arachne-digest Friday, February 25 2000 Volume 01 : Number 1014
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:58:55 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne load error
>
... Michael P. has set a limit on 256 items in the cache and when it reaches
that limit, Arachne just stops! Clearing the cache (and CACHE.IDX) with the
F8 key will usually get Arachne zipping along again. On one of my computers
I have Cache and CACHE.IDX on a resizeable RAM drive that clears every time I
leave Arachne; on another computer, I hit F8 after I hang up. The "sleep"
problem has not really been a problem with 1.6b1.
>
When did Arachne start having a limit of 256 items in the cache? I have
exceeded 1000 and could tell, from the DOS prompt, by typing 'dir cache' when in
the Arachne directory.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:58:53 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
Sam Heywood,
I never used PC-PINE, noting that it supported IMAP but not POP3. I use NWCACHE
with DR-DOS 7.03, note that NWCACHE is in AUTOEXEC.BAT and not CONFIG.SYS. You
might possibly run 'NWCACHE -' before starting PC-PINE and then run that NWCACHE
line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT after exiting PC-PINE: sort of a kludge. You might
also try going to http://www.lineo.com/support/archive/drdos/drdos.html
I haven't been there recently. If I go with PC-PINE, it might be the OS/2 Warp
version. I believe that supports POP3 as well as IMAP.
What happened to the other Sam (Ewalt)? Or is that a case of "your guess is as
good as mine"?
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:58:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Any browser"
l.d.,
Some e-newsletters, including some but not all about.com newsletters, have
"AOL-friendly" links such as your example
<A Http://fillinthe.spaces.com "This is a link" /A><Click Here>
Without this style, with a bare URL such as http://fillinthe.spaces.com, AOL
users could probably copy & paste but not directly click. I never used AOL.
Even for non-Arachne browsers such as Lynx, IBM Web Explorer and Netscape,
bare URLs are not directly clickable. Lynx users can't even copy & paste. But
on a Web page, bare URLs don't work, you need to use HTML. If you need
examples, just download the source to several Web pages, and you will see the
HTML that doesn't normally show in a browser window. F6 in Arachne will show
HTML source, or HTGET, wget, or any straight download will get the raw data
without rendering.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:58:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: http://sac-ftp.gratex.sk/utilprog11.html
If you get a blank screen attempting to download anything, you might press F6 to
get the source HML code, or run wget or HTGET to get the Web page
noninteractively. That will show the raw data, and will expose Javascript,
Shockwave, or anything else nondisplayable.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:46:52 +0200
From: "Or Botton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Arachne on TV - How it looked like
Hi.
I've managed to get a VGA-to-TV convertor (etleast!), and I have
connected my P350 to the TV to see how Arachne will look like.
(I know that the P350 is not a slow SurvPC machine, but I got
PC-DOS 2000 fully configured over there and it can run everything.
No windows-only device anywhere.). As I have expected, the picture was
abit blurry. The fonts were hard to see.. I tried to use the biggest
system font and HTML font scaling availble, but things still looked
abit weird. The resolution of the TV is indeed very lousy when you
get to see how direct computer graphics look on it. Infact, even in
the lowest resolution Arachne still looked abit hard to understand.
I remember that DR-WebSpyder had a direct "for TV" visual setting
option. I want to try it. If it will look more clearer, maybe Michael
can get some ideas about how to add a "TV visual setup" for Arachne. :)
Or Botton
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:00:37 +0100 (CET)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
* Replying to a message in ML.ARACHNE
Hi
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> I've just learned that NWCACHE may be unloaded with the "/u" switch
SH> provided it was the last program loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
It doesn't have to be necessarily the last program, but only the last program
that chains into the interrupt.
But if it IS the last program in autoexec.bat, than no other program can chain
into the ints. ... so this works for sure :)
SH> I didn't know it was possible to load NWCACHE high
Generally 98% of the TSRs CAN be loaded high.
So simply try ...
NWCAche (the one which came with drdos) can also use DPMS ...
and than it needs EXTREMELY few memory.
