RE: [ga] Re: Fwd: Greetings

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

In his case, either a FidoNet or UUCP solution is most optimal.

At those sorts of bandwidth costs. Highest bit-time-density is required and
at maximal efficiency. Store-and-forward uucp batch, like we did in the old
days (when the telcos had us by the short-hairs [was that really less than
10 years ago?]), would do the job quite nicely. It can be done on a single
Linux server. That's what mail spools were originally designed for. If Linux
appears too daunting, PCDOS can do FidoNet on less than a pair of floppies.
However, you really don't save much on the tinker-factor. In both cases, you
need access to a host that can get to the Internet. Perhaps that Internet
cafe would provide a dial port for part-time use?

BTW, this precludes web-based mail in a big way. You can't surf the web with
such a system, even with squid. But, your costs would be down in the
afforability range.

|> From: Jefsey Morfin [mailto:jefsey@wanadoo.fr]
|> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 2:20 AM
|> 
|> To all.
|> Malele Dodia that Danny introduced to us reports a real 
|> problem from his 
|> place. Cost to access the Internet is US$ .20 in his place 
|> and may reach 
|> US$ 1.00 ...a minute down the country.
|> I am not good at Mail solutions, but there are mail 
|> genius/wizards on this 
|> ML. Would some one be able to propose an help? It could be a 
|> mail service 
|> which would channel in/out mails to a local user system in 
|> compressed  ftp? 
|> Would any one knows about a standard solution or a private service?
|> Jefsey

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