Travis (nice to see some sign from you !) - I do have my own POP3 (DOS) "client"[*], and did use others before for which access to their mail archives wouldn't be much of a problem for, say, Net$crape mail or Pegasus for Win$.
The task I'd like to tackle is (back-and-forth) compatibility with Linux based mail handlers. (See separate longish post...) What irritates me most is the lack of transparency for basic (file) setups and formats - which I'd expect with M$ gear - even with the Linux stuff. After all, treating with POP3 servers is quite simple and straightforward, and you could do that even with Telnet and the hardly handful of pertinent commands. And if it wasn't for one specific mailing list (with lots of pixel and audio stuff which the simple DOS machine wouldn't be able to digest) I wouldn't ever think of doing mail other than with plain, fast text and in DOS. Though there's this other aspect of long(er)-term accessibility of archives. // Heimo Claasen // <hammer at revobild dot net> // Brussels 2003-11-06 The WebPlace of ReRead - and much to read ==> http://www.revobild.net ----- [*] Which is alive and kicking - just putting up a slightly improved AUTOPOP4 script for NETBASic, it's to replace the first version with the same URL mentioned in the announcement a good week ago. -hc To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
