Definitely seems to be a Netscape issue. (or a Netscape-FMP interface issue). I use
Eudora as a MAPI client and all of the email functions work fine. Of course, we're on
DSL, so establishing a dial-up conx. is not an issue. I'm not familiar enough w/
Netscape as a MAPI client to give you advice on how to improve the workings.
This is over-simplistic, I know, but I guess I'd recommend establishing the dial up
conx. before sending email from ebase.
At 04:59 PM 11/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Matt and others,
>
>Matthew Scholtz wrote:
>>
>> Sounds to me like Netscape is queueing your message because there is no connection
>established. Have you looked for the message in the Out folder? If there's a "send
>all queued" command or a "send on check" setting for Netscape, you could try those
>once you dial-up.
>
>
>Yes, I've checked the Out, or Unsent Messages, folder and it isn't
>there. Nor in the Drafts folder.
>
>
>> It probably doesn't happen with Batch because that's not trying to send the
>message, just compose it.
>
>
>Yes, I understand why the Batch option works. I just can't figure out
>the Custom problem. Where does the message get cued? I did figure out
>one Netscape problem, though, which may be the culprit. If I quit out
>of a Netscape request (such as to download messages or to access a
>website) when I'm OFFline, I get an odd error message which says that
>the server couldn't be found - or some such thing. From then on, every
>time I try to access the internet via a request (i.e. without first
>establishing a connection) I get the same error message and can't
>connect that way. I then have to open a connection through Windows
>before I can do anything over the Net. If I close Netscape and re-open
>it, the problem disappears.
>
>This turns out to have been the case when I ran the last email output.
>That is, Netscape couldn't (wouldn't) initiate an internet connection,
>and so I suspect the email sat somewhere waiting to be sent. Oddly, it
>didn't get sent automatically when I did later establish an internet
>connection via Windows.
>
>So, any thoughts, even though it may not be directly an ebase problem?
>
>--
>Carl Paulsen
>New Hampshire Rivers Council
>54 Portsmouth Street
>Concord, NH 03301
>603-228-6472
>603-228-0423 Fax
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>> At 06:10 PM 11/13/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> >We are on a dial-up internet access account using ebase 1.02. I
>> >recently noticed that if I try to output a custom email without being
>> >connected to the internet, my message is sometimes lost in the ether.
>> >It is nowhere on the desktop, nor in taskbars, etc. I cannot find it
>> >through Netscape, my email program of choice. It is as if ebase thinks
>> >it sent the email but it is nowhere to be found.
>> >
>> >Yet when I go to shut down the computer, I get a warning that there is
>> >an unsent message. If I elect to save it (in the Drafts Folder of
>> >Netscape), I can then find the message there.
>> >
>> >This does not happen with the Batch option, where a single message is
>> >created with a text string of email addresses to paste into the BCC
>> >area.
>> >
>> >Any ideas what is going on here? What does ebase do with custom
>> >messages and why wouldn't I at least get an open email file that I can
>> >open and/or edit?
>> >
>> >Also, I don't believe I ever had this problem in v.1.00. I believe
>> >under the earlier version, ebase would output the message which would
>> >call up my internet access dial-up routine. I enter the proper data for
>> >connecting and the messages get sent as soon as my connection is
>> >established.
>> >--
>> >Carl Paulsen
>
