From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 7 00:32:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA22064 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homer18.u.washington.edu (durang@homer18.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA22059 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by homer18.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.06/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA62775; Wed, 7 Aug 96 00:32:10 -0700 Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 00:32:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Marsh To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pine freezing up with PPP In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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