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echo: muffin
to: Matt Bedynek
from: Sean Dennis
date: 2004-08-05 16:42:42
subject: Telnetable Max..

Hello, Matt.

Replying to a message from Matt Bedynek to mark lewis:

 MB> You have to use native (propreitary) software?  If lynx or wget are
 MB> available for OS/2 then you can use a single program with a few
 MB> command line options to perform the update.  There are also open
 MB> source update clients for various other platforms and even something
 MB> written in perl.  If rexx can access a webpage via http then a simple
 MB> script could be coded there too.

REXX is available on over 20 platforms, so it's not proprietary really. :) 
Lynx and wget are available for OS/2.

You can write CGIs in REXX-I've done it myself.

Later,
Sean

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