There was also a program called CRR (CP/M Read and Reply) by Paul Martin which was a clever offline reader, so you could download your mail, read it offline, reply and then reconnect to send it. Intended for FidoNET boards, I think.
My God I remember
CRR... it was the best proggy around at the time for saving the old
BT bill at 500/500 or 12/75. You could dial up and download your
Fidonet packet from your local node
(mine was Moonmoth at Chiswick (I was at Twickenham's SCHLOSS WACCI TOWERS at the time) and unpack it, read the messages from your selected areas, read and reply to your own personal messages.
Paul Martin was a
CP/M+ computer genius but lacked any
single neuron that was attached to a sense of humour... I got in to many a spat with him when he misunderstood my drunken ramblings of admiration
(damn that red wine - listen up kids just
DON'T DRINK AND CRRive!)P.S. Since I now live in Canada I can legally get high and CRR instead! :-]
PPS. Are Fidonet, CRR, Paul Martin or CP/M+ still around???