Subject: stupid question

From: Big Gwynnie <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 11:33:45 -0500

just a simple-probably stupid-question.  is it possible to open a personal
account with pine using my home pc?  up to now, i've had an account
through college.  i'm done with college now and they're closing my
account.  as i'm now familiar with pine, i wouldn't mind staying with it.

if not, are there any simple alternatives?  i'm not really interested in
anything like aol - just something to let me email, use newsgroups, etc.

thanks,

jim    email [email-masked]

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From: Robert J Wilshe <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:42:20 -0600 (CST)

Jim:

This is possible, and there are no stupid questions!  :)  Many ISP
(Internet Service Providers) will offer users a variety of service levels
that range from basic shell access to full blown PPP access with all the
goodies.  Most ISP's (except the heavy commercial ones like AOL, MSN,
Ameritech, PacBell, Prodigy, etc.) offer shell access to a UNIX account,
which normally includes PINE and/or ELM.  Plus, most will offer POP3
and/or IMAP access also, so your mail possibilities are many. 

A good place to look for ISP's in your neighborhood is: 
http://www.thelist.com.  You can search by area code or region to find a
yellow-pages type listing of the services in your area.  Just call them up
beforehand and get your questions answered.  See if they have a type of
service that helps you out. 

Good luck!

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: 15 Feb 1997 19:41:36 GMT

[email-masked] (Big Gwynnie):
> through college.  i'm done with college now and they're closing my account.

Well, if they close down your account then you won't get any email, will you?
So why bother with installing Pine on your PC?  Read old email, perhaps?  ;-)

> as i'm now familiar with pine, i wouldn't mind staying with it.

So you are looking for an ISP - well, wrong group.

Sven