On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:09:42 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:

> On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:15:45 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

>> FYI,
>> We have had the option for several years now of
>> changing where we go after either POP3 or SMTP

> IMO the worst thing about Arachne is the documentation. OTOH Arachne
> itself is so wonderful that I'm learning to live with the lack of
> documentation. And this conference list is filling in the gaps very
> nicely <G>

Just a thought......

Hit F1 and take the link you will find near the bottom of the page. ;-)

"keywords.txt (for advanced users - list of arachne.cfg keywords)"


>> In arachne.cfg you will find these 2 lines
>> which are (by default), commented-out.

>> ;AfterPOP3 smtp:
>> ;AfterSMTP file:mail.htm

>> Remove the ';' to 'enable' either one (or both), of them.

> For the time being I have changed these to
> AfterPOP3 file:mine.htm
> AfterSMTP file:mine.htm
> to take me back to my personal control page.

> Now to see whether it works...

>> 1) when we send just the one outgoing message we are
>> currently viewing/editing. We are now on the outbox with the
>> remaining uinsent messages shown. (not an empty outbox)

> Understood. But I feel that may not be useful.

> Certainly there are unsent messages but we have chosen to send only one,
> probably because it was especially urgent, and we likely aren't
> interested in sending others at this moment.

>> 2) when something goes wrong with the 'Send unsent mail' function.

> A message such as "Unsent mail still remaining" or "Send Mail Aborted"
> would do the trick, and would be needed ONLY when something went wrong.

> What I don't need is that a successful upload of mail is followed by
> Arachne saying "HERE! LOOK! ALL MAIL HAS GONE! OUTBOX IS EMPTY!"

> I can very well assume that a lack of error messages to the contrary
> is an indication that the upload has been successfully completed.

I must disagree.

Analogy:
Simply because no-one alerted you to the fact that you were about to be
hit by a bus as you stepped off of the curb and began to cross the
street does not mean that you will not be hit. <g g g> ;-)



>> 3) just out of 'curiosity' that everything went
>> right and that all messages *did* get sent ;-)

> Yes, well.... and do you want verification that all the email has been
> successfully delivered? Or are you content that the Postmaster just
> returns the undeliverable ones?

Is this not why the 'delivery reciept' feature was impemented
many years ago ??? ;-)


>> As to POP3 and SMTP going into history.lst
>> I will look into this and get back to you.

> Thanks.

Oohhh You are most welcome. :)

As I said before.

It is due to the differences in how each user wants Arachne to work
that keeps me interested in changing her around here-and-there.

BTW,

---- in my current "exerimental copy" of arachne.cfg ---
AfterSMTP file:alert.dgi
________________________________________________________________

---- in my current "exerimental copy" of mime.cfg ---
file/alert.dgi >HTM|if notexist $M*.TBS  \n copy mail.htm $2
 if exist $M*.TBS $ebeepbeep.com \n copy mail.htm $2
________________________________________________________________

It does not work the way it's supposed to (yet).

So, as they say..... "Please do not try this at home" ;-)


-- 
 Glenn
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