[ltp] Imformation

[Tod Harter]

I didn't mean to imply there would never be support for Linux, or that it was 
'impossible' to support Linux, just that there is nothing even remotely 
approaching a tool you can just install that gives you access to either 
network. In principle I'm sure its no harder than writing a protocol stack 
and some tools so you can exchange packets (assuming they don't use something 
that has already been developed, I have no idea what MSN uses). And then of 
course writing/porting clients.  I'd totally forgotten about that AOL "beta" 
for Linux they had, but it seems like it went away pretty fast. Anyway, it 
would be nice if AOL supported Linux. In fact an AOL distribution OF Linux 
makes perfect sense to me! 

On Friday 08 November 2002 08:13 am, Pam Huntley wrote:
> Tod wrote:
> >On Monday 04 November 2002 11:53 am, Pam Huntley wrote:
> >> I wouldn't
> >> recommend aol or msn as they are difficult at best to get to work under
> >> Linux.
> >
> >Uhhh, thats a massive understatement...
>
> Well, I didn't just want to say they didn't work, because last installfest
> there was a guy telling someone how to get MSN to work, it sounded like a
> multi-step process comprable to pulling teeth, and I never actually saw it
> working....    Also, I saw a beta of AOL on Linux, provided by AOL, but
> personally I never downloaded it or tested it because I have no use for it.
>
> So, didn't want to say the absolutely didn't work, because you never know,
> but I also didn't want to give someone the wrong impression that it would
> be easy if they had aol or msn.
>
> At any rate!!!  :-)
>
> Pam
>
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> On Monday 04 November 2002 11:53 am, Pam Huntley wrote:
> > I wouldn't
> > recommend aol or msn as they are difficult at best to get to work under
> > Linux.
>
> 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