kiravuo@hila.hut.fi (Timo Kiravuo) (02/11/91)
In article <45756@mips.mips.COM> bac@mips.COM (Bruce Clarke) writes: >I would like to setup my T1000LE so that I can keep up with my Email while >I'm on the road. I have heard bits and pieces about various products and I had the same weird idea. This is how far I have got: 1) You can just dump the incoming mail as one big file and read it, then write replays as separate files, upload them and send away. This is the simplest way, and I have used it to answer questions that have required library research. 2) The uucp-protocol is for connecting UNIX-machines to each other over serial lines and modems. There are several versions for MS-DOS machines, too, the one I have installed but not used is FSUUCP, available via anonymous FTP as pub/msdos/uucp/fsuu11r5.lzh from nic.funet.fi, most likely also from other Simtel compatible FTP sites. This shareware package includes mail and news. Installation should not be too difficult. User interface is like UNIX mail and readnews (not rn). There are also other uucp packages, like waffle. Don't know much about those. To use these you must have an uucp host and an uucp account, to which you can connect. Speak your local system admin. about this. With the uucp the host machine collects your mail and news and bathces them to one big file that you then retrieve using your uucp program. Then your local program unravels the stuff to your mail file and news directories. 3) SL/IP and POP. SL/IP is a serial line internet protocol, roughly neaning that you can run telnet and other funny TC/IP stuff over serial lines. In this case you would need: a) Post Office Protocol compliant program for the PC for reading mail. These are available from most popular FTP sites, look for something like CMU PCIP. b) Usually also a SMTP program for sending mail. Often comes with the POP package. c) A SL/IP driver for the previous programs, look for something like the clarkson TCP/IP drivers. d) A POP server that you can connect to, that uses the correct version of the POP protocol (1, 2 or 3) A POP system works with your machine calling the server, getting the mail and then sending the mail with SMTP protocol to some SMTP host, usually the same machine the serves as POP server. Note, POP does not support news, only mail. I think that the uucp would be the easiest way to go. It might very well even be already installed in your local unix host. Also it is designed just for your needs, transferring mail via serial connection to and from a remote machine. POP and SMTP are more suitable for local networks, even though they might work fine over SL/IP connection, don't know, have never tried. If you get something to work, please let us know. -- Timo Kiravuo, kiravuo@hut.fi Helsinki University of Technology, Computer Center, Finland