Re: Compuserve Setup

[txporter mindspring com]

On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 11:06:31PM -0800, Antony Chessor thoughtfully expounded:
> << Has anyone successfully set up Linux for use with Compuserve? Are there
> any
> "how-to's", scripts or other info? >>
> 
> Yes and no.
> 
> Yes, it's possible to set up the pppd to dial into compuserve, use your UID
> and passwd.  Email me at antonychessor csi com and I will send you the
> pppconf.tar.gz file that will set it all up for you.  Very handy, very easy
> **once you have this file**.  It's a bear without it, though.
> 
> However.... there is no software for Linux that allows you to actually log
> onto the CIS system and use their members only forums.  This is unfortunate,
> as it keeps me using windows on a daily basis. <shrug>  That's the way it
> goes, eh?

At one time there was a program that one could use as/with a proxy server that
handled Compuserve's proprietary login/password protocol for access to their
web based forums.  I tried it about a year ago or so when they were just
rolling out their WEB based access.  SInce I discontinued my service shortly
afterwards, I don't know what the current status of that proxy server or WEB
access is.  It was available in the Unix forum, I think.

-- 
Tom Porter                                       txporter mindspring com
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