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 In article <836693202snz@myriad-s.com>
  brian@myriad-s.com (Brian Dew) said:-

>In article <836598112_OASIS_@whalley.demon.co.uk>
>           john@whalley.demon.co.uk "John Whalley" writes:
>
>> 
>> Looks like it's not that simple after all. I added the POP3 stuff to 
>> STARTUP.NOS, swapped the NOS.TTPs and the thing just locked up when I 
>> tried to run it. Wouldn't even dial :-(
>> 
>> <snip>
>
>John,
>
>Sorry it's a while since I used the POP version of NOS so I can't quite
>remember what the commands are - but if you have the STARTUP.NOS file
>it should be fairly obvious what I mean (I hope!) Though it might be in
>dial.txt.... 

It's in STARTUP.NOS.

>There is a command *something* along the lines of "mailhost" in the start up
>script. That is the problem! (It's the command where you state the host
>address of your mailbox).
>
>When NOS encounters that it tries to connect to the POP mailbox immediately
>
>Unfortunately at that point NOS hasn't dialed yet - so the whole thing
>just sits there...

Right! I'm glad it's something explicable.

>The solution is to assign the "mailhost" command to a function key and
>then comment it out from the script. That way NOS should connect properly
>and once it's finished connecting - hit the function key to retrieve
>your mail!

I'll give it a go. Thanks: with a bit of luck this will simplify 
things enormously (especially as Antmail managed to lose *all* my 
messages when I tried to delete *one* from my in-box - fortunately 
nothing vital...).

>:) Sorry I'm so vague about that but I don't have the program or files
>on my machine now. It should make sense to anyone who's tried setting
>it up recently though! If it doesn't, email me and I'll dig out the
>files so I can be a little less vague!

Well it makes sense so far!

Cheers,
John

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