Why don't ISPs offer shell anymore?

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From: Rick Ellis
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <frantic-ya02408000R1201970106500001@news.primenet.com>,
david s. broudy <frantic@snip-to-email.primenet.com> wrote:
>In article <5b96t8$k3m$1@philippi.alphalink.com>, ellis@ftel.net (Rick
>Ellis) wrote:
>
>- In article <frantic-ya02408000R1101971202130001@news.primenet.com>,
>- david s. broudy <frantic@snip-to-email.primenet.com> wrote:
>- 
>- >Well, unless there's another way of doing it, that means finding a system
>- >that has Eudora for example, then messing with the settings to get it
>- >pointed in the right direction.
>- 
>- Ok, it understand your concern more now.  I didn't realize you meant you'd
>- be using someone else's machine.
>
>Oh good, a flamewar stopped in its tracks ;)

Well, we got into this by talking about why many ISPs don't offer shell
access.  I can tell you that while we do provide shell logins here almost
nobody uses them.  Don't know why but that's how it has been going
lately.

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From: ellis@ftel.net (Rick Ellis)
Subject: Why don't ISPs offer shell anymore?
Date: 1997/01/12
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