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echo: telemate
to: BILL SCHNELL
from: JOHN MCLACHLAN
date: 1997-03-12 21:14:00
subject: I need a life can you

 BS> Maybe you can help. I have a script that my BBS spawns to 
 BS> dial and retrieve the local weather forcast from a service. 
 BS> It is reliable about 90% of the time. The reliability isn't 
 BS> the problem, but when it fails to complete the script, TM 
 BS> just sits there, the other end times out, logs me off, and 
 BS> Telemate stays in terminal mode until I come along and exit 
 BS> it. 
 BS> 
I have experienced the same problem, and can only suggest the use of 
   WaitFor "comment/command",300 
or similar to force the script to proceed after 5 minutes without receiving 
the "comment/command". 
Good talking to you 
 
          |\_/| 
          | c |  John McLachlan 
        +-+   +--    Brisbane, Qld, Australia 
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 * OFFLINE 1.58 * ... Couldn't find a happy medium, so I took a contented 
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