Subj : never again will the tear
To   : Mike Powell
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Fri Sep 12 2025 07:16 pm

Hej Mike!

> Thanks for the tip, I don't think I was aware that lynx could do gopher.

According to './configure --help';

Other Network Services:
  --disable-finger        disable FINGER logic
  --disable-gopher        disable GOPHER logic
  --disable-news          disable NEWS logic
  --disable-ftp           disable FTP logic
  --enable-wais           enable WAIS logic

It looks like it is enabled by default, along with finger, news and ftp protocols.  I use lynx mostly for converting html to text and in that case 'lynx -help' will give you all the gory details in order to create an excellent commandline and/or shell scripted html2text function.  I can see the gopher capabilties being attractive for a minimalized, low bandwidth app on a smartphone to a properly configured gopher server tasked to provide such a desirable connection.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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