Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/05/09:27:28
On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Sergey N. Lapin wrote:
> Sorry for bothering, but I'd like to make use of mail and news clients
> built into Emacs, but unfortunately, DJGPP version build seems to be
> misfeatured. I'd like to build it myself to enable these clients, so
> I have two questions.
>
> 1. I know there are several libraries-front ends to windows sockets.
> So, anyone tried to port Emacs to use these libraries?
The libraries aren't the problem. Emacs relies on standard Unix programs
for its network-related code, but DOS/Windows lack these programs. For
example, sending email requires a program called `sendmail' which isn't
there on DOS/Windows.
If you can find ports/clones for these programs, many features will work.
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