> For a couple of years I have had good success using Yarn (OS/2 and DOS=20
> versions) to download and process news and mail. I use filters to sort=20
> the mail into pseudo news groups, as described in the documentation. I=20
> have been using a shell account and my ISP's uqwk commands.
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> Now my ISP is abandoning shell accounts and offers Dynamic PPP instead.=
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FYI: My ISP here in Denmark even offers a PPP which includes a=20
shell, but it's more expensive than just PPP.
I am happy to see that others have already offered several solutions=20
to your problem, so I dare to ask (and answer) the question:
"Is there a life after Yarn?"
(Warning: The rest of this message could be considered not relevant=20
for Yarn-users!)
I have been quite pleased with Yarn for DOS, and used it since v0.5x
I think. I have had a shell account for appr. 5 years. After some
time I heard about "offline-readers" and studied it thoroughly. I was
among the users that persuaded my ISP to install UQWK, and I made my
own scripts for packing and sending news/mail months before the ISP
wrote some to make it available to all the shell account users.
BUT at the shell account of my ISP, web-surfing is only possible with
Lynx and text-mode. For about 6 months I have been more and more
irritated not to be able to see frames, java, "cookies", images
etc.etc., so finally I decided to convert to PPP in January. This
has NOT been without several problems and hours of work:=20
1. I had to install Windows 3.1 on my 486-25MHz-PC. Until that I=20
only used DOS-programs! (If I had alot of money I would consider=20
buying a newer machine, a Mac or a PC with linux (unix) I guess.=20
Probably NOT Windows95.
2 . A had to buy 16MB ram, SIMM 30 pin modules, costing 100$.
3. And a few more that I have probably forgotten.
I am writing this letter in Pegasus Mail v2.55 (it doesn't handle
news btw.), which I downloaded from a long list of mail clients for
Windows v3.1, 3 days ago. I am somewhat surprised to say that I am
already beginning to like this new "mail environment". You could say
I am discovering that Yarn has such a large amount of third-party
utilities because the program itself is so limited...
Things like filters, handling draft messages, choosing between many
signatures, spell checking etc. etc. are built in here.
One can illustrate the problem with the fact that Yarn (and maybe
shell account software in general) hasn't really developed since 1=BD
years ago. On the other hand, v2.55 of Pegasus was released Nov 24,
1997 and 2 weeks ago came the last update to the FAQ, what to expect
in next release etc.
It's nostalgic to say farewell to Yarn and I even get a little=20
sentimental, but cheer up! There is a life after Yarn!
Venlig hilsen (Best regards)
Henrik
| Henrik Roseno, MSc. | Markmandsgade 14, 1.th. | e-mail: hero@login.dkn=
et.dk
| Tel: (+45) 3295 0558 | 2300 Copenhagen S. | PS: It can take a few =
days,
| FAX: on request | DENMARK | before I read my e=
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