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In article <2b370174.cae@lhn.gns.cri.nz>, mdlcpgs@lhn.gns.cri.nz writes:
|> Okay, I am in the middle of setting this up.
|> 
|> 1/ Find an internet provider. John Houlker at Waikato University
|> is probably a good start. Michael Newbury at Victoria uni. is
|> another. Both can do dial-up internet access.
|>
|> 2/ Decide whether you just need mail, need FTP too. etc. Your
|> internet provider will be able to tell you what options at what
|> cost. It will depend on where you are getting the feed too.
|> Basic options:
|>    a/ simplist option is dialup account on host machine. You will
|> have to use Kermit or similar to move stuff back to your machine.
|>    b/ Mail only requirements can be achieved with with a mailbox
|> on the host machine and either a UUCP connection or POP2/3 on
|> your local machine.

This picture isn't quite correct. UUCP can be done using this model but for
POP3 - I hope no one is proposing that we use POP2 - you will need an IP
connection - see option (c) before you can work this way.

UUCP feeds are available from NewZnet in Wellington and Auckland as well as
the sites mentioned in Duncan McEwan's posting.

|>    c/ Full connection will need dialup SLIP or PPP on your machine
|> plus a mailbox on host and some means of triggering the transfer.
|> 
|> I have found both Michael and John very helpful. What is possible for
|> you will depend on the provider too. A bewildering array of software
|> is available for the local end of things. I may be able to summerise
|> what you can do for a MSDOS machine in a few weeks and certainly give
|> some hints now if you have sorted out the provider end.
|> 	Phil