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From: Chuck Bacon <crtb@capecod.net>
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Subject: Dialing out with a script
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Where the script is the important part, not just the dialing,
consider Kermit.  A Kermit script is not hard to understand,
and Kermit really does pretty well with modem and flow control.
and with lock files.
        Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
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