Joe Caverly wrote:
>
> Hi;
> I'm new to Arachne, having moved from Netscape under Win31 to Arachne
> using DOS 6.22. The version of Arachne I am using is 1.60.
>
> When I am connected to the Internet, I can view the messages in my
> Mail Folders, look at the files on my hard drive, etc. with no problems.
>
> When I am not connected to the Internet, I cannot view the messages in
> my Mail Folders, nor can I look at the files on my hard drive, etc.
>
> For example, I'm not connected to the Internet. I click on Mail
> Folders. The URL displays file://readmail.dgi I am presented with the
> message "Arachne Load Error". This is from
> c:\arachne\system\gui\err_load.ah.
>
> Why am I able to access everything when connected to the Internet, but
> am unable to access everything when I'm not connected to the Internet?
Hi Joe;
Your post seems to indicate you are a sophisticated first time user with
probably more than Windows experience.
My first suggestion would be to locate MIME.cfg and, using a text editor,
insert a semicolon in front of lines 88 and 89 - which you will see both
contain the string "insert your mail floppy in drive A:".
This is only one possible explanation for your inability to read mail offline
and does not explain not being able to surf your drives - the two may be
related so the above fix, while necessary, may not be enough.
The only other thing I can think of right now is to make sure you have
defined a "TEMP" directory in your autoexec.bat and make sure it exists.
While you are at it, go to line 145 (file/dosshell.dgi) and remove the 2 "\"
in the string e$\\system....
- Clarence Verge
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