-=> BOB BREED wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Working as root all the time is dangerous as you can do most
 WC> anything including but not limited to clobbering the MBR
 WC> or recursively wiping out all the software.

 BB> Which is why I only tried to somethings that were mentioned in some
 BB> FAQ's - but they didn't work either.  :(

 WC> Took me a couple weeks and a bit of assistance to get myself
 WC> a user account with modem and dialer access.

 BB> Oddly, I did that part fine.  Had no problems with the dialer or even
 BB> the mail reader.  :)

I did it from the command line.
What mail reader did you install?
 
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