Hi Fred Thanks for your email, wish I had seen the CompuServe forum about two weeks ago, it would have saved me a couple of hours. I got my entourage to send and receive emails on my broadband quite easily as I had seen a comment about SMTP having to be set to the ISP I am using. But when I went back next door to my neighbours the dial up would not connect, failed on authentication. When I tried a 'free-dial up' the modem connected immediately and all worked ok, so came to conclusion that was a good 'Plan B' !! Not going to bother now making it work as in the new year she is going to go onto broadband, I am on TalkTalk and have been really pleased with it as a package, whereas she wants to go onto Tesco - but when I compared the deals there is no comparison - TalkTalk is a much better deal!!
Thanks and regards Stephen On 11/12/08 06:20, "Fred J. Heumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth, I've been a Compuserve user since before the internet, > and indeed still am. [I started on a Tandy Model 100 notebook at 300bps...] > I still access Compuserve everyday using Entourage via broadband, but not > via their network. > > If your neighbor wants to use broadband and retain her Compuserve account, > it works fine. I realize that may not be the issue exactly, but it is an > option. > > There certainly aren't many folks still using Classic Compuserve, and even > fewer Mac users, but the service is still going, and very dependable. There > are still Classic user forums available at; > > http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-cssoftware > > There are a few Mac users there, and all are very helpful. > > Blessings, > > Fred > > On 11/30/08 2:48 PM, "Stephen Duxbury - Prestset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> Hi William >> >> I have also read quite a lot or web pages and had quite a few phone calls to >> CompuServe!! It was authentication to CompuServe on the dial up, I had made >> the email work fine on my computer next door on my TalkTalk connection!! >> >> In the end I have come to the conclusion that the dial-up is not going to >> work on 10.3.9 (it needs a script to make it work) we were on classic >> CompuServe and not 2000 so didn't have the programme working directly on >> CompuServe. I have gone down the route of a free dial up for now which >> worked first time, and then had to set the SMTP for that dial up on the >> sending of email and it worked straight away!! I had spent too long long >> already trying to make the dial up work. My long term plan is to put my >> neighbour onto broadband and also change her off CompuServe!! >> >> Regards >> Stephen >> >> On 30/11/08 14:57, "William Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Friday 11/28/08 6:05 PM, "Stephen Duxbury - Prestset" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok so to my questions as I am now getting rusty with these old settings!! >>>> >>>> It dials, does the hand shake but fails on authentication?? >>>> >>>> On the old system it used a 'script' to connect the emails - the tech guy I >>>> spoke to talked about using a script, but of course he had no Mac >>>> knowledge. >>>> On the PPP options I can see 'script' but its greyed out and cant seem to >>>> make it available? >>> >>> Hi Stephen! >>> >>> What is telling you that authentication is failing? The connection to the >>> ISP or Entourage? >>> >>> Are you using Entourage to trigger the connection or are you connecting >>> first and then using Entourage to send/receive? >>> >>> Entourage itself doesn't use any scripts but your computer does use a >>> connection script to prepare the modem for dialing. The script simply tells >>> the modem to prepare itself for a certain speed and then to dial a specific >>> telephone number. >>> >>> The connection process can be triggered by Entourage because it is a network >>> application and when your computer senses it making a network query then it >>> will initiate a connection. --------------------- Stephen Duxbury Prestset Bureau, Bethel Hall, Morton Lane, East Morton, Keighley BD20 5UE Telephone 01274 518299 Fax 01274 568038 Mobile 07970 555158 Skype stephenmd58 www.prestset.co.uk -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>