Subj : Re: External mailer
To : Marceline Jones
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Thu Feb 25 2021 06:53 am
-> Can the wcICP for Wildcat 5.00 still be obtained ?
No. At least I dont think you can actually buy it anymore since it is
basically included as part of the standard WINServer package.
-> Sounds like it will work with Wildcat 5.0 since this version [surprisingly]
-> comes with a telnet server (contrary to the documentation).
Can you telnet to it with just wcOnline running and no virtual modem?
-> RW> Yeah, Dale Barnes is the current author of InterMail and InterEcho.
-> RW> There WAS a third party mailer that worked like PX/WINS called
-> RW> Mail-Ennium/32, but it went the way of the dodo.
-> Why would a 3rd party mailer need to work with Platinum Xpress ? it just nee
-> to (1) handle mail and (2) have a compatible tosser/scanner right ?
Because Platinum Xpress is the only tosser/scanner available for
WINServer. Period.
-> Does paying $100 for something that does not do BinkP sound right to you ?
In this case, it's the only choice we have.
-> Can PXECHO.EXE work with a mailer other than Platinum Xpress ?
Again, no. It is an integral part of Platinum Xpress. You need to
purchase PX to have that. PXECHO.EXE is basically the all-in-one GUI
interface for the PXMAIL and PXTIC command line tools that are also a
part of Platinum Xpress. So, no matter how you slice it, if you want to
carry FTN networks on WINServer or WC5, you need PX.