(you have to load dpms LOW ... this one can't be loaded high, but it takes
only around 2 KB)
IMHO nwcache has also the option to use UMBs by itself ... without LH.
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:21:10 +0100 (MET)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Arachne:No connection to SMPT-server(question)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreibt:
>
> Hello all,
> Like I posted some times before I can not connect to the SMPT-server
> of GMX via Arachne. POP3-download works fine and a few weeks before
> upload also works -know it is dead-. I use an internet by call
connection
> (Talkline) here in germany. Can anybody help me please ? What are
> your thougts, is this a problem with Arachne, GMX or the provider?
> With Foxmail, Win3.1 and Trumpet Winsock I also can not connect to
> the SMPT-server of GMX (btw. I know about first POP then SMPT).
> I tried Barebone but get no working dialing-script PPP with PAP.
>>I don't use Arachne for e-mail but I just tried sending a test message
>>(after POP) using "mail.gmx.net" and UKA_PPP and it didn't work either.
>>However, it did work using YAN (KA9Q). I can't explain it, but it seems
>>to depend on the smtp program.
>>I guess you'll just have to experiment. Doesn't Talkline provide an
>>SMTP-server that you can use?
>>Howard Eisenberger
>>Ottawa, Canada
Hello Howard, Hello all,
I am actual no pro. when it comes to that PPP-stuff under plain DOS,
so can someone clear this up a little bit for me?
The SMPT-server of talkline don�t work at all- so that problem becomes
annoying.
As a final solution: Can someone give me the address of a free
mail-provider
working with Arachne?
regards, J�rg
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:09:43 -0500
From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne load error
Thomas Mueller asked:
>>When did Arachne start having a limit of 256 items in the cache? I have
exceeded 1000 and could tell, from the DOS prompt, by typing 'dir cache' when
in the Arachne directory.<<
When I started using Arachne (somewhere around version 1.41) there was a big
discussion on the list about Arachne going to sleep, reloading *old* cached
pages, etc. Michael P. came on the list and advised that he had set a limit
of 256 items in the cache. If that changed, then I am unaware of it. (BTW,
the other limit to the cache is available space. I run cache on a RAM disk
on one computer and if the RAM disk gets filled up *before* the 256 limit,
Arachne will stop/crash also.)
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:55:40 -0500
From: Barry Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slightly off topic from TELNET thread
Thanks Sam Heywood and Roger Turk for replies to my quest for POP/IMAP/TELNET
access to Compuserve where all pending messages would be automatically
concatenated in a text file. I forgot to mention that some WIN32 PC's I work
on when I am on a trip have no modem so I can't use TAPCIS or any other
dial-out program. The PC's are on a network and they do access the
internet. I have loaded 32 bit Opera and it works fine, Therefore, I assume
any internet WINsocket compatible program should work. I need a WIN32 mail
client that will POP/IMAP/TELNET, etc. concatenate my compuserve mail
(including what is in lists) to a text file. How about PC-Pine, Fox-Mail,
Eudora, etc? I haven't researched any of these but if you say that any will
generate the big text file, then I will immediately study, install and try
it.
By the way, the smaller the program the better (least amount of bloat). I
only need to receive messages (can send them through another POP site). I
don't need multiple users, multiple folders or eye candy. But I'll take what
ever will concatenate all pending messages to a text file.
Thanks again, Barry.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:31:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Hildenbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with TELNET
I downloaded Pegasus for dos some time ago, and recently downloaded it again. I
cannot figure out how to configure it to download my email. Is there a file that I'm
not seeing? The main page does not have a place to go to designate the SMTP server or
any set up at all.
Michael
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From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: February 23, 2000 11:19:03 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Trouble with TELNET
On 21 Feb 00 at 18:14, Michael L. Dawley wrote:
>>Hello Bjorn, Dale, Glenn,
>>I downloaded it. It's 1,200,252 bytes, so it'll fit on a floppy<g>
>>Have not done anything with it yet, wondering if it will run on
>>Arachne connection + alt E, to get to it, or do I have to fix
>>up a Netdial 1.3 front end for it.(whew!)<vbg>.
