darrell@sdsu.edu (Darrell Long) (02/27/90)
Pleave forgive me if I've posted this to the wrong group, but I don't have a PC. However, my mother just bought a 386 box and wants to run DOS on it (UNIX doesn't have all the goodies she needs to run the store). What kind of store? A motorcycle shop of course. I'd like to be able to send her e-mail, so I'm looking for software that will let her connect to one of the local UNIX boxes and exchange e-mail and perhaps news. A mail interface is also important. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. Since she's in San Diego, and I'm not, simplicity is essential. Thanks, DL
frotz@drivax.UUCP (Frotz) (02/28/90)
darrell@sdsu.edu (Darrell Long) writes:
] I'd like to be able to send her e-mail, so I'm looking for software
] that will let her connect to one of the local UNIX boxes and exchange
] e-mail and perhaps news. A mail interface is also important.
The only product (PD) that I know of is UUPC. I have the source (now
outdated by a later update to simtel20), but haven't gotten as far as
compiling it and figuring out how difficult it is to work things.
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darrell@sdsu.edu (Darrell Long) writes:
] I'd like to be able to send her e-mail, so I'm looking for software
] that will let her connect to one of the local UNIX boxes and exchange
] e-mail and perhaps news. A mail interface is also important.
Have a look at pc-mail. It lets a PC speak to a UNIX box (via UUCP or
via a networked disk). The PC software is targeted towards non-tecnical
users. Source, binaries and docs are available with anon ftp from
tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl (131.155.2.8). The following is an excerpt from
the user tutorial.
o Mail messages can be edited, printed, replied to, sent,
and received, from within the mail program.
o Messages can be created with almost every word-
processing package.
o Almost every command can be selected by pressing a sin-
gle key. There is a "help" facility that gives brief
explanations.
o You can set up an "alias" data base to avoid the use of
the usually cryptical electronic mail addresses. This
facility can also be used to implement small mailing
lists.
o There is a facility for personalized headers and signa-
tures.