Re: Mail Program for 95B
c__bennett@msnNOSPAM.com (C B) wrote in
news:20080601012714.523$GB@newsreader.com:
> Running 95B on a P166 system.
Me too.
> Both Hotmail and GMail lock up
> the pc or at best take 10 to 15 min to load.
Your computer needs tweaking. I get to both right away, except
Hotmail is now switching to XP/Vista-compatible only database
system so they can go to hell. Fortunately, gmail works just
fine, and can be accessed via any POP3 client avoiding the www
nightmares.
> I don't want to upgrade to 98SE (I have the oem software)
> because I don't run any anti-virus and have had _no problems.
Get f-prot for DOS. In about 10 years I found ONE virus, but
it's still not a bad thing to check once in a while...
Anyway, get:
npop109win32_EN.zip (size 94 KB)
from
http://www.nakka.com/soft/npop/index_eng.html
If you want to use it with your gmail account (you WILL
unfortunately have to configure that via www, but you can do it
on another machine - I did it on my 10½ yr old 95B computer but
it was a bit of a struggle) you will also need to DL and install
the SSL files (put them in the same directory):
npopssl002win32.zip (size 540 KB)
If you want to use it with a regular POP3 account you may not
even need the SSL files. I have one of those which costs me $15
a year, and I get virtually no spam and no one but my friends
have the address. I got the gmail address for throwaway web
crap, which is what I used Hotmail for before.
The installed program is under 200KB (plus less than a meg for
the SSL files), runs like lightning and supports multiple
accounts. There isn't a help file, the author doesn't really
speak English, but there is an English web site for fans/users.
They have actually rewritten the program "with amazing new
features" but their main new feature is that the program no
longer runs on 95. So that's that.
If you Google for nPop you will find that English site, it has
tips on setting up etc.
You can also ask me here if you have problems. I visit once in a
while - kind of a dead group.
I have tried at least a dozen email programs on this machine,
and this is the BEST. It would be well worth $50 but it's free!
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stare, and go off. Such looks are lashes. I feel the whole
cruelty and indifference of the world in them.
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