> > > 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.
Really! At least 2 I know of used vaxens and at my college.
This kind is excellent for average students' needs.
> > 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.
Suggest: Better get that POP3 and PPP set up. They make vaxens more
useful. And there's Alpha based vaxens.
That's what exactly my college use right now for past few years now.
POP3 is part of PMDF standard I think.
When I was visiting my friends back at college I used POP3 to gather
in my emails including this mailing list from my hometown account.
That made PPP link so useful.
> > 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.
>
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>
Received on Fri Nov 21 1997 - 12:16:07 GMT