>I have a few questions regarding news,mail & PPP: >1) Is there a way to pull news & mail from the University computer so I > can read them off line ? If the University has usenet server goto "tin" and exit to unix shell Look there if they got an offline mail packer such as uqwk. With this offline mail packer you can pack the unread mail ( usenet ) according to the groups you have choosen via "tin". Adi.