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Peter A. Forkes (Peter@clueless.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> Sorry to ask so many question in one go, but these have been building up over 
> the years and trying to get through to Demon's tech support is pretty much 
> hopeless:

I must assume you are using the DIS front end ?

> 1) Why do I keep getting 'TIME: 158.152.1.65:37 connect failed:' message?  What 
>    does this mean?

It means you are trying (or rather ka9q is trying) to connect to our
time standard and for some reason the connection is failing.

If you look in autoexec.net you should see a 'time server' line.
Change the IP address on that line to 'ntp.demon.co.uk' and you should
have more success.

> 2) When replying to a newsgroup message, how do I reply to the message author 
>    by mail AND reply to the newsgroup at the same time?

You need to edit the headers of the news article. This can be done
immediately in expert mode, or in normal mode you need to complete the
article, but when given the prompt to post it, take the 'e'dit option.

Add a 'CC: whoever' header for the address of the person you wish to
receive a mailed copy.

> 3) There are several newsgroups I belong to which have related subject areas.  
>    Is there a way I can automate sending the same news message to several 
>    groups without having to type their names in each time?

No.

> 4) How canhI tell when there is mail waiting for me?

Type 'finger yourhost@post.demon.co.uk' when on line. This reports all
the waiting mail.

> 5) Sometimes mail will just simply not get sent.  I have been told there is a 
>    way of putting mail onto the Demon sever so that the Demon server will keep 
>    trying to send the mail for me, rather my keep trying to snd my mail to the 
>    Demon server (I think it involves using a per cent sign in the email address 
>    - I hope this is clear)

I usually get this one wrong...

Send to name%host.name@post.demon.co.uk

> Thos are the first five.  I have a lot more but do not want to burden anyone 
> with my problems.

No problem. The newsgroups are for self help support.

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Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England