Re: Spectrum Internet Suite

[geoff@hermesnet.net]

In article <5h12rm$bsj@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca>,
  glyn@cs.ualberta.ca (Devin Reade) wrote:

> For the record, SMTP is the protocol used by the majority of the
> internet.  POP and IMAP are newcomers in the area, although POP
> _is_ more suitable than SMTP for offline reading.  (I'm not really
> familiar with IMAP so I can't comment on that one.)  SMTP is the
> appropriate protocol for hosts that are connected 24/7.

I think you misuderstanding the uses of POP (lets leave IMAP out
of this) and SMTP.  SMTP is used to send mail from one machine to
a SMTP mail server.  Without a SMTP server on the IIgs, SMTP is
useless. In the ISP situation, mail is stored in a file in the
/var/mail directory.  I have a "geoff" file on the mail server at
work.  POP was invented so mail is transferred from the "geoff"
file off the mailserver to a client mail program on another
machine (i.e.Eudora running on a Mac or PC).  This is the method
that works best for non-techies.

Of course, once the IIgs has a TCP/IP stack and a dedicated IP
address with a dedicated connection, mail can be sent to it via
SMTP, one the appropriate server software is written/ported.

Geoff

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