On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:13:53 +0200 (WET), Marie Fischer wrote:
> On the weekend, I upgraded/installed arachne 16b1 on my parents' computer.
> Unfortunately, I was in a hurry and couldn't test everything, but
> yesterday they phoned complaining that they couldn't get any e-mail. All
> the info I could get (by phone, 200 km away) was that the pop3 password
> had disappeared from the edit box where it's supposed to be and they
> couldn't get it back there - they said something 'bout it being too long
> (9 chars) to fit in. I don't really understand that and unfortunately
> I don't have arachne over here (though I'll try it a.s.a.p.) ... but if
> something springs to your head what could be the problem, please tell me.
> thnx,
> --
> marie
Hello Marie,
Try setting up your parent's Arachne so that they would do a "terminal login".
Such a feature is in the setup options. With a "terminal login", the system
provides the user with prompts to manually enter his username and password.
I always perform a terminal login. It is not because I would have any
problems doing a scripted login. A terminal login is just my personal
preference, and I have no quarrel to make with others who might prefer
to log in by some other method. It is just a matter of my personal
preference.
If you should find that Arachne still doesn't like passwords more than 8
characters long, then you might want to consider changing your password. With
my ISP, any subscriber can change his password at any time with telnet. I
have found the procedure very simple. Of course you will have to disconnect
and then re-connect before the change will take effect.
Good luck!
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
