Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:35:51 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
Reply-To:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To:	Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] New newsgroup creation
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > I prefer mailing lists to news for everyday reading anyways.  That way
> > I don't miss any posts, and don't have to rely on my newsserver
> > keeping a bunch of old messages.  Wish I knew how to use the
> > ".forward" mail mechanism though.  Got procmail, and a setup file for
> > it, it looks simple enough, but don't know how to use .forward.  :o(
> > 
> Mike, just make sure the .forward file is in your home directory, it's
> world readable, and it contains the email address you want to forward to.

How does that make my mail go through procmail to be filtered and
sorted?  Ie:

[.forward]
#what do I put in this file to make each incoming message get filtered
#through procmail so that I don't have to read makemoneyfast scams and
#idiot mail.  Also to sort incoming mail into different folders.

> > Hope someone starts up the comp.os.* heirarchy so we're not stuck with
> > alt.*.  What C compiler & assembler is OpenDOS compiled with?  I hope
> > it is one that I have!  In fact, I hope it is one that I have, and
> > that it is called DJGPP!
> 
> Turbo Cv2,v3, BCC v2,v3.1, Watcom C v7, 3 versions of MASM, 2 version of
> TASM...and a partridge in a pear tree.....

_Really_!?!?  Cool!  I've got BC 3.1, 4.0, TASM 3.1, 4.0. I guess I
should be ok then eh?  What compiler are the binaries caldera will be
shipping compiled with?


Mike A. Harris  -  Computer Consultant   http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris
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DJGPP is a FREE 32 bit protected mode C compiler for MS-DOS

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