On Wed, 31 May 2000 19:49:26 PDT, <" tomstfor "> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2000 22:33:34 +0000, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:
>> Hi to you all
>> another problem:
>> when I tried to send the e-mail... the provider was busy (I think).
>> It often happens between 20:00 and 24:00 that the provider is busy,
>> anyway you are not connected (but charged for the non-connection).
>> Outlook express than informs you that password and/or username is false.
>> Arachne collapses into DOS and is leaving the telephone line open ....
>> but if one remembers to close it with arachne -u all is OK.
>> Next you have to try again for a connection, and again, and again or
>> wait for after 24:00.
>> Is there some trick to use?
>> I think Arrachne collapses at the login script if the ISP does not ask
>> or respond properly to *username* or *password*.
>> It would be nice if she stays on... then one could end the connection
>> with Alt+H.
>> The reason for sending this "IT WORKS (2)" is that I did not succeed to
>> change anything in the already written "IT WORKS" ... of course one can
>> do this... but how?
>> Bastiaan
>> *** Computers give you an answer to a question you never asked ***
>> -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
>> -- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
> Dear Bastiaan:
> I had a similiar problem with the connection which I have not
> completely solved. I could use Dos "call" command from another batch
> file and specify Arachne -u, but I don't. I solve the problems
> primarily by being very decisive what I want to do, surf or send e-mail,
> and if I have a lot of messages to process {which I usually do} and some
> time ahead of me, I start Arachne -c command offline to compose before I
> send. Arachne sometimes a little stubborn and you have to clear the
> cache or do similiar trick to get the message "Arachne taking off..."
> then usually everything fine. I prefer to do like this: 1. Arachne
> -c= edit or read mail offline 2.Arachne Alt-D to dial and surf. Save
> all pages before getting offline. Send unsent mail before Alt-H to
> hangup. Exit Arachne with Alt-x or ESC and go to other programs like
> editing, building web pages or Windows software {you may not have
> Windows, that's fine, I still use it}.
> I am going to try to modify Arachne.cfg and see what happens on ESC
> key. Send you results later. Hope things work better for you.
> Yours,
> Thomas/Tom {[EMAIL PROTECTED]}
> P.S> also check ExitonHangup No setting in Arachne.cfg to make sure it
> is selected. Good luck, Bastiaan.
In my case the problem has been solved (thanks to many on this list) by
freeing more memory for Arachne to use... the provider is still letting
me down between 20:00 and 24:00 hour (local time) but now Arachne keeps
dialing and dialing , again and again...
no collapsing any more.
There is still one possibility to make Arachne collaps: click on "YOUR
COMPUTER"...
This is not a big problem because there are lots of other ways to look
into "MY COMPUTER"...
Tnx for your comments Thomas,
Bastiaan
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
-- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
