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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SMTP to WFW 3.11...
Date: 25 Dec 1996 21:07:00 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <599lre$ats@raven.eva.net>,
jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) writes:
> In article <599106$4mn@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> you wrote:
>
>: You need a TCP stack for WFW. Once you've got that, put NetBIOS on top
>: for disk & printer access (via samba) and you should be able to find an
>: email package out there that will "pop" your mail (using IP) via popper.
>
> Got the M$ TCP32B.EXE TCP/IP stack for WFW 3.11. There is another one
> sitting on simtel that I'm going to pull down and evaluate as well with
> an email package that supports SMTP/POP.
>
>: This sort of thing is a lot easier with Win95 'cos all the TCP & NetBIOS
>: on TCP stuff comes as standard. Also, M$s mailnews.exe & IE packages
>: will do the rest for you.
>
> Is mailnews.exe a WFW or strictly Win95 program? Excuse my Win
> ignorance, it was not until recently I was force fed Win sysadm duties
> in a *nix server based LAN. Until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't
> do 'doze.
Well, I'm no genius with Windows either (although for some reason, I seem
to know more than is good for me). mailnews.exe comes with the IE stuff
and is also downloadable seperately. My experience with Microsoft is that
it's best to use all or none - a mix is a pain in the ass !
As IE is available for WFW, so should mailnews.exe be - I think.
[.....]
> When is the -alias support due in? 2.2? This alone may justify me to
> get the snapshot release over the stable release if it's in there.
Yep, it's there for 2.2 and 3.0-current. I have it running quite nicely
now. Of course the next release is 2.2-RELEASE - in my experience, 2.2
has been as stable as 2.1.5 for some time.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....