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|00001580| 0a 0a 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 | 5f 65 72 72 6f 72 3a 0a |..prompt|_error:.|
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|00001620| 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 5f | 65 72 72 6f 72 3a 0a 20 |assword_|error:. |
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|000016c0| 6d 6f 64 65 6d 5f 74 72 | 6f 75 62 6c 65 3a 0a 20 |modem_tr|ouble:. |
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|000017f0| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 65 6e | 64 20 6f 66 20 64 69 70 |----- en|d of dip|
|00001800| 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 | 27 64 69 70 2e 73 63 72 | script |'dip.scr|
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|00001850| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |--------|--------|
|00001860| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |--------|--------|
|00001870| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a | 23 21 2f 62 69 6e 2f 73 |-------.|#!/bin/s|
|00001880| 68 0a 64 69 70 20 2f 65 | 74 63 2f 64 69 70 2e 73 |h.dip /e|tc/dip.s|
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|000018e0| 66 65 74 63 68 2e 6c 6f | 67 22 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |fetch.lo|g".-----|
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|00001900| 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 73 6c | 69 70 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |nd of sl|ip -----|
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|00001920| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |--------|--------|
|00001930| 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----..--|--------|
|00001940| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 20 73 6c 69 70 6f 66 66 |--------| slipoff|
|00001950| 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | -------|--------|
|00001960| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |--------|--------|
|00001970| 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |--------|-------.|
|00001980| 23 21 2f 62 69 6e 2f 73 | 68 0a 28 28 20 73 75 20 |#!/bin/s|h.(( su |
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|00001a00| 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 | 73 6c 69 70 6f 66 66 20 | end of |slipoff |
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|00001ab0| 73 74 20 66 69 6c 65 3f | 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 55 |st file?|..     U|
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|00006320| 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.       |        |
|00006330| 20 20 54 68 65 20 50 4f | 50 33 20 73 65 72 76 65 |  The PO|P3 serve|
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|000063b0| 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.       |        |
|000063c0| 20 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 | 20 61 20 22 64 72 6f 70 |  called| a "drop|
|000063d0| 20 6c 69 73 74 69 6e 67 | 22 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 | listing|" for th|
|000063e0| 61 74 20 6d 61 69 6c 64 | 72 6f 70 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a |at maild|rop.....|
|000063f0| 52 6f 73 65 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |Rose    |        |
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