Does the test system have any firewall software in place? I find with ZoneAlarm running at home that it has to be configured for every app that wants to dial out, whether dialling itself or not. This caught me short a few times.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Nello Sestini > Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 15:17 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > Oh and one more thing ... > > As a further test of whether this problem is something > in the SMTP component or something in the OS settings > can you please try a "finger" or "ping" command at the > NT command line of the failing Win2000 environment? > Does it dial out, or also fail? > > As several others already pointed out OE (and other apps) > often use their own dialers, but ping will just open > a socket, so it will test the OS autoconnect. > > -ns > http://www.roserox.co.th > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nello Sestini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:40 AM > Subject: Re: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > Steve > > > > This problem interests me because we do a lot of stuff > > with the RAS API. > > > > Do you have some small app that exhibits the failure > > (i.e. tries to complete a connection and the OS doesn't > > dial out)? > > > > Or better - does the smtpdem.pas fail this way? > > > > (the only one I have is the one that came with D5) > > > > If i've somehow missed that you solved this it > > already some way (other than by using your own dialer) > > please repost it. (Sometimes the list misbehaves.) > > > > tia > > > > -ns > > http://www.roserox.co.th > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Galyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > Hi Patrick > > > > > > Relies on the system to dial. > > > > > > Regards > > > Steve Galyer > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Patrick Dunford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:27 PM > > > Subject: RE: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > > > > We assume that you are referring to the default action that occurs > when > > an > > > > application requests Internet access. Such requests are > handled by the > > > > default dialler or whatever. MS Outlook uses its own dialler and can > > > > override the settings for Internet Explorer or other applications. > > > > > > > > Does your application use a dialup component, or does it rely on the > > > system > > > > to dial? > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > > Behalf Of Steve Galyer > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 08:35 > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > > > > Subject: Re: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Patrick & Nello but unfortunately neither of your > suggestions > > are > > > > > true. I have tried this approach already, anyway Outlook Express > does > > an > > > > > automatic dialup every 30 minutes which would suggest that these > > > settings > > > > > are OK. The problem occurs on several machines that I have tested > > > > > under Win > > > > > 2000 (both Professional and Advanced Server), yet I run other > software > > > > > incorporating the same component on a few hundred other machines > > > > > around the > > > > > country without this kind of problem; however the existing version > of > > > the > > > > > software does not run under MDAC 2.6 because of the ADO bug, so I > have > > > not > > > > > exposed widely to Win 2000 before. > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Steve Galyer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Patrick Dunford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:33 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > or set to Local Area Network instead > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > > > > Behalf Of Nello Sestini > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2001 20:37 > > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > take a look at: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > settings | control panel | internet options | connections > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is "never dial a connection" selected here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if it is, try one of "Dial whenever ..." or "Always dial ..." > > > > > > > and see if it affects the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -ns > > > > > > > http://www.roserox.co.th > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "Steve Galyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:57 PM > > > > > > > Subject: [DUG]: TNMSMTP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a problem using the TNMSMTP component - under Win 95, > > > > > 98, ME the > > > > > > > component will automatically initiate a dialup if not > > > > > currently connect > > > > > to > > > > > > > the internet; but under Win 2000 it will not initiate a > > > > > dialup - returns > > > > > > > "null remote address", but will use the connection if it > > > > > already exists. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone able to give me some pointers here - I know > that Indy is > > > > > frequently > > > > > > > recommended, but that is not the answer I am looking for. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > Steve Galyer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > --------- > > > > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > > > > > Web Archive at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - > > > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > > > > Web Archive at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > --------- > > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > > > Web Archive at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
