How do I use Blitzmail off campus?
There are several ways to access Blitzmail off-campus. One is to get a UNIX account (on coos, tahoe, northstar, or whatever) and use TextBlitz (on coos you log in and type “blitzmail” — I don’t know if it’s the same command on other machines). But TextBlitz really bites (you can’t see your folders, for example), so do this only if you can’t use anything else or have a really slow connection. If you’re spiffy enough to run an X-windows client like eXodus on your Mac, then theoretically you can use the graphical (but still crappy) UNIX Blitzmail program…but this is getting way too far into the realm of things I cannot fathom, and if your UNIX emulator can see the network, your Mac should be able to as well. So, on to the other methods of using Blitzmail. The first requires a connection with TCP/IP access (such as a PPP dialup with an internet service provider, or a LAN at another college campus — any connection that allows you to use things like Fetch or Netscape). Then just use Blit
