[[ [Expect] is wonderful.  Its role in the past was quite large.]]





[[Now there are often strictly superior approaches for many problems
that would have been solved in the past with Expect.]]






[[On another hand, Expect still has many uses that programmers do
'''not''' know.]]



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So, here are examples of more modern ways to do things that
once would have been best with Expect:
   * [[ [ftp] ]]
   * [[mail attachments]]
   * [[ [IMAP] automation]]
   * ...