>>Perhaps it provides it's own connection? Anyway, I'm not in a big
>>hurry since I have Arachne's Insight Email which is faster and simpler
>>when you have 50 messages in one's inbox<g>.
>>Thanks,
Glad you got Pegasus. It comes with a POP/SMTP transport program, but
Arachne is superior in that regard. I use Arachne for mail transport,
mainly using the Arachne .asf script file, modified to return me to
my custom ppp_init.htm page (the dialer page), instead of to the
inbox. Then after retrieving my mail, I launch Pegasus from a button
on the dialer page, read, reply, and write new mail, then when I exit
Pegasus I am returned to the Arachne dial page where I (usually) get
any new mail and send my replies or new mail. Pegasus is compatible
as is with Arachne's incoming mail (XXXXXXXX.cnm) format. It does,
however need to be configured to make it's outgoing mail compatible
with Arachne's (XXXXXXX.tbs) format. You do this by creating a custom
"gateway" that controls how Pegasus constructs the mail headers and
message format of the mail you write. It is not difficult, but it
must be done right or your outgoing mail will not be uploaded to your
SMTP server. Without being in the least critical of Insight, you will
find Pegasus superior for handling a high volume of email, with many
features (filters, for instance) that I don't even use. When you are
ready to try it there are several Arachne users who can help you,
myself included. Meanwhile, enjoy Arachne/Insight.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Practice random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:59:32 +0100 (MET)
From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: "Any Browser"
Glenn wrote:
>> Are you sure it isn't like this (I do understand you left the ">" and
"<" out)
>> <A HREF=Http://fillinthe.spaces.com>"This is a link"</A><Click Here>
>
>With your example, "This is a link" becomes the link.
>("<Click Here>" will not even be displayed by the browser).
I thought it would be displayed in AOLs latest browser.
Something like this (with JavaScript):
<A HREF=Http://fillinthe.spaces.com onMouseOver="window.status='Click
Here';return true">"This is a link"</A>
Or like this in Arachne (well not really since it now is the same all over
the file):
<ARACHNE MSG="Click Here">
<A HREF=Http://fillinthe.spaces.com>"This is a link"</A>
But perhaps I assumed incorrectly?
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:32:58 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:58:53 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Sam Heywood,
> I never used PC-PINE, noting that it supported IMAP but not POP3. I use NWCACHE
> with DR-DOS 7.03, note that NWCACHE is in AUTOEXEC.BAT and not CONFIG.SYS. You
> might possibly run 'NWCACHE -' before starting PC-PINE and then run that NWCACHE
> line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT after exiting PC-PINE: sort of a kludge. You might
> also try going to http://www.lineo.com/support/archive/drdos/drdos.html
> I haven't been there recently. If I go with PC-PINE, it might be the OS/2 Warp
> version. I believe that supports POP3 as well as IMAP.
<snip>
Hello fellow Arachnids:
PC-PINE, v.3.96 for DOS will not work at all with a POP3 server. So says
the documentation. I tried to use it to connect to a POP3 server and
had no success. Yep, I suppose the documentation is correct. According
to some fellow newsgroup subscribers at "comp.mail.pine", the newer Winbloze
versions are compatible with POP3.
Using PC-PINE for DOS, I am happy to report a 100% success rate in all my
attempts to connect to the IMAP servers at "mail.subdimension.com" and
at "pop.telebot.net" That's right, 100% success, no exageration. With
some other DOS email clients, designed for POP3 rather than for IMAP, I can
report only a very sporadic success rate in attempting to connect with the
aforementioned IMAP servers. Also with PC-PINE, I can view newsgroup posts
but cannot reply to a post or send a post. I believe PC-PINE is supposed
to be capable of sending posts as well as retrieving them. Maybe I'm doing
something wrong. Sending posts and replying to posts in newsgroups doesn't
work for me. PC-PINE works great for sending ordinary email messages.
As for MWCACHE, I now load it last, so that I may easily unload it before
going into PC-PINE. When trying to compose a message, PC-PINE always
crashes if NWCACHE is loaded. Never any problems as long as NWCACHE is not
loaded.
