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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:48:30 GMT
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- In article <jdj91joit0l.fsf@neppari.cs.hut.fi>, Osma.Ahvenlampi@hut.fiS
- says...
- >
- >In article <4c8sgu$1vh6@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> fheitka@ibm.net (Fred
- Heitkamp) writes:
- [deleted]
- >>I was hoping there was something this easy on the Amiga. What is
- >>the problem? No defined TCP/IP interface? I mean, the Amiga has a fairly
- >>full featured OS and GUI. You'd think it would not be a problem.
- >
- >The primary reason why programs on your PC do everything themselves is
- >that they were designed for Windows 3.1, which can not multitask a
- >bit. So, if you want to do something, you must have one program that
- >handles all the aspects of the task.
- >
- You exagerate a bit. Windows 3.1 can cooperatively multitask. If you have
- enough ram it probably multitasks well enough that only folks that have
- used UNIX or Amigas would know better. Heck even Workbench doesn't multitask
- that well. Just stick a floppy in the drive and try to start something else
- by clicking on an icon.
-
- >A multitasking system, such as a UNIX platform or an Amiga, can split
- >the task into its component parts and have a specially designed
- >utility for each of the parts. This, while it may be a bit harder to
- >set up for the first time, is called modularity, and makes the system
- >as a whole much more flexible.
- >
- Yeah, but it doesn't follow that things have to be cryptic and hard to set
- up.
-
- >In the case of Voodoo, you're free to use any method of mail receiving
- >and delivery, and Voodoo won't force you to keep around or see any
- >extra stuff you are not interested in, since that's all part of the
- >underlying software designed for that task.
- >
- >That AmiPOP and InetUtils are so superior in the tasks they do
- >compared to other available programs is another thing entirely... ;)
- >
- Improvements can be made though. I wouldn't be too smug :)
-
- Fred Heitkamp
-
-