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It's 17 Jun 97  03:17,
We'll return to dan@denifs.demon.co.uk and All's
discussion of diald setup


 da> Edit /etc/diald.conf and look the rule,.

 da> # ignore smtp connections
 da> ignore tcp tcp.dest=tcp.smtp
 da> ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.smtp

 da> is it  commented out?

 da> Does diald dial out when eudora does a pop3 login to your unix box?

 da> Dan.

 da> Martin Rheumner <mrheumer@mogwai.hotkey.net.au> wrote in article
 da> <339d459a.1828759@news.hotkey.net.au>...
 > I have successfully installed diald
 > and it is running great.
 >
 > 1 small problem when the client starts
 > a session with eudora on a windoze box
 > the linux machine dials out and connects
 > fine, but the eudora times out and never
 > connects to the server it needs.
 > After the timeout I recheck the mail and
 > it works fine ?
 > The same goes for Netscape. start it
 > the machine dials into the Internet and
 > then hit the stop button and choose the
 > bookmark again - works fine
 >
 > Anyone have any hints ?
 >

I suspect the original poster's problem is the time it takes to
establish a modem link with diald is greater than the POP timeout.  If
you can increase the POP timeout, increase it to several minutes,
otherwise short of an ISDN link, trying POP a second time is the best
solution, though not quite as neat as getting in first time. :-)

The other possible problem is that the callers system may be using a
dynamic IP address (and by implication, IP masquerading).  In this case,
the best way out is to ensure that the first network request is a DNS
lookup (to provide "dummy" packets to trigger diald), so when the POP
session starts, your IP is set correctly by the PPP negotiation.  To do
this, remove all references to the remote host (POP server) in
/etc/hosts on the Linux box), and from the Winsock machine, and see is
that does the trick.

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