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echo: telemate
to: JOHN MCLACHLAN
from: BILL SCHNELL
date: 1997-03-13 15:48:00
subject: I need a life can you

Hello John!
Wednesday March 12 1997 21:14, John McLachlan wrote to Bill Schnell:
 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>>
 JM> I have experienced the same problem, and can only suggest the use of
 JM>    WaitFor "comment/command",300
 JM> or similar to force the script to proceed after 5 minutes without
 JM> receiving the "comment/command". Good talking to you
Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.
Bill
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