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Doug Sewell <DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu> writes:

>In article <1990Dec30.022715.14429@inel.gov>, lin@sixmile.inel.gov (Linn Hower)
>says:
>>
>>  I would like to be able to receive email and possibly some news on
>>my home computer.  I would greatly appreciate anyone's opinions/experiences/
>>suggestions as to how to do this.  Is there uucp available for PC's?  Will
>>it run unattended?  Are there other transport agents available?  And what
>>about email agents and user interfaces?
>>
>You have (at least) three options under MSDOS:
>1. Waffle - this program can function as a single-user UUCP node, a
>2. FSUUCP/FSBBS - FSUUCP is a single-user UUCP node.  It supports
>3. UUPC - this is either PD or freeware (copyrighted but freely distri-
>Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center,         doug@ysub.bitnet
Let me add one more way: SLIP.  Serial Line Internet Protocol.  SLIP
is available for BSD Unix systems and Cisco routers.  You can use
either FTP Software's implementation of SLIP or a KA9Q derivative to
create, effectively, your machine as an Internet node.  (Using the
modem as the high-speed *grin* connection)
I'm currently doing this on a trial basis with G1EMM's version of
KA9Q.  You can get KA9Q as anon ftp from thumper.bellcore.com.
You'll also need access to a machine that will let you go into SLIP
mode on a dialup, whether that's a router (that's how I do it - a
Cisco router), or the actual Unix machine itself.

The beauty of SLIP is that you can do most things that a standard
Internet-connected machine can do: Telnet, FTP, FINGER, NNTP, SMTP
Mail, etc...             
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David Lemson    U of Illinois Computing Services Student Consultant
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