Subject: pine, a professional program. Problems with my ISP!!! HELP!

From: Lars L�rdahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:18:55 +0100

Hi!

I've got some problems with my ISP and I'd like your opinion on this,
this is the situation:

I'm a PINE user from Norway (read: ex-PINE user). The problem is that my
ISP won't support PINE, their domain are having problems giving me
access to PINE. I've agrued with the for quite a while, trying to get my
PINE access back as I really like using PINE, simple and effective. When
I got my account they claimed to have a "Complete internet package" and
I assumed that I would be able to use PINE, but no, that's not the case.
My ISP claims that PINE is a professional program and I can't expect to
get access to this via my account. In my opinion is PINE not a
professional program, it's widely used among thousands of students all
around the world, and I won't claim that they're all professionals.

What's your opinion on this? Do you think it's unreasonable to claim
that to be able to use PINE should be included in a "complete intenret
package"?

Hope to hear from you!

Yours sincerely,

Lars Lordahl

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From: Shoeless in San Jose <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 17:42:52 -0800 (PST)

> that to be able to use PINE should be included in a "complete intenret

Some ISP's have Pine, some don't.  As far as I know (and hope, since I'm 
shopping for a new ISP myself) is that you can install your own copy of 
Pine in your account.

Greg
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