On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:19:23 -0700, Jerry J. Haumberger wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:03:52 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> Hi, Glenn --

>> Do the directories named in arachne.cfg for all of following exist ???

>> cache
>> mail
>> arachnetemp (if you use this feature)

>> Also, do you have TEMP dir set and does it exist?

> E:\TEMP is the DOS system setting for the good machine;
> C:\TEMP is the DOS system setting for the problem machine;
> E:\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP is the Arachne temp. on this good machine;
> and C:\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP is the Arachne temp. on the problem machine.

> The good machine has D:\ARACHNE\CACHE and D:\ARACHNE\MAIL, but the
> problem machine has C:\TELECOM\ARACHNE\MAIL and
> C:\TELECOM\ARACHNE\CACHE.

> In both machines, arachne.cfg has CachePath CACHE\ and MailPath MAIL\

> C:\TELECOM\ARACHNE is in the problem system's path at autoexec.bat.

OK,
That pretty-much elimionates a directory problem from being the cause.

Shall we move on to memory ? <g>

What does Alt+M show for "Dos Memory (KB) nnn[+,?,!]green,black,red"
on each of the computers in question?

My current reading is 154[+]green

I have seen this same problem if I load something which "eats-up" some
memory and then try to do eMail.

BeRightBack
_____

There,
I caused a similar problem by loading univbe.exe (vesa graphics driver).
It eats-up 13kb of memory which dropped me to 141[+]green

Now I can't even create the inbox index.
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/images.htm
(univbe.gif is a screen-cap of what just happened)

btw,
I hope you don't mind that a cc of this message is going to
the list so that all others will see this.

-- 
 Glenn
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