Re: Life without shell accounts? Help.
From: Anssi Saari (as@cs.tut.fi)
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 00:17:01 +0200
In article <hXI90YI7xtSM091yn@cpcug.org>,
rronkin@cpcug.org (R. R. Ronkin) wrote:
:>For a couple of years I have had good success using Yarn (OS/2 and DOS
:>versions) to download and process news and mail. I use filters to sort
:>the mail into pseudo news groups, as described in the documentation. I
:>have been using a shell account and my ISP's uqwk commands.
Other people have suggested other programs, but if you wish to stay
with uqwk, it's available for OS/2 on Hobbes.
:>Other ISPs rarely offer shell accounts, and I am now asking you whether
:>it is possible to use Yarn without one...
Of course.
:>...and just how.
The only thing that changes is how you get a Soup package to your
machine (and out of it). If you move to OS/2 uqwk, this should be very
easy.
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Anssi Saari - as@cs.tut.fi