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  1. Path: hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!adastra!mbs
  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
  3. From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
  4. Subject: Re: Wanted Amiga internet software
  5. References: <james4-1901961925250001@pslip175b.egr-ri.ids.net> <4e92pe$qn9@guava.epix.net> <915.6602T1087T13@icenet.no>
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  11. Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96 18:41:19 EDT
  12. Organization: Only if you insist...
  13.  
  14. In article <915.6602T1087T13@icenet.no> pettern@icenet.no (Petter Nilsen) writes:
  15. > In article <4e92pe$qn9@guava.epix.net>, wnear@epix.net (William Near) wrote:
  16. > > Get these:
  17. > > comm/mail/ADMail.lha     (Email client)
  18. > > comm/mail/metamail-2.3a.lha  (send/receive MIME compliant
  19. > > comm/net/AmiPOP118.lha     (POP3 mail client)
  20. > > comm/tcp/AmiTCP-demo-40.lha  (TCP/IP protocol stack)
  21. > > comm/tcp/IU-14-amitcp.lha     (many useful/required files)
  22. > > comm/news/tin130gamma.lha     (Newsgroup/USENET client)
  23. >
  24. > ..or replace all of these with:
  25. >
  26. > comm/mail/thor222_main.lha
  27. > comm/mail/thor222_inet.lha
  28.  
  29. Really? You've started including a TCP/IP stack in there too? Wow.
  30.  
  31. Each application meets a different set of needs. I personally would
  32. recommend buying the Surfer package or I-Net 225 or the commercial
  33. INetUtils. We all have our biases, don't we?
  34. --
  35.   //   Michael B. Smith
  36. \X/    mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us
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