Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!zebedee!geoffc From: geoffc.zebedee@tharr.uucp (Geoffrey Coan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Q: Rodney's UUCP Modules Keywords: MERCURY UUCP WORKS Message-ID: <1307650@zebedee.uucp> Date: 17 Jan 91 00:02:40 GMT References: <59444@aurs01.UUCP> Reply-To: geoffc.zebedee@tharr.UUCP Organization: Geoffrey Coan (disorganisation) Lines: 69 X-Version: Rodney's UUCP modules 05/09/90 V1.15 In article <59444@aurs01.UUCP> roberson@aurs01.uucp (Charles "Chip" Roberson) writes: (Sender was: news@aurs01.UUCP) > Path: zebedee!tharr!axion!ukc!mcsun!uunet!aurs01!roberson > From: roberson@aurs01.uucp (Charles "Chip" Roberson) > Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st > Subject: Q: Rodney's UUCP Modules > Keywords: UUCP MERCURY RODNEY QUESTIONS CONFIG DOMAINS LOGIN MEMORY ... > Message-ID: <59444@aurs01.UUCP> > Date: 16 Jan 91 05:10:11 GMT > Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP > Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC > Lines: 33 > > I have a few problems with Rodney's UUCP Modules (RUM, aka Mercury UUCP). > I can't answer all your questions, but I can say that the mercury UUCP package does work. This is being posted on my ST which is now running mercury - I had a LOT of problems in getting it to work correctly though ! > 2) The host I call has a delay before the login comes up so I really > need to be able to do "\d\d\r\d\r ogin:" in my send-expect script. > However, it doesn't look like Rodney's modules do send expect. Is this > correct or is there a way to do it? No idea, I had to set atx3 in my hosts file otherwise it would'nt login correctly (the modem replies from atx4 were not recognised). I think you can hit return when connected and it will be sent to the host (ie: it listens to what you type while attempting connection). > > 3) While running poll.g (as per the short English docs) I get error > messages about not being able to alloc 1024000 (approx) bytes of memory. > It then tells me to try fold100.prg to fix the problem. Are these > modules designed to be run in a 1meg system? I have a 1Mb ST and I didnt get this problem. However, I was running with 150 extra folders (via ICD utils) and I had a lot of '40 folder' type problems after running the package. I had to up it to 200, 250 and now 500 - so far no problems. > 4) My feed wants to be able to call me. Is there a way to make RUM > go into a mode where it waits for incoming calls until I kill it? No way that I know of. > 5) Once I invoke login, it seems that I have to reboot to get out. > Is this true? Is there some graceful and protected way to tell login > to return me to it's outer context? > I only call it as 'login username', if you just run 'login' on its own it seems to get stuck. > thanks, > -chip > * Work: 2912 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 850-5011 > * (...!mcnc!aurgate!roberson) || (roberson%aurgate@mcnc.org) || > * (71500.2056@CompuServe.com) || (Chip.Roberson@f112.n151.z1.fidonet.org) > #include Good luck with using the package, now that I have full read/write news & mail it's great ! Think I need a faster modem though ! Geoffrey -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- are you ready to SKYDIVE ?? Geoffrey Coan well all right then, if you say so ... ..!ukc!axion!tharr!zebedee!geoffc <- UUCP'd from my ST via tharr; *free* UK public access to Usenet 0234 261804 ->