JM> @MSGID: 3:640/820.0 3111db00
 JM> On 01-30-96 Jeff Bilyk wrote to Al Acar... 
 
 JB> AA> I turned off the Auto Z-Modem download under Options as suggested 
 JB> AA> in the documetation but that did not do the trick and stop GIFLink 
 JB> AA> either.  So what else can I do now?  I would like to be able to 
 JB> use 
 JB> AA> GIFLink when downloading images but if I'm downloading an archive 
 JB> or 
 JB> AA> any other file I'd much rather use the built-in Z-Modem and do 
 JB> other 
 JB> AA> tasks in the background.  What are your suggestions? 
 JB> 
 JB> Sounds like you need to change your settings on it obviously. Try 
 JB> eliminating the Auto-Download sequence in your external protocol 
 JB> setup, so 
 JB> it can't jump in and take over! 
 JB>                         Jeff 
 JM> G'day Jeff, 
 JM> EMFBI but I eventually gave up playing with the settings having 
 JM> determined that you can have either Zmodem or Giflink but not both 
 JM> and no means of automatic selection. 
 JM> Has anyone any other experiences? 
 JM> 
 Why, I'm having my cake and eating it too! :)  I was able to solve
 that problem to my satisfaction.  See my messages under the same thread
 to find out how I did it.  What kind of automatic selection would you
 like to have?  GIFLink kicking in only when you're downloading images
 but going with Z-Modem rest of the time?  
 
... acar@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca      al.acar@hortus.bc.ca
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