Running FreeNews and the ANT Suite together

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From: Malcolm Pigott
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00

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Hi,

I would like to start FreeNews automatically, at a certain time using the
stack that the ANT Suite II uses. I can kick off a connection on the ANT
Suite OK and can also start FreeNews, but what I was wondering is if there is
a way to stop FreeNews trying to connect to the news until the stack has
connected to the 'net (I'm using Dial Up)?

At the moment, FreeNews locks up the machine if a connection to the 'net is
not available when it starts up. BTW, all this is automatic, with no manual
intervention (using Task Alarms and scripts at the moment). However, I don't
always get a connection first time and the last thing I want is to get home
to find a hung machine!

Any advice?

Thanks,

Malcolm

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From: Malcolm Pigott <malcolm@pigott.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Running FreeNews and the ANT Suite together
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