Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 22:25:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pine freezing up with PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960806222350.224R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.92a.960806141457.110452B-100000@homer25.u.washington.edu>
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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
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