Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] free telnet account?

[Ian Scott <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Ross, Matt wrote:

>Is there any free email account out there that offers the ability to telnet
>in to check mail that y'all would recommend?  My Lincoln University account
>dies May 10, my work account dies when my 1000 hours runs out for the year,
>and I'm not eager to pay $19 just to get a hotmail account that M$ runs.
>
You're looking for a shell account, which is getting rarer and rarer 
every day.  Here are couple shell providers that I know of that have 
been around for a LONG time and don't look like they're giving up:

Panix, est. 1989 - http://www.panix.com/ - $10/month
SDF, est. 1987 - http://www.freeshell.org/ - $37 lifetime access (they 
also offer extremely limited shells for free.)

Both still offer telnet access (ssh as well for the security-minded.) 
 Both will also host the mail for your own domain for a reasonable fee. 
 I've never had an account at Panix, so I can't comment on their 
service.  From the little bit that I've used my free SDF account,  it 
looks like they're committed to good shell accounts (on "real" Unix 
hardware - Alphas. :)

Ian Scott

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