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BTW, the first method suggested (telnet to port 25) worked fine. One thing I tried (before asking here) was to type 'sendmail' at the command line. It goes right into input mode without a title line, which is odd for any application. You usually get _something_, like version, or licence info, or brief instructions on getting help. Everything else I've ever tried will respond to a -h, or --help, or -v, or something similar - just like the about box in a Win app. Sendmail is like a Win app without an about box. But since it almost always runs in the background, like pppd or sshd, that is also not extremely unusual. My previous job involved a lot of Win programming, and I found the APIs very difficult to follow, and exactly which button needed pushing was difficult for me to locate. Unix programming seems like a breeze by comparison. But, when I played Riven in Windows 95 I loved it - you don't have to keep switching from mouse to keyboard, losing your home keys. You can play the whole game using only the mouse. That makes sense. I think the debate over user-friendliness might have more to do with the individual (right- or left-brain, or something similar) than with the interface. All a user interface can strive for is to be consistent and powerful. Intuitiveness is in the eye of the beholder. That said, I think the Win interface is wildly inconsistent, and therefore not a candidate for being called intuitive. I think this inconsistency is a result of its backward compatibility. Now I'm off to try the other methods. Thanks all. - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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