Yarn -> SOUP, but the problem of converting SOUP -> Unix mail hasn't
been addressed here yet, right?
> > Is there some reason you can't open the file directly in your editor,
> > search for what you want, and paste the post wherever you want it?
>
> I'm sure an editor can, but sometimes, I just start scanning the subject
> lines of a clipping file.
I don't understand. If you find what you want, aren't you going to have to
use an editor to extract it? It seems that using an editor directly
would save a step.
> Right now I do email via pine from a telnet session to my ISP. That
> probably won't change, though I will have to find a Linux telnet that
> autostarts Zmodem, a GUI ftp tool would be handy as well (particularly
> if I can't find an autostarting Zmodem telnet client - like NetTerm
> for Windows). A nice GUI type ftp client for windows is CuteFTP.
I'm confused. You mean you're telneting from Windows and running Pine
on your machine?
Under Linux, the normal procedure is to use sendmail (or one of the
other mail handlers). I use sendmail, fetchmail
(http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/), and procmail (incoming
filter) to handle mail. Fetchmail can run as a daemon, automatically
fetching mail at intervals, or it can be run manually from the
command line.
I prefer not to use GUI programs (I detest mice), so I often use
Midnight Commander to ftp. Midnight Commander (mc) is a free clone of
Norton Commander for *nix with some additional features, including ftp.
It allows navigating the ftp site just as if it were a local disk.
It's especially handy for folks who are familiar with Norton Commander.
BTW, I beieve CuteFTP uses Radiate's spyware which gathers statistics
on program usage (even when you're offline) and uploads them silently
to Radiate the next time you're online. Steve Gibson has a good
writeup on Radiate and a program (OptOut) that will remove the spyware
(which uninstalling CuteFTP will not do).
http://www.grc.com
-rex