Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hoptoad!pozar From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Need help w/UFGATE's uuslave program Message-ID: <9093@hoptoad.uucp> Date: 27 Nov 89 21:11:44 GMT References: Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar) Distribution: usa Organization: Late Night Software (San Francisco) Lines: 25 In article knutsen@pilot.njin.net (Mark Knutsen) writes: > >The first step towards a successfully-running UFGATE system is a >working uuslave program that will call up your favorite host and poll >it for mail. Unfortunately, mine won't. Here's the picture: > >If I attach absolutely nothing to the AT's COM1: port and run uuslave, >it reports attempting to make a call and failing. Fine. > >If I attach my modem cable (no modem at the other end, just plug in >the cable) to the COM1: port and run uuslave, it reports "inbound call >detected" and attempts to become the server to a nonexistent client. >[ect...] Yup, your pin 8 on the rs-232 cable is being held high. Get a standard "straight-through" cable. Tim -- Tim Pozar Try also... Internet: pozar@toad.com Fido: 1:125/555 PaBell: (415) 788-3904 USNail: KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108