>[NetZero] say Windows or Mac are required. Then boycott them for being Linux-unfriendly. There *are* MS-Windows-only ISPs. They are the ones using unmaintained remote access boxes that are compatible with Microsoft's broken PPP but not with standard PPP. It's got nothing to do with whether they send you a CD with a customized Web browser on it.
I got a $6/month Allvantage.com account. The email they sent assumed I had Windows 98, but the settings were complete enough for Linux: DN servers, SMTP and POP3 servers. Works fine. Here's a PPP chatscript for them. TIMEOUT 75 ABORT BUSY ABORT "NO CARRIER" ABORT VOICE ABORT "NO DIALTONE" "" \p\p\pATZ OK \p\p\pATH OK \p\p\pATDT5191182 ogin: \p\p\p[account [EMAIL PROTECTED] word: \p\p\p\q[dial-up password] You have to look up your local dial-up number on their Web site. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
