Hi Lionel,
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:41:47 +0100GMT (07/01/2000, 02:41 +0800GMT),
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
LEM>>> You can telnet to the POP server and send the POP commands "by
LEM>>> hand" ;-) Like that:
TF>> [...]
TF>> I see they have improved - you couldn't do that "back then". :-)
LEM> No, that's what your POP client does. As soon as you have a POP server
LEM> and account, you can telnet (on the port 110) of the POP server, and
LEM> the server will not make any difference between you and your POP
LEM> client. Try it with your current ISP's POP account.
I'm not talking about POP mail. I was referring to "all the otehr
stuff" you could do on the server. You know, the menu-driven
text-based access to about everything cserve had to offer.
LEM>>> The "pure text" access seems to be, at least commercially,
LEM>>> dropped now.
TF>> Even many "normal" ISP's won't let you work on the unix any more. When
TF>> I telnet into my Thai account, it will automatically start pine, and
TF>> quitting pine will automatically log you off. On ibm.net, "connection
TF>> refused" is the mantra. So Cserve is in line with the overall trend.
TF>> :-(
LEM> I tested it, and it still works flawlessly, though.
??? I don't get it: above you say it has been dropped, and here you
say it works.
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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