Helm,
I am one of the Compuserve users that use Arachne. No, you don't need to use
only their software. However, I don't know whether you can use Insight to
get mail from Compuserve although you probably could use Insight to send
mail. I use TAPCIS (Go Tapcis) for my e-mail program and am generally
satisfied with it.
Here is the portion of the Arachne.ACF file that I use to access the web thru
Compuserve:
;This is ARACHNE.CFG for Arachne version 1.6+
;If you want to use Arachne on PC with CPU 486+ you should start here.
;(tested on AMD K5/133). You should have really fast video card for this.
;This configuration file can be completely controled from Arachne setup.
;Run "setup" if you are not sure what to change in configuration file.
[profile]
Profile FASTPC.ACF
Connection READY
Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL
;Connection @cmd ... command cmd will estabilish connection
;Connection READY ... connection is permanent, packet driver in AUTOEXEC...
;Connection NUL ... do not start TCP/IP (run "arachne -c" to force this)
[dialer]
DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG
TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE
UseTerminal No
Port 2
Irq 3
Base 0X2F8
Mode 7E1 <---IMPORTANT!
Speed 115200
InitString AT&F&C1&D2S95=1
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber 5710207 <---Replace with your access number
Autologin Yes
WaitFor1
Response1 \r
WaitFor2 ame:
Response2 CIS
WaitFor3 ID:
Response3 73527,1356/noint/go:pppconnect
WaitFor4 ord:
Response4 \p
PPPusername 73527,1356
PPPpassword XXXXXXXXXXXX <---Use your password
;Port values: 0=non-standard serial (COM) port, 1-4 standard ports
;Base values: 0x??? (eg. 0x3e8) - Base and Irq are used for "Port 0"
;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address PPP
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer 149.174.211.5
AltNameServer 0.0.0.0 <---Repeat NameServer address if using 1.67
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
;IP_Address n.n.n.n ... fixed IP address
;IP_Address PPP ... for PPP.EXE and PPPD.EXE (get address from PPP.LOG)
;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
;IP_Address %enviro% ... Minuet style (enviroment variable, like %MYIP%)
;IP_Address WATTCP ... use ONLY values from TCPconfig (variable "my_ip")
;IP_Grab string ... prefix of IP address in PPP.LOG ("IP address set to")
;TCPconfig filename ... name of WatTcp configuration file (often WATTCP.CFG)
[mail]
SMTPserver mail.compuserve.com
POP3server mail.compuserve.com
POP3username 73527,1356
POP3password XXXXXXXXXXXX <---Repeat your password here
KeepOnServer No
eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] <---NOTE that comma is replaced with period
PersonalName Roger Turk
Organization Arachne Fan Club
TimeZone -0700
UseSignature Yes
[Remainder snipped as not specific to Compuserve]
Hope this helps.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Helm wrote:
>>A long while back I believe someone was successful using Arachne to sign on
to Compuserve. Compuserve doesnt seem to want to hand out the IP address and
also claim only there software will work.
Any info will be appreciated.<<
