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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:40:46 PDT
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Cable

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Peter Skye wrote:

> Ray Davison wrote:
> >
> > What is SENDMAIL
>
> It's an email server. It comes with OS/2. I use it for my outgoing
> email and it's adequate but not great. (I use it for outgoing email
> because the email servers at my DSL provider [Verizon/GTE] and my
> Eathlink account both block email unless you use the *one* email address
> they give you in the "From:" field. Since I have my own domains which I
> use for email, I can't use their email servers.)

That sounds like it could be useful. How about a SCOUG session on acquiring
a domain and what to do with it.

> > how and why is it now loaded?
>
> You have a window with SendMail running? Is it in your Startup group?
> Just press Ctrl-C to stop it and then reboot to see if it's gone.

SENDMAIL is not in the startup folder, but TCP/IP Startup is. That object
runs TCPSTART which contains:
start /min sendmail -bd -q30m -CE:\MPTN\ETC\sendmail.uml

> > Neither AUTOGET/2 or AUTOWGET seem to
> > be able to recognize a cable connection.
>
> The "cable connection" is just an Ethernet network connection afaik.
>
> I'm not familiar with AUTOGET/2 or AUTOWGET since I run WGET from the
> command line. If you can surf and email then it's not a network DNS
> problem.
>
> Have you just tried AUTOGET/2 and AUTOWGET on ftp sites or have you also
> tried then on http servers such as www.scoug.com? This test is
> important because ftp and http use different ports. If you can get to
> www.scoug.com with Netscape then also try to get to
> ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu with Netscape and see what happens. I don't know
> the AUTO*GET* syntax but with WGET the following are both successful on
> my machine:

There is no syntax; drop a URL on the desktop, and it checks for a
connection and runs WGET. That is the whole point; drag a bunch of URLs,
and then go do something else.

> cd \temp
> wget ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu
> wget http://www.scoug.com
>
> What url are you trying to download, and can you download it "manually"
> i.e. if it's ftp can you do this:
>
> C>ftp hobbes.nmsu.edu
> Name: anonymous
> Password: pskye@peterskye.com (or yours)
> ftp>quit
> C>
>
> If you can ftp manually then it's not your firewall. If you can't ftp
> manually then see if you have ftp blocking turned on in the firewall
> setup.

The following works fine
wget.exe -c
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m015/xr_m015.1dk

I did the AUTO tests on HOBBES. AUTOGET/2 waited patiently for an internet
connection, AUTOWGET put up an error box saying there was no connection.

Ray

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