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> Since I don't have my NeXT connected to a network (mine is a solitary  
and
> lonely machine) I have a dial-up internet accout.  Is there any way to
> download mail files and read them in 3.0's Mail.app?  I've tried this  
with
> pine and mm mailbox files, but I get a message that "this mailbox is of  
an
> old type".  I've wriiten a script that auotmates the download process,  
but
> it's pretty useless if I can't read the files. 
> 

This reminds me of something that crossed my mind some time ago.  As more  
and more people have computers at home and more and more have modems it  
would be nice to have a program that would call somebody and send them  
e-mail.  As an address you would have a phone # as opposed to an internet  
address.  The mailed would actomagically know to use the modem to send  
that person e-mail.  It would keep trying until it got through.  The one  
drawback that I see is how to get around the need for a dedicated line.   
Is it possible to determine if a cal is voice, modem. or fax before the  
off-hook signal is sent?  If so then all the program would have to do is  
pick up the call if it was a computer, otherwise just let it ring through.   
Any thoughts on this?


-Mont

   NeXTmail OK :-)
   President CP-NUG (Cal Poly NeXT User Group, SLO)
   mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu