POP3 server for Cnet. Opinions?

Shaun Gamble

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97

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On Mon 10-Feb-1997 20:08 , mus...@vrb.com wrote:

AS> What do you all think? Is this a project Ray should spend time
AS> working
AS> on?

Definitely. I've had many enquiries asking for a POP3 server. I was looking at
installing something else. THis is a good move.

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Jeff German

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97

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On 10-Feb-97, Aaron Smith wrote:

> Would do you all think of mail-task having a built in POP3 server?
>With this, users on the internet with their PPP'ed machines could keep one
>email address (The our BBSes) and get mail dialed up, or from the net with
the
>number 1 used protocall. For the signin and passwd to the Cnet POP3 server
>they could use their BBS email address (or even handle if it was one word)
and
>their current BBS password. With all the servers and clients being developed
>for Cnet, it will be a great little ISP drop in package... There is a POP3
>server for Amiga that I hope to get source for to give to Ray...But I don't
>know if the author will give it up. I will know this week.

> What do you all think? Is this a project Ray should spend time

working
>on?

I think it would be better if Ray got it working for a regular BBS first
before worry about INET stuff. The mail count on the control panel is still
wrong, have to run doors:count to correct it all of the time...Lets have a
sound running bbs before worrying about INET stuff yet.

Bob Maple

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Feb 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/11/97

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On Tue 11-Feb-1997 7:53a, dave...@webex.com wrote:

d> Methinks you misunderstand. Musty's talking about fetching all of the inet
d> mail from the ISP w/ POP3 then feeding it to mail-task.

That would be a Pop3 client.

From what he described, he's talking about a Pop3 server, which is to say that
a user could come in via the internet and fetch his CNet mail via POP3 from
somewhere else if he so desired.

d> SMPTd in mail-task gets my vote.

I've said this about IRC and web servers and other things that have been
suggested here: There are plenty of SMTP daemons out there which are capable
of doing the job. I see no reason for Ray to spend lots of time writing one
just to have it say "CNet" on it when there are plenty of other things that
need to be dealt with.

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Shaun Gamble

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Feb 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/12/97

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On Tue 11-Feb-1997 7:53 , dave...@webex.com wrote:

da> Methinks you misunderstand. Musty's talking about fetching all of the
da> inet mail
da> from the ISP w/ POP3 then feeding it to mail-task.

Hmmm, I did misunderstand. I thought he was getting him to write a POP3 daemon
type thing as well as the current scenario... SMPTd is working very nicely as
is ATM. WHy not fix the stupid ZoneGating Bug instead?

Ciao for now,