On Sun, 12 May 2002 10:14:53 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (howard schwartz) wrote:
> I've been test driving LSPPP V. 7.64 for a month or so. The good news for > me is I got it to establish a connection after tweaking its timeouts, > compared to previous versions. The bad news is that internet applications > seem to perform badly compared to epppd, which I used for years with no > clear trouble. > Specifically, I use Pine 3.91 for Dos to access my IMAP mail server. > With LSPPP, reliably, when I try to mail out a message with Pine, > the message gets mailed, then pine says, ``Writing Fcc'' -- and > freezes the computer virtually every time, requiring a reboot. In > fact, the Fcc copy gets written. With pine and the same message, using > epppd, pine has no trouble writting the Fcc after mailing out the > message. > With all the praise of LSPPP, I wonder if it is me or memorex? I have > not problem loading EPPPD high, even though it is bigger than LSPPP. > I am told it has a ``memory leak'' meaning, if one surfs the web with > say, dos lynx, data will build up in RAM over time and not get purged. > Is there another ``old'' packet driver that does not have EPPD's problem > I can use? Am I odd person out for continually noticing problems with > LSPPP, where others see an improvement? Since a packet driver is > critical to using the internet with dos, this is important to me. Howard: I used to have all the same problems as you describe when using PC-PINE for DOS, whether version 3.91 or version 3.96. The same problems would occur regardless of whether I used LSPPP or EPPPD. Since switching to another IMAP server I haven't had these problems. I am now using the imap server "imap.myrealbox.com" and I am using "smtp.myrealbox.com" for sending mail. You can sign up for the free service at "http://www.myrealbox.com";. BTW, this service also works with the Arachne InSight mailer if you set it up for their POP3 server, "mail.myrealbox.com". You can even use Arachne for the sign-up process. I find that LSPPP works just as well for me as EPPPD. The advantage of LSPPP is that it easier to set up and it uses less memory. So far I have not observed the reported "memory leak" problem. I have been finding that PC-PINE frequently cannot contact the server "imap.myrealbox.com", but whenever it does find it, it always establishes a very good connection and I no longer suffer with any of the problems like those you have described. Sometimes I use LSPPP for PC-PINE and sometimes I use EPPPD. No problem with either packet driver. Maybe your problem has something to do with the servers you are using. When I switched to another set of servers the problem went away. Formerly I used the imap server "mail.subdimension.com" with the smtp server provided by my ISP, "smtp.shentel.net". (BTW IMAP is no longer running on Subdimension's servers. They now offer only POP3 service and webmail service and they are now thinking about either discontinuing POP3 service altogether, or offering POP3 only as a "premium" for fee service. I have always found their POP3 service generally very reliable and dependable and having very few and very short down times. I still use their POP3 service quite frequently. Their webmail service no longer works with Arachne, but it does work OK with Window$ browsers. Quite surprisingly I get only a very few spams at my email address at "Subdimension.com", even though this is the email address that I use openly and un-munged for public postings in newsgroups. I get more than fifteen times as many spams at Shentel and I never use my Shentel email address for newsgroup posts. That's strange! Regards, Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
