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From: DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How do I get email/news to a PC?
Message-ID: <90364.102751DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu>
Date: 30 Dec 90 15:27:51 GMT
References: <1990Dec30.022715.14429@inel.gov>
Organization: Youngstown State University VM system (YSUB)
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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
   dial-in BBS, supports usenet news, e-mail (with aliases), multiple
   users (i.e. Helen, Doug, Kent, and DougJr).  The MSDOS version is
   shareware, registration is $30.  Waffle is discussed in alt.bbs.waffle.
   I'm going to be setting up a Waffle system shortly.  If you can FTP,
   you can retrieve it from /mirrors/msdos/bbs/waf163.zip at wuarchive.
   wustl.edu.  V 1.64 is due real soon.  A Unix version is also available.
2. FSUUCP/FSBBS - FSUUCP is a single-user UUCP node.  It supports
   e-mail and usenet news.  FSBBS is a bulletin-board system that will
   probably give Waffle serious competition, and I expect it will add
   better support for multiple users and e-mail aliases.  I've only browsed
   the docs for FSUUCP, and I believe FSBBS is still in late beta test
   stage.  FSUUCP can be retrieved from wuarchive, as well (I believe
   it's in /mirrors/msdos/uucp, but I'm not sure).  FSUUCP and FSBBS are
   shareware, discussion follows in alt.bbs.

3. UUPC - this is either PD or freeware (copyrighted but freely distri-
   butable - maybe under GNU Copyleft ?) DOS UUCP implementation.  Source
   is available.  Usenet news-reader support is NOT implemented.  FTP
   from wuarchive.  I'm not sure if this is discussed very often (comp.
   mail.uucp ?  alt.bbs ?  I've not seen much about it).

Hope this helps - Doug
--
Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center,         doug@ysub.bitnet
Youngstown State University, Youngstown,  OH 44555  doug@ysub.ysu.edu
 "[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."
                                                Joseph Campbell