I just thought you guys would like to know of the results you can expect
if you use PC-PINE to get into an IMAP server.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:08:22 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne:No connection to SMPT-server(question)
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:21:10 +0100 (MET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As a final solution: Can someone give me the address of a free
> mail-provider
> working with Arachne?
http://www.valise.com works with Arachne and even with Bobcat/Lynx,
but not with Net-Tamer. I know. I have an email account there.
Note: When accessing Valise with Arachne, make sure that you have
turned frames off. This is important.
I would highly recommend Valise to anyone, regardles of whatever
operating system and browser. Valise has many special features
not found with other web-based email sites
Sam Heywood
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:22:09 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slightly off topic from TELNET thread
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:55:40 -0500, Barry Kaufman wrote:
> Thanks Sam Heywood and Roger Turk for replies to my quest for POP/IMAP/TELNET
> access to Compuserve where all pending messages would be automatically
> concatenated in a text file. I forgot to mention that some WIN32 PC's I work
> on when I am on a trip have no modem so I can't use TAPCIS or any other
> dial-out program. The PC's are on a network and they do access the
> internet. I have loaded 32 bit Opera and it works fine, Therefore, I assume
> any internet WINsocket compatible program should work. I need a WIN32 mail
> client that will POP/IMAP/TELNET, etc. concatenate my compuserve mail
> (including what is in lists) to a text file. How about PC-Pine, Fox-Mail,
> Eudora, etc? I haven't researched any of these but if you say that any will
> generate the big text file, then I will immediately study, install and try
> it.
Net-Tamer will do TELNET and POP3, but it will not do IMAP. It saves
messages to a concatenated file.
PC-PINE for DOS will do IMAP but not POP3 or TELNET. PC-PINE also saves
messages to a concatenated text file. I have been told that the later
Winbloze version will do POP3 as well as IMAP.
Sam Heywood
P.S. You can use a POP3 client to connect with an IMAP server, but
in this case, the IMAP server would provide you with only the same
features as a POP3 server.
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:25:47 +0100 (CET)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
Hi
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> Also with PC-PINE, I can view newsgroup posts but cannot reply to a
SH> post or send a post.
SH> I believe PC-PINE is supposed to be capable of sending posts as well
SH> as retrieving them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Sending posts
SH> and replying to posts in newsgroups doesn't work for me.
What is the problem ??
I can post to newsgroups without any problem ...
the only problem I have, is that it exits, if the newsgrouplist is too
large to fit in memory.
SH> All the best,
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:38:35 +0100
From: "Christoph Belitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: history list growing by leaps and bounds
Hi all,
Glenn wrote:
> My history list is getting very large--some 260 entries totalling over
> 12000 bytes. I don't want to del it entirely. Is there some way to
> limit its size within Arachne, or must I use a text editor?
There were some good suggestions, but you can also compile your own HOTLSMAN.EXE!
(If you want to.. ;) Download the source for the gnupyrighted parts of Arachne
from http://gnu.arachne.cz . A free C-compiler can be found at http://www.borland.com)
file: /src/hotlsman/hotlsman.c
line 8: #define MAXITEMS 512 <<---- that's the default value, just change it and
compile it new
regards,
cb
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:54:15 +0100
From: "Christoph Belitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne:No connection to SMPT-server (please help)
Hello Joerg, Hello Howard,
(I personally use Arachne in combination with GMX since months and it works quite
good.)
If you can't connect to the SMTP-server mail.gmx.net, you should try it on the
webbased-userinterface. If it doesn't work there, the database is not available
at the moment. Just try it some minutes later!
[ GMX is a fast growing service, so it's difficult for them to provide 100%
availabilty.. And it's also possible that one mail-account can be accessed, while
another one is unreachable. GMX is using a cluster, so if they have to - for example -
reboot a server, it's possible that YOUR mailbox is hosted on this server... ]
regards,
cb
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:27:13 +-0100XYZ(nWxst)
From: "Neil Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .tgz binaries displayed as text
In MIME.CFG, which takes priority--the data type as reported by the server,
or the file extension? Is there any way to override the data type for a
given extension?
