Re: PHYS-L Attachments (was: I agree. LKS)

[Suzanne Willis <willis@NIUHEP.PHYSICS.NIU.EDU>]

Rick writes:

> Probably the biggest roadblock to HTML are those in the group still laboring
> with their PINE (and equivalent) mail servers.

Gee, I just started using PINE (on VMS); my usual mail program is still VMS
mail, though.

> The College here still uses
> PINE, but they did initiate a POP3 server that I use instead with Outlook
> Express.  For those at institutions without such choices (and that would
> mean you couldn't access your school e-mail from home

??? I'm accessing my school e-mail from home right now; am I missing something?
It's primitive, I'll grant (I log on to my ISP, currently Mindspring, and
telnet to my school computer), but it certainly works!

Doesn't handle html, though....

        Sue Willis

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            Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA
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