"Natalie Maynor" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
> visit most often.  There I have to do my e-mailing via CompuServe,
> which is not my idea of staying in touch with the e-world since I can't
> access the mail on my home system from CompuServe.
 
Try the Well, Natalie.  It's $10/month and $6/hour via CompuServe's
Packet Net; you use the same dailup numbers as you're using now. Just
hit <Enter> instead of <Ctrl-C>, and you'll get a 'Host Name:'
prompt.  Type "WELL".  You can register online by typing "newuser" at
the 'login:' prompt.  Well user accounts come up in Picospan, a Unix BBS
package, but you can start a Unix shell by typing "!sh" in Picospan,
and then telnet and ftp to your heart's content.  You may need to set
up your .profile and so on; for instance, 'ping' is /usr/etc/ping and
isn't in my default path...
 
If you use your own PC, there's a package called Sweeper ("g sweeper"
in Picospan) that does the same thing for Well mail that AutoSIG or
TAPCIS does for CompuServe mail; it lets you read it offline and save
$$$.  Or if you like 'elm', the Well has that too.
 
All of this should let you either:
 
(1) Telnet through the Well to your own machine.
 
(2) Set up a .forward file or the equivalent on your machine so
    your mail goes to the Well while you're away, so you can either
    use sweeper or elm to pick it up there.  Of course, you could do
    this right now, forwarding the mail to your CompuServe account...
    but once you get back home, you can't set up a .forward on
    CompuServe to send replies to your own machine.  You can do
    this with the Well, since it lets you get into the Unix shell
    and filesystems.
 
Steve
 
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