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- From: mike@larry.utah.com (Mike Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 08:08:33 -0800
- Organization: Stick on a String, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4faiq1$2in@larry.utah.com>
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- X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0]
-
- Also sprach CS Wagner:
- : >: Thor is not ideal for 68000 users no. But face it, isn't it time to
- : >: upgrade now? I haven't seen a 68000 Amiga for years.
- :
- : >Well, you have now. Upgrade? I'd love to. Someone want to send me an '030
- : >card for free? Problem is, as a college student I have to make choices:
- : >rent or '030?
- :
- : Reminds me of 386 users complaining that Doom is too jumpy. Also reminds me of
- : college students who spend $400 on beer every week and complain that they are
- : broke. I'm not saying you drink, but I have never known anyone who couldn't
- : save money, just people who didn't choose to.
-
- This is true; I suppose I could forgo reg fees for one quarter and use
- the money to buy an accelerator... If I really, really wanted to, I
- could eat Top Ramen 14 times a week instead of 7, and probably have saved
- enough for a used '030 board in, oh, a few months. Never fear, however,
- because graduation is near... :-)
-
- I'm not complaining, by the way. On the contrary, I realize my machine is
- a dinosaur by computer standards, and am quite pleasantly surprised that
- it can keep up with the current machines of today as well as it can.
-
- : If I had my own personal internet server hooked directly into the internet, I
- : would probably stop using THOR. The NORMAL user is accessing a server through
- : a PPP account at an average of 14.4kb. Now, you are saying TIN will be faster
- : in that situation? I can't see why Kjell should write THOR just for you and
- : ignore the populous. I personally would like my email and news delivered by
- : strippers with breakfast every morning, but I know how to be reasonable.
-
- And there you have it. I am, by the way, a "normal" user, who has "only"
- a 14.4k connection to the net. I just happen to have a Linux box as well
- as an Amiga.
-
- I'm not saying that Kjell should write a version of THOR just for me, or
- for the others in my situation (I'm sure I'm not the only one who needs a
- good online Amiga reader). I meerly took issue with his posts that Thor
- was the bee-all end-all newsreader/mailreader for all occasions, so I
- pointed out that my situation is better suited to other readers.
-
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