[arachne] Re: Arachne for Linux...

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On Wed, 28 May 2008, Glenn McCorkle wrote:


That is why the Liunx builds can't do pop3, smtp nor ftp

All 3 of thos moduales are written specifically for DOS and use funtions
from wattcplg.lib

In-order to get pop3, smtp & ftp working in the Linux builds...
all 3 of those moduales will need to be completely re-written
to use Linux functions instead of the functions from wattcplg.lib
Linux distributions generally already have apps for those functionalities in place, so why not simply include hooks for externals instead of "completely re-written modules." For pop3, just call fetchmail (or filtermail and fetchmail). For ftp, use wget or curl. Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --

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