My autoexec.bat had already included:
set temp= D:\
This is actually the uncompressed part of my hard drive, and I have long
used it for temps as it reads and writes faster. I checked, and there was
almost 3 megs of space available.
However, I tried substituting:
SET ARACHNETEMP=C:\ARACHNE\TEMP
I made sure the directory exists, then reboot. SET showed the variable. I
started up Arachne, hit "I" for Inbox, and got the same error. Still cannot
view the downloaded email.
I also changed the [system] line in Arachne.cfg to read:
Mailpath C:\ARACHNE\MAIL\
Still no go -- same error.
Is there another Arachne setting that IDs the temp directory? Thanks very
much, guys, for your ready replies and good Arachnoid humor.
Steve
-- Original Messages --
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 08:14:32 +0200 (CEST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Does your temp directory exist ??
If you have a backslash at the end remove it.
(eg set temp=c:\temp instead of c:\temp\)
From: "Sergei Kramar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Arachne creates $IDX$cnm.IDX file in the directory that you've pointed
in autoexec.bat by ARACHNETEMP variable.
Sounds to me as if you don't have a "temp" directory set.
Be sure that you have a line something like this in your autoexec.bat
set temp=c:\temp
Also be sure that the directory it names *does* exist.
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Make sure your autoexec.bat has a line similar to either of these:
Set TEMP=[Drive]:\Arachne\TEMP or Set ARACHNETEMP=[Drive]:\Arachne\TEMP.
Make sure the specified directory exists.
Another thing that gets in the way sometimes is the specification for the
Arachne mailpath in Arachne.cfg under [system].
The default is:
Mailpath MAIL\
Sometimes, if Arachne is not installed on the "C" drive in \ARACHNE, it
needs
a full path specification. This may have been improved in later versions.
Try:
Mailpath [Drive]:\[Path]\MAIL\
On Sun, 21 May 2000 21:55:09 -0700, Steve Evans wrote:
> Hi guys. I am the "Arachne Load Error" user from earlier this year. I
am
> past that problem, but now I am wanting to use the Arachne email client.
> It downloaded six email messages, so I know the POP configuration is
right.
> But when I try to go to InBox, it cogitates, then shows a blank gray
screen
> with only one line of message:
> Cannot create index file MAIL\$IDX$cnm.IDX aborting
> I checked the ARACHNE\MAIL subdirectory. All six email message files are
> there. And other IDX files were created there successfully by Arachne. I
> am still using version 1.50 stable release (haven't successfully upgraded
> due to memory -- running Netware also). Do you suppose it's secretly
> hitting my memory ceiling? Any experience with this one?
