[arachne] Re: Pop3 mail from directory
- From: "Sam Ewalt" <ewalt@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:08:04 -0500 (EST)
Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
Seems to me that the whole point of Arachne was to access the internet
without Windows on a DOS computer. Which you can still do if you really
want to.
There is not much point to anti-virus protection in DOS. Why bother?
I ran Arachne for fifteen years without anti-virus protection without
problem. My usage declined steadily over the years but I was still
using Arachne for occasional email as late as last year because it still
worked for text email and was secure.
I think I would still be using Arachne and my old DOS computer for
entertainment value if not for a hard drive failure. I manage a mailing
list of around five hundred names for a club and it tickled me to tell
people that I did it in DOS.
However, Arachne had long since become next to useless for web browsing
unless you liked to tinker and rewrite websites as a hobby.
I do miss Arachne and the old Arachne mob, but that ship sailed for
new lands long ago.
My best to all,
Sam Ewalt
On Sun, November 27, 2011 7:14 pm, Michael Hildenbrand wrote:
> I am amazed that anyone can use Arachne now. Can it be run from
> Windows? From a dos prompt within windows? What about anti-virus
> protection?
>
> Michael
>
> At 07:35 AM 11/27/2011 -0600, you wrote:
>>Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>>
>> How can I use Arachne to download incoming email from a directory
>> rather
>> than pop3 server? Can this also be done for smtp to
>>send mail to a directory?
>>
>> Cal
>>
>>
>> Arachne at FreeLists
>>-- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --
>
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