Re: ConfigPPP Ghost? (Help Me!)

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From: Richard Buckle
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00

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In article <AC174B9F966832B3@yarn.demon.co.uk>,
taka@yarn.demon.co.uk (Paul Talacko) wrote:

> Yes, I have had the same problem, but it seems to occur only when I turn
> off the modem before doing a hard close on macPPP, or if I have been using
> other modem software or have been printing.

That would explain it. From a casual look at MacPPP's (rather messy) source
code, it's conceivable that a close where MacPPP doesn't get to control the
process properly would not get treated as "hard".

> Definately a bug in MacPPP.

Or at best a misfeature...

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From: richardb@cocytus.demon.co.uk (Richard Buckle)
Subject: Re: ConfigPPP Ghost? (Help Me!)
Date: 1995/07/02
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