RE: Green Screen (Dumb Terminal) Email Client for System i

I think it is likely that the client doesn't want to allow any of the
possibilities that having a web browser enables. There are good
reasons
for that. Locking down web access or a web browser may be more trouble
than it's worth. I think there can be legitimate reason why a business
wouldn't want to allow anything like that.

What about a solution that is for all intents and purposes all green
screen? I'm thinking you could have a linux machine that doesn't run
X.
On one VT you run tn5250 in console mode, on another VT you run pine or
elm. Using only VTs, everything is basically green screen - i.e. it is
an
old ASCII terminal.

Another possibility is to use twm or some other basic window manager
and
run X. You could configure twm to only launch x5250 (for a much nicer
experience than tn5250 in console mode) and an xterm for pine. A basic
window manager like twm doesn't support icons on the desktop or many of
the things in a modern desktop. With an appropriate system
configuration,
there wouldn't be any web browser to launch or any games or anything
else
at all - x5250, xterm, and pine are all you get. Nothing for the users
to
waste time on.