Thanks much. I cleared the cache and got past the "index file" error. I had forgotten about that "quirk"; ran into it some time ago when I first started experimenting with Arachne 1.48. Now, reading my email okay, but unable to print the page. I hit "P" and chose ASCII text format. Directing the printjob to PRN brings up the old "Abort, Retry, Fail" error. Then I tried directing it to DOS Print. It worked once, then on attempts after that just gave me a DOS error: something about an illegal command switch. I will experiment some more. Maybe my environment memory is set too low after all. Again, I am trying to run Arachne concurrent with Netware IPX and NETX shell, redirecting printjobs to a networked printer. Maybe I need SHARE active? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | I've been round this loop, too! Due to Arachne's contorted 'logic' | (?), you'll find that the error page (which initially probably WAS | valid, due to wrong directory or whatever) has been cached. Now every | time you try reading the mail, the error page is fetched from the cache, | EVEN IF THE ERROR HAS GONE AWAY!!! | | Here's the solution: Press 'I' for Inbox. When the error comes up, | press the DEL key to remove the error page from cache. Now press 'I' | again and - if your directories, etc., are all in place - you should get | somewhere. | | Hope this helps! | | Ron. ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Here's what you need in your Arachne.cfg file: Cache2TEMP Yes | | It is in the [system] section of arachne.cfg [you have set up an .acf | file or two, right? That allows you to experiment but still retrace | your steps]. | | [system] | Hotlist J:\spider\SHOTLIST.HTM | History J:\spider\SHISTORY.LST | CookieFile J:\spider\SCOOKIES.LST | CacheIndex J:\spider\SCACHE.IDX | CachePath J:\spider\SCACHE\ | Cache2TEMP Yes | MailPath J:\spider\SMAIL\ | DownloadPath J:\spider\SDOWNLOD\ | | Always use full path statements like I show above ... only make certain | they match your system and not mine. <G> | | Here are things that must be in your autoexec.bat file: | | set temp=[drive][directory] | | The drive must exist and the directory must exist. | | You *should* use a subdirectory [something like d:\temp ] because main | directories don't allow nearly as many FAT entries for files as | subdirectories do. | | In your config.sys you should consider setting Environment size for | at least 1024 at the time you run your 'shell' configuration. | | Since I use a RAMdrive for TEMP, I create that directory each time I | bootup my system. But if you are going to use a HDD logical drive for | TEMP, you need to seriously consider automatically clearing everything | out of that TEMP directory when you exit [not shell, exit] Arachne. | Otherwise the TEMP setting will be pretty much worthless because you'll | run out of space rather quickly. <G> | | To clean out the TEMP directory each time you exit Arachne, you can | write a snall batch file that retains "final control." That is simple | enough to do, and it speeds up using Arachne in the first place. <G> | | Go to the pathed directory of your choice [I use C:\DOS since it is at | the beginning of my PATH statement]. Then with the editor of your | choice [this is so simple you can even use the built-in editor in | Arachne] write the following file. | | REM This is Arachne start-up and clean-up batch file | C: 'the drive where Arachne directory resides | cd\ARACHNE 'the name of the directory used for Arachne | call Arachne.bat 'this starts Arachne | If exist D:\TEMP\*.* echo y|del d:\temp\*.* >nul 'cleans out temp files | | That last line above should show full path to where you are setting | TEMP, and the 'if' decision means nothing will hit a wall if the | directory is by chance already empty. If there are files there, the | 'echo y|del' section means you don't have to respond to the del *.* | command. The symbol between Y and DEL is the 'pipe' [SHIFT backslash] | | Name the batch file something simple that you can remember and type | easily, like INTERNET.BAT or CRAWL.BAT [do *NOT* name it arachne.bat] | and save it. Then whenever you want to go to Arachne, enter the batch | file name at the prompt and away you will go. | | If there is a "starting place" or menu on your system you want to return | to each time, add one more line to the batch file example above which | takes you to drive, directory, menu of your choice. I go back to the C: | main directory simply because that's how I've always done it. <G> | | Hope this does the trick. | | l.d.
