Subject: weird log on

From: "T. Bell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:31:29 -0700 (PDT)

I tried to move mail from max to homer.
i downloaded www instructions.
the mail is still in max
and i now have to respond to a prompt at the bottom of the pine screen to
log on to max and enter my password.
how do i get out of this mess?

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 20 Aug 1997 08:20:17 +0200

>> On Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:31:29 -0700 (PDT), "T. Bell"
>> <[email-masked]> said: 

TB> I tried to move mail from max to homer.  i downloaded www
TB> instructions.  the mail is still in max and i now have to
TB> respond to a prompt at the bottom of the pine screen to log on
TB> to max and enter my password.  how do i get out of this mess?

What OS locally? If u*ix, grab a pop client like popclient or
fetchmail or whatever. Mucho easy.

Otherwise type in your user ID (should be tombell) and the password
you received from your ISP.

Talk to your local help desk.

Later,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha, M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University, Bonn
"This user has been posting some very abusive answers to legitimate
questions on Usenet ..." (Bruce Towes on comp.mail.pine)