[ltp] Imformation

Luca Benelli linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:56:21 +0100


I supppose in the first mail AIM (Aol Instant Messenger) was meant not AOL..
:)

Luca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tod Harter" <tharter@giantelectronicbrain.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>; "Pam Huntley" <phuntley@us.ibm.com>
Cc: <Clarafolsom@webtv.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Imformation



> Uhhh, thats a massive understatement... There is absolutely utterly NO
> support for either msn or aol under Linux. After days of searching I was
able
> to find a very primitive bit of code some college student wrote which
could
> dial into AOL's network and sign on, but it couldn't even transfer data
> beyond that.... Their protocol is highly proprietary it seems, though
based
> on X.25 maybe?
> >
> > Pam