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- From: kjelli@hstud6.cs.uit.no (Kjell Irgens)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 22:13:04 GMT
- Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
- Message-ID: <4foe1g$4gc@news.uit.no>
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- In article <4fkv8l$6dg@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
- fheitka@ibm.net (Fred Heitkamp) writes:
- >: >: Like Thor does it, using a correct From: header.
- >: >
- >:
- >: QBlue's interface? Or the Thor interface you haven't seen for years?
- >:
- >: >If you update it to suport real-time NNTP feed, and of course a standard
- >: >ewsrc, and add unix-style mailboxes and SMTP (and of course the option to
- >: >add a rely-to: line in the header if you haven't already) and I'd be more
- >: >than happy to look into it again.
- >:
- >: You can add Reply-to: if you wish, even though it is meaningless. THOR works
- >: with mailboxes. Thor works with SMTP. Thor works with InetUtils if you want.
- >: Look at it again.
- >
- >I just downloaded thor and gave it a wack. Spent 20 minutes and it seems
- >pretty confusing to me. I've configured PC's running Windows 3.1, OS/2
- >Warp, and Linux with virtually no trouble.
-
- We are working on making it easier for first time users to understand the
- program and configuration.
-
- >I think I almost had it going though. It would ask for "socket.library"
- >every time I tried to connect to a server. I believe the Amitcp socket
- >library is called bsdsocket.library.
-
- OK, the TCP module for Thor is programmed for AS225/Inet225 and not AmiTCP. If
- you want to make it work with amitcp, you need the socket.library emulation.
- It can be found on hstud6.cs.uit.no, in the pub/thor directory.
-
- >Maybe thor would be better if it started out asking for the system type
- >first and walked you through from their. For example: ask if you want to
- >configure using Amitcp or UUCP. You pick Amitcp. Then ask for servers,
- >user names etc.
-
- Yes, we will do something here...
-
- >Thor appears to assume the average Joe is familiar with the terminology
- >like the author.
-
- Whenever you don't understand something, you can press the HELP button to get
- it explained.
-
- >fheitka@ibm.net
-
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