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  1. Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:1958 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:2058 comp.os.msdos.apps:4320 comp.os.msdos.misc:4711 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:11489
  2. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!umeecs!eecs.umich.edu!ayman
  4. From: ayman@eecs.umich.edu (Ayman I. Kayssi)
  5. Subject: Re: POP client for DOS and/or Windows?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.134545.14786@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
  7. Lines: 15
  8. Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
  9. Organization: ACAL, EECS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  10. References: <Don.Rainwater-060892112022@ucrain.san.uc.edu> <jdsurlow.15.713635644@uci.edu> <Bsy2DI.n4r@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
  11. Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:45:45 GMT
  12.  
  13. ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
  14. >
  15. >There is also something that they are testing here, but I don't
  16. >think it will be released to the general public. It runs on top
  17. >of the FTP PC/TCP transport layer and will therefore never be pub-
  18. >lic domain.
  19.  
  20. The PC/TCP kernel requirement does not mean that you can't place an
  21. application in the public domain. Several free TCP/IP applications use
  22. (or can use) the FTP Software kernel, and these include NUPOP, Archie, 
  23. WAIS, and lately Trumpet. 
  24. --
  25. Ayman I. Kayssi                               |    ayman@eecs.umich.edu
  26. EECS Department                               +------------------------
  27. University of Michigan                        |          (313) 764-8033
  28.