I have used Arachne to obtain some Linux software from the web. For whatever
reason, the server is reporting a content type of "text/plain". Therefore
Arachne tries to display the file as though it was a text file.
I can then press F2 and save it in the usual way, but I'd rather just get
the pop-up that offers to save it or view it as text or look for an APM.
The files have long names ending in ".tgz".
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:27:13 +-0100XYZ(nWxst)
From: "Neil Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: http://oarnet.linux.tucows.com/feed.shtml
Ever hear of "magnus-internal/parsed-html"? I didn't either, till
I attempted to view the page that is the subject of this msg.
Arachne was able to display it after I added the following line to
MIME.CFG:
magnus-internal/parsed-html HTM
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:29:15 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Different strokes ? (was (OT) AOL/windows users (was screwed
attachments))
Clarence Verge wrote:
> Too much.
Hi All;
This is me feeling guilty because no one felt it was worth wasting their time
to rip a strip off me for my post about Windows users. :-\
Since I can't really do that to myself believably, I shall try to add some
detail here that might have been better included in the original post.
First, anyone on this list, whether an occasional or fulltime Windows user
is hardly your average Windows user. If you were to suggest to the average
Windows user that they might like to try or at least hear about a DOS based
web browser, they would probably suggest that you might be crazy.
So, although each of you when reading the post would surely have said to
yourself, "I'm special, so I'm not in the group he's talking about," I'm
back here now to agree and say exactly that !
Second, it's possible that my examples and experience were taken as unlikely.
Not the case. I wrote about Windows users close to me.
My "X", who has an IQ of 130 and has taken 5 computer courses over the last
10 years (and is a very good friend) CANNOT do anything with a computer that
she hasn't been explicitly taught to do. In fact, that's why she keeps taking
the courses.
To see why she can't find a use for the new computer she bought. :-((
My son, a Mensa member. Uses Windows 100% in his work environment where he
does mechanical design for a new internet company. He belongs to the lazy
group. He forwards jokes to me containing headers from 10 or 15 previous
forwarders - all people that use Windows at work. He's not too lazy to cut
the headers. He's too lazy to find out how to do it !
My stock broker. Jeez. When he sends me jokes, he also sends me his entire
client list. :-/
My associate. A G**damn PROFESSOR of Engineering Physics. He uses Windows
because he says: "I need it to run the latest software". He didn't use the
OLDER software. "You never know when I might need it", he says. "And anyway,
I need it to get the University email or download something new."
So, in his case, it's a matter of if it's newer it's got to be better.
Does he clean up the mail before he sends it ? Not likely. He hasn't any
idea what his computer emits and doesn't care. "Everybody does it that way."
Too much again. <G>
- - Clarence Verge
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:40:25
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with TELNET
On 24 Feb 00 at 11:31, Michael Hildenbrand wrote:
>>I downloaded Pegasus for dos some time ago, and recently downloaded it
>>again. I cannot figure out how to configure it to download my email. Is
>>there a file that I'm not seeing? The main page does not have a place to go
>>to designate the SMTP server or any set up at all. Michael
Pegasus is STRICTLY an offline read/reply/write email client. There
is a POP/SMTP transport program included in the archive, but Arachne
is superior in my experience. All you need to do to get Pegasus to
work with your email that you download with Arachne is install it in
standalone mode and tell it the full path to where you have Arachne
downloading your mail to. For Arachne to work with the mail you
generate with Pegasus, you will have to configure it to create
messages that Arachne can upload. You do this by creating a custom
gateway that will assemble the header correctly as well as naming the
message with the .tbs suffix that Arachne looks for in outgoing mail.
It has been a while since I set mine up, but if you want to try it
again I will do another installation from scratch and send you the
instructions based on a scratch installation. Let me know if you
would like to do this. HTH.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
This mail written by a user of Arachne, the DOS Internet Client
WWWWW World Wide Web Without Windows
http://home.arachne.cz Arachne DOS Browser Home Page
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:46:18 -0600
From: "BRIAN RENFROW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Different strokes ? (was (OT) AOL/windows users (was screwed
attachments))
Thanks Clarence you don't know how much I appreciate that.....
