Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!lemson From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: How do I get email/news to a PC? Message-ID: <1990Dec30.233541.1853@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 30 Dec 90 23:35:41 GMT References: <1990Dec30.022715.14429@inel.gov> <90364.102751DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 33 Doug Sewell 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... -- David Lemson U of Illinois Computing Services Student Consultant Internet : lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu University of Illinois, Urbana