From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 22:25:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA13894 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 22:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.148]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA13887 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 22:25:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00399; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 22:25:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 22:25:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ken Marsh cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pine freezing up with PPP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Ken Marsh wrote: > I have a local copy of pine configured to access my e-mail account at the > university, via PPP. (not ppp anymore.) I have done ftp and netscape > through this PPP connection both before and after this problem occurs with > Pine. Also, the problem seems sporadic, and usually occurs only after I've > spent over a minute reading a message or composing a reply. > > the problem: > > When I compose a message and go to send it, Pine will occassionally enter > its "sending message" mode, and never recover. I've waited up to ten > minutes, but eventually my only recourse was to kill -INT the process. What version of Pine is this? 3.95 doesn't background the sendmail; it waits for it to connect and process. If the sendmail is taking a long time then it'll wait. > Normally, Pine will display "sending message" for only a couple seconds, > and then display "writing FCC", followed by "message sent". > > At first I thought the PPP connection was lost, but both while Pine was > locked up and after killing it, I can still use netscape, ftp, and telnet > through the connection and the prompt is still in capitol P's. > > Anyone have an idea? for now, I'm telneting a server at the Univ. and > using thier pine. The PPP connection stays solid for that. Check the Setup -> Config and look at the available modes for sending mail. I personally liked the background mode. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major