On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 03:46:58 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> I can use Arachne InSight and other DOS-based email clients to access my
> free email accounts at http://www.subdimension.com and at
> http://www.telebot.com. With Arachne InSight and also with other various
> DOS email clients, I can both send and receive email through these accounts.
> These web-sites claim that they require "authenticated SMTP", whatever that
> is. Would these just be false claims?
> Regards,
> Sam Heywood
> Sam,
> Are you sure you're using Insight or other email client and not the WWW
> interface? What other DOS-based email clients do you use? WWW-based email
> bypasses SMTP completely.
I have used InSight to access both of the accounts named above. Also I
have used the Barebones DOS email system to access both. I normally use
PC-PINE, version 3.91 for DOS, to access my email account at
http://www.subdimension.com. I have used also the www interface to access
both accounts.
> By the way, does the References: line have any effect?
I don't understand this question. Please clarify.
> By the way (again), I have successfully DISKCOPYed 720 KB diskettes with 1.44
MB
> drive,
OK, I know it can be done and I have done so myself. It is my contention
that when diskcopied with a 720K floppy drive, the data is retained better.
Such has been my experience.
> and have successfully DISKCOPYed 360 KB diskettes with 1.2 MB drive. If
> you have drive A = 1.2 MB and B = 1.44 MB, you can format lower-capacity
> diskettes by
> FORMAT A: /4 or FORMAT A: /f:360
I have done this also on several different machines, but I have never been
able to get a floppy disk formatted in this manner to function at all in
a 360K drive.
> FORMAT B: /f:720
I also have done this and it works; however, based on experience, I believe
that a 720K drive will produce a more accurate format and the data will be
retained longer.
> In Linux/Unix, you can use dd to copy diskette image to a file on the hard
drive
> and copy that image back to another diskette.
Very interesting. Great feature! I have no experience with Linux and very
little experience with Unix.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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