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In article <33c3f42d.11052390@news.demon.co.uk>
           baz@bazzer.demon.co.uk "Barrie N Cooper" writes:

> Is there anybody out there who has PsiMail Internet working with
> Demon?
> 
> I've been trying for ages without any joy.  The modem connection seems
> to be OK but PsiMail bombs out while waiting for "HELLO" at the end of
> the login.  The log file finishes something like this :-
> 
>         Type                    Argument
>         ====                    ========
>         Wait to receive string  "ocol:"
>         Sent string to port     "PPP"
>         Sent string to port     ",idle=120"
>         Wait to receive string  "HELLO"
>         Script error            Line busy

I've never even heard of this package, let alone used it; however, I
would query why you are splitting the "PPP,idle=120" response to the
"ocol:" prompt into two separate strings, since I assume the s/w will
send '\r' after each of them, which you definitely don't want to do.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
   "Where do you want to go today?", ask M$.  According to their TV adverts:
          "confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis...", which means:
                   "the damned and accused are convicted to flames of Hell"!

In article <33c3f42d.11052390@news.demon.co.uk>, Barrie N Cooper
<baz@bazzer.demon.co.uk> writes
>Is there anybody out there who has PsiMail Internet working with
>Demon?
>
>I've been trying for ages without any joy.  The modem connection seems
>to be OK but PsiMail bombs out while waiting for "HELLO" at the end of
>the login.  The log file finishes something like this :-
>
>       Type                    Argument
>       ====                    ========
>       Wait to receive string  "ocol:"
>       Sent string to port     "PPP"
>       Sent string to port     ",idle=120"
>       Wait to receive string  "HELLO"
>       Script error            Line busy
>
>I'm using the "demon.prv" file from Psion's web site, and I can make a
>connection from my PC using the same modem/line.
>

I spent a whole day with the same problem. Eventually some helpful guy
at Psion support said he had heard that Demon had changed their logon.
You need to edit the Demon script and remove the line which says 

"stop scipt when "fail" received"

When this line is removed it works (for me anyway)!
-- 
Ian             igc@ayr.corbar.co.uk
                http://www.corbar1.demon.co.uk

baz@bazzer.demon.co.uk (Barrie N Cooper) writes:
> Is there anybody out there who has PsiMail Internet working with
> Demon?
> 
> I've been trying for ages without any joy.  The modem connection seems
> to be OK but PsiMail bombs out while waiting for "HELLO" at the end of
> the login.  The log file finishes something like this :-
> [snip] 
> 	Wait to receive string	"HELLO"
> 	Script error		Line busy

Somebody had a similar problem (see comp.sys.psion.comm), because the
message of the day contained "fail".  I notice that the current motd has
"COLT fault message when busy".  Note the "busy".  It looks like the
PsiMail dial script is very sensitive to stop words.

I don't know if you can get PsiMail to only look for the upper-case
version of the words, since that is normally how a modem presents them.
There was a problem once when Demon put "NO CARRIER" in the motd!

I think if you are willing to put up with the default settings (eg idle
timeout), then you can switch into PPP after the CONNECT, and use PAP
authentication.

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