That is what I thought.
  But got confused when someone said they use telnet to check there 
mail.  ( What they must have meant was they use telnet to get into the 
server, and then use a server-side program to check there mail ).  I've 
never used Pine, but everyone I know who has speaks worlds of it.

  I haven't used telnet in years either.

At 04:43 PM 10/14/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >   Just so I understand.
> >
> >   Telnet is a protocol and Pine is the mail reader program, correct?
> >
>Yep....
>
>Telnet is a part of TCP/IP and Pine is a mail reader for Unix/Linux that's
>been around almost as long as the ark!
>
>Stephen
>
>
>
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