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john@whalley.demon.co.uk  barked in DEMON.IP.SUPPORT.ATARI on 16 Jul 96:

 >> Here's my setup:
 >> 
 >> # 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
 j> 
 <snip>> 
 j> 
 >> Note that I don't have the "immediate connect" problem you get on Demon,
 >> as my provider uses dynamic IP addressing.
 j> 
 j> Well, I've managed to get things working using Brian's tip about
 j> putting the mailhost command on a function key. I haven't got either
 j> the timer line or the quiet line in my setup: what do these do and
 j> should I add them in, bearing in mind everything seems OK at the
 j> moment?

If it works, leave it be.  The timer is how many seconds between automatic
kicks.  I have no clue what the quiet does but it works nicely for me so it's
in.

 j> As an afterthought, it occurs to me to check out if it's fixed the
 j> percent bug in Usenet postings: there should be two percent signs
 j> here: %

Still a bug, I reckon.

  
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