10 years and change/use it or lose it

From: Benjamin M Coakley <COAKLEY_at_AC.GRIN.EDU>
Date: Fri Nov 21 02:22:20 1997

> > You mean, there's still another educational institution that uses VAX
> > Notes as a major means of mass communication?
> >
> > What's your mailer?
>
> One thing, Notes is kind of internal "newsgroups" that you can
> subscribe while as authorized users logged on there.

I know all about it. I'm required to use it daily, both for work and for
class. I was just surprised to hear of a fellow Notes-user.

> The vax email
> program that you write and reply to is PMDF and has POP3 server as
> well.

We have no POP server here (or we do, but we have no dialup PPP service,
so it's useless unless you're connected to the network). We use Dreams as
an interface to PMDF, which has its nice features.

> Also it has newsgroups reader on there but it's too clumsy and
> hard to use.

SLRN can be compiled under VMS (at least, 0.9.0.0 could be). I find it a
lot easier to use than NEWSRDR.

-- 
Ben Coakley       http://www.math.grin.edu/~coakley       coakley_at_ac.grin.edu
Station Manager, KDIC 88.5 FM                                 CBEL: Xavier OH
It is good to rock. It is very good to rock wearing a big ass pumpkin on your
head. It is very, very good if that pumpkin is on fire.       --Jessica Stern
Received on Fri Nov 21 1997 - 02:22:20 GMT

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