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["Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:18:12 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> Hi Sam,

> You can do that right inside of Arachne via the ACF system.

> Save a copy of arachne.cfg with 'KeepOnServer Yes' named as 'keep-yes.acf'
> save a copy of arachne.cfg with 'KeepOnServber No' named as 'keep-no.acf'

> Now from the dialpage (pppinit.htm, pppenhan.htm), hit the 'ACF scripts'
> button and link to the one you want.

> That particular .ACF will be coppied-over the exising arachne.cfg file
> and arachne will be restarted with the new options.

> You can also save the CFG with the new name while right inside of Arachne.

> Simply go through any of the various setup pages to change the option(s)
> ('KeepOnServer' is set via the Options/Personal settings page)

> Set the option you want, scroll to the bottom of the page,
> choose 'OK, save' and then choose 'Use new setting'.

> Go back to the dial page and link to 'Profile' which is just to the
> left of the text box showing the name of the current profile.

> The sreen ypou'll be taken to when you've linked to 'Profile' now
> allows you to save the new settings to a filename of your choosing.

> The only requirements for working correctly is that it must be save with
> the .ACF extension and that it be saved into the current Arachne_main dir.

> It will get saved in the current Arachne_main dir so lang as you do not
> specify a path.

> Therefore is this particular case.....

> Options/Personal settings
> 'tick' the box for 'Keep your incoming mail on POP3 server after download'
> scroll to the bottom and choose 'OK, save'
> choose 'Use new settings'
> 'D' hotkey takes you to the dial page
> link to 'Profile'
> change the filename in the input field to keep-yes.acf
> choose 'Save Profile'

> Repeat the procedure to save 'keep-no.acf' after
> 'un-ticking' Keep your incoming mail on POP3 server after download.

> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:12:33 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

>> Hi:

>> Do some of you folks frequently change your mind from one Arachne session
>> to the next as to whether you want your email to be kept on the server after
>> you download it?

>> I often change my mind about that.

>> I have found a very fast and easy way to make my change of mind happen also
>> in my "arachne.cfg" file.

>> Here is what I have done to make that happen:

>> First I edited my "arachne.cfg" file by placing a semicolon just before the
>> line that begins with "KeepOnServer".  Then I saved the edited "arachne.cfg"
>> file as "config.txt"

>> Then I wrote these two very simple batch files which I named "yes.bat"
>> and "no.bat":

>> ----------- begin "yes.bat" ---------

>> @echo off
>> if exist arachne.cfg del arachne.cfg
>> copy config.txt arachne.cfg > nul
>> echo KeepOnServer Yes >> arachne.cfg
>> echo Your email will be kept on the server after you download it.
>> echo If you don't want to keep it on the server, run "no.bat"
>> echo.

>> --------- end "yes.bat" ------------

>> -------- begin "no.bat" ------------

>> @echo off
>> if exist arachne.cfg del arachne.cfg
>> copy config.txt arachne.cfg > nul
>> echo KeepOnServer No >> arachne.cfg
>> echo Your email will not be kept on the server after you download it.
>> echo If you want to keep it on the server, run "yes.bat"
>> echo.

>> -------- end "no.bat" --------------

>> Sam Heywood
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Thanks for your erudite dissertation, Glenn.

Yours is the polished and refined way of doing it.

Mine is the quick and dirty way of doing it.

I'm quicker and dirtier than you.

Sam

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