Subj : Re: External mailer
To   : ROBERT WOLFE
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Thu Feb 25 2021 18:12:00

 RW> Yeah, your version required the wcICP (Wildcat! Internet Connectivity 
 RW> Pack) addon which basically makes it WINServer.  I believe that
 RW> startin  with 5.3, that was included in the package from that version
 RW> on.  

Can the wcICP for Wildcat 5.00 still be obtained ?
 
 -> Does SexPOTS work with virtual modems (eg. an inbound call via TCP/IP) ? 
 RW> 
 RW> It could, but it was designed for use with programs like Mystic or 
 RW> Synchronet for Windows that do not natively have modem code built in, 
 RW> but can handle telnet sessions.  Which in essence would make it a
 RW> dialup  to telnet shim of sorts. 

Sounds like it will work with Wildcat 5.0 since this version [surprisingly] comes with a telnet server (contrary to the documentation).

 RW> 
 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 needs to (1) handle mail and (2) have a compatible tosser/scanner right ? 
 
 -> Does Platinum Xpress support BinkP ? 
 RW> 
 RW> No.  It only supports modem or virtual modem (via Netserial) 
 RW> connections.  I use PX/WINS side by side with Internet Rex which
 RW> handles  my binkp transfers. 

Does paying $100 for something that does not do BinkP sound right to you ?
 
 -> If "pxmail.exe" only works with Platinum Xpress then it is no good to me. 
 RW> 
 RW> PXMAIL.EXE is the command line version of PXECHO.EXE basically.  It 
 RW> allows you to scan and toss mail packets from the command line, which 
 RW> PXECHO.EXE apparently does not let you do. 

Can PXECHO.EXE work with a mailer other than Platinum Xpress ?

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