Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:26:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Sergey N. Lapin" <slapin AT st DOT karelia DOT ru>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Emacs
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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Sergey N. Lapin wrote:

> Sorry for bothering, but I'd like to make use of mail and news clients
> built into Emacs, but unfortunately, DJGPP version build seems to be
> misfeatured. I'd like to build it myself to enable these clients, so
> I have two questions.
> 
> 1. I know there are several libraries-front ends to windows sockets.
>    So, anyone tried to port Emacs to use these libraries?

The libraries aren't the problem.  Emacs relies on standard Unix programs 
for its network-related code, but DOS/Windows lack these programs.  For 
example, sending email requires a program called `sendmail' which isn't 
there on DOS/Windows.

If you can find ports/clones for these programs, many features will work.