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In Article <375152367wnr@kits.demon.co.uk> Kit Smithers  writes:
>
>I have a "Feature Request" for WinDis32. 
>
>According to the about box this is the place to post such
>requests (demon.ip.developers). I'm cross-posting to the
>win95 group in the hope of drumming up support for the change.
>I'm not sure if it is technically feasible but I cannot think
>of a reason why not.
>
>Quick Feature description:
>
>If a demon connection is open then when a Pop3 request comes
>from the mail program (eg: Exchange) then before closing the
>connection go and check the demon mailbox and get any waiting
>mail. The point being that Exchange will (as I use it) hang up
>the connection before any mail waiting on demon can get sent 
>to WinDis.

First, the developers of WinDis have stated that there will be
no further development at all. It is finished, and works fine
for most purposes. v3.1 was released in December 1995.

Secondly, what you ask is impossible, because you cannot 'check
the Demon mailbox for waiting mail'. It just doesn't work like
that. WinDis (and all other programs which get mail from Demon)
just sit there passively listening, and shortly after you
dial in, Demon sends you the mail. There is nothing that a client
program can do to either check for mail, or to accelerate its
being sent. If your system disconnects before it has arrived,
then must persuade it to stay online for longer.

(OK - I know you can finger 'yourhost'@post to check for mail,
but that's a special Demon extra, and still doesn't help you
to retrieve the mail).

-- 
Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk)