Subject: using Mac

From: Sherry Roadcap <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:36:03 -0600

I'm not sure if you can help me or not, but I have a Mac computer at home 
and use Mac PPP to try to retrive my email messages.  All works find 
until I hit the 2 to check email.  Then there are all kinds of extra 
characters and I connot read.  Have any idea what needs to be done?  I 
have checked the email thru the LRC Mac computers and have no problems.  
I have tried to call for help, but the day people tell me to talk to the 
night people and the night people tell me to talk to the day people.  Let 
me know if you have any ideas!

Thanks:  Sherry

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   Sherry Roadcap, UTSN                   [email-masked]
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From: [email-masked] (Jie Yuan)
Date: 18 Nov 1996 16:33:21 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
> me know if you have any ideas!

Assuming you use a telnet application and log into your Unix machine to
use Pine.  The problem may be caused by the control characters that Pine
uses to clear the screen, bold-face some letters, etc.  Your terminal
emulation may have been pure VT100 that does not have support of those
control characters.  Try to use VT200/220, even VT102 and see if you can
overcome the problem.

Which telnet program do you use?  NCSA Telnet?  I use Comet from Cornell
U. (freeware, available on info-mac) most of time.  I also use freeware
NiftyTelnet from Carnegie Melon U. (URL is:
http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/dist/niftytelnet.html).  Both Comet and 
NiftyTelnet can display Pine menus properly.

Alternatively, you can get a copy of MailDrop client for Mac and access
your emails just as easily.  MailDrop is freeware from Baylor U. and the
URL is:

	http://ackmo.baylor.edu/files/Mail_Drop/info.html

and make sure you have the latest development version (1.2d7d as of today).

Cheers!

Jie
-- Jie Yuan, PhD - U. of Cincinnati - Dept. of Pharmacology & C.B. --
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