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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!nomad1.law.ucla.edu!user From: cobb@law3.law.ucla.edu (Michael Cobb) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: NetMail on 386 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 02:39:28 -0800 Organization: University of California, Los Angeles Lines: 19 Message-ID: <cobb-2812940239280001@nomad1.law.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nomad1.law.ucla.edu I hope this is not the wrong place to ask this question..... A friend of mine who has a 386 (no Windows) wants to be able to send email to his son overseas. I am trying to find a simple way to get this person internet access. They won't need access to newsgroups or FTP or anything fancy, just mail, and it needs to be SIMPLE, because he is a total novice. I thought I might try America Online, even though there might be cheaper ways (though the cost is not too much of an issue, and the $9.95 a month for 5 hours would be more htan enough) but I have no idea what their DOS interface is like. Without the Windows interface, I figure there might be a better way than to use a national service like AOL. This person is in Los Angeles. If anyone has any thoughts on this, I would very much appreciate any tips. Email replies would be great, though I will check back here as well. Thanks cobb@law3.law.ucla.edu -- Michael Cobb cobb@law3.law.ucla.edu