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Will Hand (will@lyneside.demon.co.uk) wrote:
:  In article <835543540_OASIS_@parrett.fast.co.za>
:   tparrett@parrett.fast.co.za (Ted Parrett) said:-

: > In article <835358792_OASIS_@jaubrey.demon.co.uk>
: >  jaubrey@jaubrey.demon.co.uk (James Aubrey) said:-
: >
: >>I have managed(after months of sweat and toil) to get Oasis 3.5 to work, a few
: >>probs though, can't receive mail, whil online I'm told I've got mail(I sent it
: >>myself from Cix) but when I go to postbox within Oasis I'm told there is no
: >>unread mail. Also is it possible to set a minumin newsgroup download, I tried to
: >>join comp.sys.atari.st but had to resign as there is over 1000 messages to d/l
: >
: >Perhaps I can help on a couple of points
: >        1. If you are not using the pop3 version of NOS for your mail this
: >could be the problem with not being able to receive mail. SMTP is fine for
: >sending mail but not for receiving mail. the pop3 version of NOS is available
: >on the demon site. To use the pop3 facilities does require a different set up
: >of the STARTUP.NOS file
: >

: Sorry James, but I dont think what you have said is quite correct. 
: smtp is fine for receiving mail also, I have used nos/oasis1.35/smtp for 
: receiving/sending mail for ages, extremely successfully, (I average
: about 30 items received per day !).

In my case...what James says is correct.  I have to use a Pop client
to get my mail (password required).  I suppose smtp can work mail
in both directions...as far as I know smtp can handle passwords and
such too...but with my provider you have to get mail with POP and
send it with either POP or smtp.  Some accounts are "strictly" pop
mail...meaning that's all it does.  These account won't accept smtp
at all (unless you use another mail gateway somewhere to send it).

At any rate...try getting NOSPOP...
use your present startup.nos file, but add these lines to it.

pop mailbox my-mail-file-name (I.E. BJR.EML)
pop user my-user-id my-password 3 (if the 3 doesn't work, try 2)

You can put these lines anywhere in the startup.nos file you like.
You can also put timers and such to it (to say, check the mail every 10
minutes).  The docs with NOSpop are sparse...but the older docs
covers most of it, plus typing help pop ? will show the commands
that apply.

NOSpop is avalible at several places...one of the faster connections
is the toad mirror site.

ftp://toad.net
atarist/umich.edu/Network/NOS/nospop.zip (approximate path...should be
pretty close)

Brian