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Hello Wayne - 

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WC> Got it working now, the trick is to run the executable the
WC> first time from true DOS so Win 98 doesn't customize the
WC> multimail.rc file in the blink of an eye when you answer
WC> "edit now" 'Y". Once I did that it worked fine and I did
WC> move MM.EXE to the desktop for the shortcut. 

I will try to remember that one. 

WC>>> Installed Hyperterminal P.E. and got one packet
WC>>> downloaded alright but need to read the docs as something
WC>>> didn't go right this morning and the packet wouldn't
WC>>> decompress. 

CA>>> I seem to recall a similar situation for my brother. I
CA>>> _think_ he did not have the autodetect for binary/ascii
CA>>> transfers turned on? Dim and foggy but seems that was it. 

WC> Might have to do with Zclobber, I'll have to save the
WC> current packet's pointer file sommewhere until I've got the
WC> download part of Hypertrerminal PE figured out. 

Zclobber is another possible. Sorry I can't be more helpful but
I don't use Hyperterminal myself. I could check my brother's
setup. He does use it for FIDO messages. 

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CA>> I'm not really up to speed on how W9x implements
CA>> 'shortcuts'. Not clear to me why W9x even has them really.
CA>> They seem redundant to me. 

WC> I'm beginning to get the picture. The reason is for the
WC> technically nieve but the effect is frustrating to those
WC> profficient until they catch on. I'm about ready to move
WC> everything over here, rearrange the room, split the disk
WC> for Linux and and use primarily this machine now. 

Sounds as though you've made a great deal of progress. 

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CA>> My gut reaction is to not attempt to delete IExplorer. 

WC> I didn't. 

CA>> I think you install over the top of it? My experiences
CA>> trying to get rid of IEx were not good and I recall DUN is
CA>> similar. If you don't remove it exactly as Microsoft tells
CA>> you to it's a mess and you usually have to reinstall the
CA>> OS to fix it. 

WC> Went smoothly and Explorer 6 loads the problem page just
WC> fine. Just under 21.200KB in an hour and 10 minutes. 

You're probably better of with IEx v6 anyhow according to my
daughter it's much more effective as a WWW browser. Something
about ActiveX etc. that I don't know much about. 

CA>> Could be. The browsers I have had encryption set to
CA>> autodetect and turn on/off automatically. 

WC> Same here and now with IE Version 6.0 

Good. 

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WC> Have you Zone Labs Zone alarm installed, very informative
WC> about attacks on ports. 

It's on my brother's W98SE machine, yes. That and Ad-Aware but
I'm reading in usenet that Ad-Aware isn't being maintained and
up-to-date but haven't tried any of the others. My brother had
18 "ET call-home" background tasks running when I first used
Ad-Aware to remove them. Second time he had 24 more of them! 

Attacks on ports, port scanning, and DoS seem overblown to me.
Similar to virus scares. I don't think it's all that much of a
problem really. Zonealarm is there to detect any "ET call-home"
software attempt to call _out_ from his machine more than for
any other reason. 

He also has McAfee running to block virus. He has had no virus,
worms, or anything other than "ET"s that are installed with
other things he has tried out and installed himself. 

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WC>> OTOH my parents regularly blew up bottles making homemade
WC>> rootbeer. 

CA>> See? Now you go and do it _again_! 

WC> Parents never used a hydrometer whose purpose it is to
WC> measure specific gravity in the first place. Anyway mine
WC> will all be stored until ready in the same large plastic
WC> closed storage unit unit I'll use to clean and sanitize the
WC> bottles so no big deal. A box to hold 58 bottles can be had
WC> at Home Depot for about three dollars. 

My mother made homemade ice-cream for awhile using an electric
ice-cream maker. It was OK but I'm not that fond of ice-cream. 

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