"Richard Thwaites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running 99.3 on Mandrake 7. distro, and also overlaid pmfirewall with
> its default rules (to save getting out of my depth in ipchains).
>
> My Netscape browser is set to open on a blank page - however whenever I open
> the browser on the blank page, diald starts up my dial-up link .
>
> Today I let the link hangup at my usual timeout (30mins) while I was doing
> other things, but left the browser open. When I came to close the browser
> before logging off, diald brought up the link again as Netscape was closing
> - not much point in that!
>
> I have browser prefs set to allow cookies after warning me first - but no
> cookie warning accomapnies these unwanted diald-ups.
>
> Can anyone kindly point me to what ipchains rules or other settings I should
> check so that Netscape only stimulates diald when I actually ask it to?
I don't think that this is an Ipchains issue. What I think is
happening is that when Netscape starts it attempts to connect to all
of the mail and news servers you have configured. Even if you only
open the browser, not a mail or new reader, then it still does this. I
suspect that it is doing something similar when it shuts down.
One solution (which will not be acceptable if you use Netscape for
reading news and/or mail) is not to configure a mail or news server in
the preferences. Also, if you only use Netscape as a web browser you
might consider changing to using Navigator rather Communicator.
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