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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: 9 Jan 1996 11:57:05 GMT
- Organization: Home Site
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- In article <4crtrb$6cq@server.icon-stl.net>, fineberg@icon-stl.net says...
- >
- > As a prelude, I'd like to say that I am an internet service
- >provider and haven't use amiga's heavily (except for amitcp/napsaterm)
- >
- [deleted]
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- I agree for the most part.
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- > The basic configuration is something that allows a user to just
- >click, possibly enter any or all of a user name, password and phone
- >number once (or choose from sets of them). Something that allows the
- >user to receive and send mail (which itself can be replied to).
- >Something that allows the user to read news, and post (the posts
- >need to be repliable as well). And finally a web browser. That's
- >it and most people are happy after that.
- >
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- Yes. Yes.
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- [requirement deleted]
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- > The developer of the library could ask for a shareware fee, and
- >any client written to use it would be able to charge their own fee.
- >Maybe it could be purchasable as part of the tcp/ip stacks available.
- >Anyway, if the library existed, writing the clients to use it should
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- Perhaps some of the folks writing competing internet apps for the Amiga
- could get together and sell a combined dialer, email, news, browser, and
- stack suite with easy with easy installation and charge a modest shareware
- fee, say $50. Now, if you buy all the apps separate, it is a chunk-O-change.
-
- I noticed that the commercial AmiTCP is $119.00!! That does not promote
- using Amigas on the net, especially, with no apps to speak of included.
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- Fred Heitkamp
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