[arachne] Re: STILL CAN'T LONG IN AT VANCOUVER COMMUNITY NET

  • From: "Eric S. Emerson" <sernemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:55:06 -5000

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Hi Brian,

          The missing letter thing has been
a problem all along. That was what I meant
when I said your arachne.cfg was "in poor shape".
That was back on Nov. 7, 2006.

Eric


On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:08:09 -0500, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

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> Thank you, Glenn, for your comments.  The missing letter thing is
> mysterious 

> and I have not observed it before just a few days ago.  I checked my othe
> r 

> computer (a pentium 3) where I am doing experimental Arachne while I was 
> on

> line reading your message and there were (this time) no missing letters o
> n
> the 

> original Arachne.cfg.  It is possible ZIP screwed up the characters when 
> I 

> used it to transfer Arachne.CFG from my P3 to my 486, but I cannot recall

> any 

> previous occasion when ZIP screwed me up.

> Interestingly enough, the "IP_ADDRESS 0.0.0.0." is eactly what A190j1 put

> in 

> when I unpacked the ZIP archive and ran the intstall programme.  I 

> deliberately avoided changing anything installed by the Arachne installer
> ...

> I presume I should change it to the value you said is correct.

> I will try to log on to VCN again leaving out terminal on and autologin. 
> I

> presume at this point I should try the default login sequence on one tria
> l
> and 

> subsequently make another trial using the login sequence you gave me 3
> weeks 

> ago or so.

> I sure  wish VCN would get back to me with the precise login conversation

> their server wants to have with an incoming browser.

> I did download  their login instructions for windows 3.1, but they were
> just 

> about useless to me as  they consist entirely of what settings to make in

> Windows before trying to log in but do not include a structured login 

> sequence.

> By the way, do you have any idea why PPP.LOG is not to be found after
> Arachne 

> fails to properly login at VCN?

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