[aclug-L] Re: Finally! mail with linux

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Can text-mode bring up a web page?  Probably the best thing would be to 
> > forget
> > the internet for this machine.  My real intention is to use this machine as 
> > a
> > server for my more powerful linux box and my windows box.  As a server, GUI 
> > would
> > not be needed anyway.
> 
> Yes, it can.  Try the program "links", which is a nice web browser for
> text mode.

Hmm... I thought it was spelled "lynx" :-)

P.S... if you're running a text based mail client from X Windows (i.e. in an
xterm), you can, if you wish, tell it to load HTML or web pages in a
graphical browser (such as Netscape)...  So don't think you're limited to
Lynx if you use a text-based mail client.


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