>     I now see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. :-)  I got
 > ahold
 > of the US Robotics people and explained the problem.  They suggested
 > several
 > things which failed to help but the last thing they recommended did.
 > They
 > suggested I get into CMOS and change "ACPI" settings. 
Well, I searched
 > hard
 > throughout CMOS but failed to find anything similar.  The idea of
 > hitting
 > the "Default Settings" came to mind so I did it.  After re-booting, I
 > can call
 > in without the computer locking up. :-)  I haven't looked at it again to
 > see
 > what was changed but I will let you know when I get the chance.

      Sounds good.

 >     Now I can work on InterMail and Renegade.  InterMail answers the
 > call.
 > When I hit Esc twice, it gives the DOBBS.BAT command.  Then InterMail
 > completely closes.  That tells me there is something wrong in there
 > somewhere.
 >     The DOBBS.BAT file has one line which is:
 >
 > EXEBBS 14400 2 322 /Arg/V32/Lapm/V42bis 1

      Here's what I have:  EXEBBS 31200 2 2 /Arq/V34/Lapm/V42bis (plus caller
id info)  It'll change with each new caller.

 >
 >     I know the DOBBS.BAT file tells it to open the EXEBBS.BAT file.  The
 > 14400
 > is the B rate the last caller loged on with.  The 2 is the COM port and
 > the
 > 322 is the number of minutes left before the next event scheduled in
 > InterMail.  The rest of it (I think) tells Renegade something about the
 > caller's modem??  I have no idea what the number one on the end of the
 > line
 > is for.  I suspect something is wrong with this line and that is causing
 > it
 > to close InterMail.  (Murphy's Law tells me I am all wet!.  :-)
 >     The EXEBBS.bat then tells this contraption to:
 >
 > C:
 > CD \RG
 > Renegade -b%1%4 -%3 -q
 > IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO NETMAIL
 > CD..
 > ECHO ATH0>COM2
 > Imrun
 >
 > :NETMAIL
 > CD \RG
 > RENMAIL -S
 > CD \IM\GECHO
 > GE386 SCAN

      You want GECHO SCAN.  And put the Gecho dir in your path, it helps a
lot.

 > CD \
 > ECHO ATHO>COM2
 > IMRUN
 >
 >     I don't think there is anything wrong with this batch file but
 > thought I
 > might ask.  Thanks again for the help. :-)
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > Ken
 >
 > --- GEcho 1.02+

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