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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:32:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pine freezing up with PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.92a.960807002625.151408E-100000@homer18.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960806222350.224R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote:

> 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.

It's 3.91. Note that it does this sporadically. Would 3.91 background the
sendmail sometimes, but not others?

> > 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.

I would prefer the background mode myself, only if I'm haveing this
problem and the mail is just going into the background, then I wouldn't
know it, I'd exit pine, and my mail would be unsent - right?

I have really grown to love that "message sent and copied to sent-mail"
message. It gives me a sense of closure. in 3.95 is backgrounding the
sendmail an option?

Thanks for your reply!

Ken




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