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From: jqj@duff.uoregon.edu (JQ Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: DOS based pop/serial client?
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Date: 1 Feb 91 18:14:40 GMT
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The Eudora POP3 client for the Mac has a very nice variant, a "serial"
version in which the package uses a serial interface to connect (typically
through a telnet client running on a terminal server or host) to the POP3
port of a POP3 server.  Thus, from a Mac that is hardwired to a serial
port on a Unix box or terminal server, the Eudora client can still
initiate a POP session.  Similarly, a Mac with a slow-speed modem can call
a dumb (no SLIP, etc.) tip and download POP mail.

Does anyone know of a POP client for MS-DOS with similar capabilities?

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JQ Johnson
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