Hello Thomas: On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:17:28 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Sam Heywood: >> I have found that some wattcp applications will parse the value of >> DOS environment variables, if they appear in a wattcp.cfg file. >> Thus if you put: >> my_ip=%myip% >> in a wattcp.cfg file - where %myip% is the variable set to your current >> dynamic IP address when you run a file like ip-up.bat or similar file, >> created by epppd, some applications will be able to interpret >> %myip% directly. For those writing different wattcp.cfg file for >> different applications, this saves you the trouble of writing a >> batch file that inserts the literal dynamic IP address into wattcp.cfg The above quote is from a message posted by Howard Schwartz, not me. BTW, this does work for my applications. I have never tried UKA_PPP, or COMTCP, or TCPPORT. > I tried this with UKA_PPP, and it didn't work at all. But with UKA_PPP 1.7x2, > running the X_* programs for SMTP, POP3 and NNTP, I don't change the my_ip line > at all, and it works either with COMTCP under OS/2 Warp 4 or TCPPORT when > connecting with DOS. Sam Heywood
