FASTA email server

[William R. Pearson]

I occasionally receive requests for a reference to a FASTA email
server.  Apparently in some less developed countries, email works,
where http does not.

(1) are there any FASTA email servers out there?

(2) are there any general purpose email-to-httpd gateways that would
    allow someone to send an email, which would be translated into an
    http request, and then return the result as an email?

Bill Pearson