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In article <dank.707871194@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov> dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Kegel) writes:
>I'm looking for a way to link the workstations of a bunch of developers
>in different cities together.  They all run MS-DOS; some use Windows, some
>use Desqview.
>Does anyone know of a TCP/IP package for the PC that knows about modems
>such that it can accept incoming dialup PPP or SLIP links, and
>(if the modem is not busy with an incoming call) start an outgoing
>PPP or SLIP session too?
>
>The eventual goal is to make the workstations feel like they're on
>a small internet for the purposes of exchanging mail and mounting
>seldom-referenced filesystems, without incurring the expense of
>a continuous or even hourly connection to a network provider.
>
>What's the closest anyone out there has come to this sort of
>transparant data sharing on a shoestring budget?
>- Dan Kegel (dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov)

I don't know about PPP or SLIP but for your particular needs, UUCP seems just
enough.  You may find real good UUCP packages in the shareware market.  One
of the best one is UUPC/extended by Drew Derbyshire.  You may find it on
sun.soe.clarkson.edu in /pub/uupc.  You may also take a look at third party
mail reader for UUPC.  There are mush and elm for DOS and EZ-Mail/CMM for
Windows.  If you want more information about CMM, you can contact me as I am
the author.

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