Brian D. Renfrow
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Different strokes ? (was (OT) AOL/windows users (was screwed
attachments))
Clarence Verge wrote:
Too much.
Hi All;
This is me feeling guilty because no one felt it was worth wasting their
time
to rip a strip off me for my post about Windows users. :-\
Since I can't really do that to myself believably, I shall try to add some
detail here that might have been better included in the original post.
First, anyone on this list, whether an occasional or fulltime Windows user
is hardly your average Windows user. If you were to suggest to the average
Windows user that they might like to try or at least hear about a DOS based
web browser, they would probably suggest that you might be crazy.
So, although each of you when reading the post would surely have said to
yourself, "I'm special, so I'm not in the group he's talking about," I'm
back here now to agree and say exactly that !
Second, it's possible that my examples and experience were taken as
unlikely.
Not the case. I wrote about Windows users close to me.
Clarence Verge
Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:49:13 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .tgz binaries displayed as text
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:27:13 +-0100XYZ(nWxst), Neil Parks wrote:
> In MIME.CFG, which takes priority--the data type as reported by the server,
> or the file extension? Is there any way to override the data type for a
> given extension?
For files recieved and viewed, content/type sent by the server is used.
For local files, the file extension is used.
That's why we need both lines in mime.cfg.
image/jpeg
file/.jpg
> I have used Arachne to obtain some Linux software from the web. For whatever
> reason, the server is reporting a content type of "text/plain". Therefore
> Arachne tries to display the file as though it was a text file.
> I can then press F2 and save it in the usual way, but I'd rather just get
> the pop-up that offers to save it or view it as text or look for an APM.
> The files have long names ending in ".tgz".
To over-ride the function (temporarily)...
Alt+E out of Arachne, edit mime.cfg to show as such
text/plain TGZ
"exit" back into Arachne and download the file.
The "save as" page will then allow you to save the file.
Alt+E and restore the original copy of mime.cfg
"exit" back into Arachne and proceed as normal.
- --
Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA
DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html
Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:09:06 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:25:47 +0100 (CET), (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi
> "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SH> Also with PC-PINE, I can view newsgroup posts but cannot reply to a
> SH> post or send a post.
> SH> I believe PC-PINE is supposed to be capable of sending posts as well
> SH> as retrieving them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Sending posts
> SH> and replying to posts in newsgroups doesn't work for me.
> What is the problem ??
> I can post to newsgroups without any problem ...
> the only problem I have, is that it exits, if the newsgrouplist is too
> large to fit in memory.
Here is my description of the problem:
When I attempt to compose a note to post to a newsgroup, or if I should
attempt to forward a post, or reply to a post, a message will appear at
the bottom of my screen saying "Validating Newsgroups". Usually the
computer is locked up at this point and I have to do a cold re-boot.
Sometimes an error message is returned saying that no smtp server has been
identified for posting to newsgroups. I can find nowhere in my setup file
any place where a separate entry for the smtp server is required for
posting to newsgroups.
Here is another problem: Whenever I access a newsgroup, all of the old
messages that I've already read are also displayed. I try to exclude
the old messages, but that doesn't happen. Whenever I do a news run I
will get all the new postings plus all the old ones. I don't know what
I'm doing wrong.
Using PC-PINE for sending and retrieving ordinary email messages works
just fine for me. The problem is that I cannot post to a newsgroup and
another problem is that it always gets the same old stuff every time it
does a news retrieval.
Sam Heywood
- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:23:57 -0500 (EST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slightly off topic from TELNET thread
Barry,
I believe you can access a POP3 or IMAP server from a connection to a different
ISP. You need your user name & password. There is a rather new version of Pine
for Win32, and there are several other POP3 or IMAP clients for Win32, however I
don't know which of these download messages to a single plain-text file.
Thomas Mueller
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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