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

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using KDE Kmail and it automatically pulls up links on its web browser, it
just seems to get lost on appalets.  Those items, I just cut and paste the url
onto netscape.

On Thu, 25 May 2000, you wrote:
> > > 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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