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brian@myriad-s.com  barked in demon.ip.support.atari on 08 Jul 96:

 >> 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>
 b> 
 b> John,
 b> 
 b> Sorry it's a while since I used the POP version of NOS so I can't quite
 b> remember what the commands are - but if you have the STARTUP.NOS file
 b> it should be fairly obvious what I mean (I hope!) Though it might be in
 b> dial.txt....
 b> ...

Here's my setup:

# startup file for KA9Q-NOS ST (DIS Version)

hostname starship

ip addr [0.0.0.0]

# Attach the SLIP driver to the serial port
#      if  port 0 slip dev buff mru  baud
attach asy AUX: 0 ppp sl0 32000 1500 150

# how many hops before a packet is discarded (Time To Live)
ip ttl 64

# tcp parameters can be tuned.
tcp mss 1460
tcp window 32000
tcp irtt 3000
tcp syndata on

# ppp parameters
ppp sl0 pap user starship XXXXXXX
ppp sl0 lcp local mru 1500
ppp sl0 lcp remote mru 1500
ppp sl0 lcp local accm 0x000a0000
ppp sl0 lcp local pfc on
ppp sl0 lcp local acfc on
ppp sl0 ipcp local compress tcp 16 0
ppp sl0 lcp open active
ppp sl0 ipcp open active
ppp sl0 idle 180 exit

# Setup Simple Mail Transfer Protocol parameters
smtp timer 300
smtp wait 60
smtp trace 3
smtp maxclients 10
smtp beep on
smtp gateway 205.198.190.100
smtp verbose on
smtp delay 5
smtp batch off

# Setup the POP mail parameters
pop mailbox starship
pop mailhost [205.198.190.100] 3
pop userdata starship XXXXXXX
pop quiet off
pop timer 300

 b> When NOS encounters that it tries to connect to the POP mailbox
 b> immediately Unfortunately at that point NOS hasn't dialed yet - so the
 b> whole thing just sits there...

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

Note that I don't have the "immediate connect" problem you get on Demon, as
my provider uses dynamic IP addressing.

  
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