>I may be wrong on this, but if OSX dials the number to the AOL dialup >server, just openning a connection, won't the server then ask for info >from the computer, like password and screen name? Could this info be >stored in an Applescript for OSX, or, once the connection is open, if the >AOL server doesn't know if it's talking to OSX or Classic, wouldn't CE >realize there's an open connection and relay the info to AOL?
No, because AOL doesn't use any kind of a connection protocol that OS X knows what to do with. If AOL used simple PPP for connections then OS X could handle it... but then if AOL used something simple, you would find a million other AOL clients out there. They use a proprietary protocol for their connections, and they don't share that info with anyone else except under certain licensing agreements, and OS X doesn't have it. And although it seems logical at the surface for an applescript to start the connection, and Emailer to take it over, that isn't the way these things work in reality. Emailer needs to initiate the connection, and handle it the entire way thru. It has no way to know that the dialing has already occured and to start at a later point in the connection steps. Since Emailer can't talk to the modem under Classic, it isn't able to start the connection, so it can't do the connection at all. The reason Emailer CAN do an ISP connection is because they use PPP which is an OS X supported protocol. So when Emailer tries to start a PPP session, Classic sees that, and passes it to OS X, which takes it over, makes the connection, and passes back to Classic the correct events to fool the software into thinking it made the connection (and it doesn't do a very good job of fooling it as evidence that Emailer usually gets stuck on the first connection while OS X does the dialing). In theory, if someone could write a Classic/OS X gateway for direct modem communication, then Emailer would be able to do the AOL connection. I don't really see why writing such a thing would NOT be possible, but then, I can't say for sure. (Not something I can do, that's for sure) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
