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To: Brian Tao <taob@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw>
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Subject: Re: Plug-n-Play Internet acccess (was Re: httpd as part of the system.) 
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 12:40:25 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Pine is pretty much a must-have.  It's easy to use, comes with an
> integrated Pico editor, handles MIME without using an external
> program, and (most of all) can retrieve mail over IMAP.  AFAIK, Elm

Ok, ok, I'm going to make the package interface much nicer - I promise! :-)

>     Speaking of these "Internet-in-a-box" solutions, how good are
> FreeBSD's installation notes for SLIP and PPP, with either static or
> dynamic IP address assignment?  Do we have some sort of script that a
> user can run which asks for things like their ISP's phone number,
> login and password, the gateway IP, mail server, news server, etc.?

I have a couple of things people have submitted but haven't put a pretty
face on any of it yet.  That will hopefully follow in the next snap.

					Jordan