Re: ftp & mail

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Does Debian 2.0 (hamm) installation have an ftp and mail program included
> to use with the ppp?   I have the pon and poff controlling my modem.  It dials
> and makes all sorts of wierd noises but then what.  I need ftp to
> avoid floppy problems in getting netscape and X packages.  Thanks,  Bill

There are many ftp and mail programs included.
For the command line, you can use the program called "ftp" for ftp.
And you can use the program called (surprisingly) "mail" for mail.

However, dselect has methods build-in for getting packages.
Try running dselect and choosing an access method.  From there, you
can download and install any number of programs for ftp and mail
(Netscape, mutt, etc..)

-Mitch