Nelson, I'm glad I'm not the only one having problems. However I don't have any kids to solve my problems. Also I'm using Apple's Mail and I can't find anything in Mail's Preferences that would do this. I don't think.
Anne On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 10:41 PM, Nelson Helm wrote: > Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> My computer is doing it again. It automatically dials up an Internet >> connection. It was doing fine until about half an hour ago when it >> started dialing. Luckily I was on the phone and heard the telltale >> clicking. >> >> I checked the only place I know for automatic dialing: >> >> System Preferences>Network>Show [Internal Modem] (normally this is >> set to AirPort)>PPP>PPP Options: >> >> "Connect automatically when needed" was not checked. >> "Disconnect if idle for 10 minutes" is checked. >> >> Neither of these seems to work, if I understand what they are >> supposed to do. > > That happened to me, too. > My kid (age 28) fixed it, and I can't tell you just what he did, > but it was Internet Explorer doing something like trying to finish a > download > or trying to check web sites to which I had "subscribed" (asked it to > check automatically), > after being disconnected in the middle of a download. > > Nelson Helm > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
