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- From: snapper@mgl.ca (Allan Purtle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:01:07 GMT
- Organization: MGL Systems Internet
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4dgi43$12j@thunder.mgl.ca>
- References: <4bu7f9$nt6@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <19951228.7655D90.13B1A@ragtime.vnet.net> <19960113.41B940.10EA1@an196.du.pipex.com> <4ddmbn$3tbc@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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- Frederick V. Heitkamp (heitkamp@ibm.net) wrote:
- : Mathew Hendry (m.hendry@dial.pipex.com) wrote:
- : : Jonathan Rhys Evans (jon@nutz.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : : : The real reason why I'm pissed off is because soo much
- : : : reliance is given upon environment variables and a UU config for so many
- : : : programs.
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- : : The UUCP reliance is arguably unnecessary (it's historical, in fact), but can
- : : you think of a better way of making settings available to _several_ programs
- : : at once than by using environment variables? With a single, integrated program
- : : (like THOR) it makes sense to encapsulate all the settings in one file, and
- : : use a prefs editor, but if you have a big bunch of separate applications for
- : : different tasks (UUCP, NNTP, POP, SMTP etc.), the cleanest way is to define
- : : global environment variables which are simple and accessible to all programs.
- : : People are scared off by setting them all up, though.
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- : Folks writing internet apps for the Amiga should use UUCP as their standard for
- : specifying setups then. How about a complete UUCP FAQ and guide directed
- : toward the AmiTCP/internet crowd with plenty of background and tutorial
- : information?
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- : : Perhaps things would be easier if someone created a nice preferences editor
- : : for all these variables. SYS:Prefs/Internet anybody? ;)
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- You get that if you buy the right TCP/IP package :)
-
- : Hey! I like that idea!
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- : Fred Heitkamp
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