, again transfer files,
> one file per message (in pegasus ``glue'' format no less).
Another widely-used format (which I don't use).
> Any tips? There is supposed to be a wattcp mail transport that
> meets my desires.
Keep looking, but I've never seen a mailer (DOS or Linux) that
sends different messages in a single file.
Howard Eisenberger
Ottawa, Canada
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DOS TCP/IP * <URL:http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/dosppp.html>
