On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 06:52:23 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One of my email applications has very serious memory problems: PC-PINE
> for DOS. I use it for accessing newsgroups when logged on to an IMAP
> server.
> Sam Heywood,
> I thought IMAP was for email only, not for news. How do you access newsgroups
> when logged on to an IMAP server? Shouldn't it be NNTP server?
Hello Thomas,
It appears that IMAP is not for email only. I can access newsgroups through
my ISP's NNTP server "news.shentel.net" while I am logged on to an IMAP server
such as the one at http://www.telebot.com and http://www.subdimension.com.
I don't understand the technical aspects of how this is possible. I do know
that I can do it, and I do it regularly. The setup configuration file for
PC-PINE has an entry field for the name of a news server. In order for
PC-PINE for DOS to work at all, you must set it up for use with an IMAP
server. PC-PINE for DOS will not work at all with a POP3 server. This is
what their own DOCS and FAQs will tell you.
BTW, I solved all my memory problems with PC-PINE by not loading NWCACHE, and
by configuring for EMS instead of XMS, and by loading the packet driver epppd
high.
Sam Heywood
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