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to: Preston Smith
from: Fred Springfield
date: 1999-12-13 09:40:15
subject: TCPIP Update

Preston Smith said to all:

PS> I upgraded MPTS to W08424, and applied the UN_0980 fixpack to
PS> TCPIP.  Invoking  'INETVER' now gives me 4.02w.
PS> 
PS> All went well but I ended up with one problem.  I use a script
PS> that drops my  BBS off line and invokes pppdial and Internet rex to
PS> pick up and send my Fido  mail via FTP and e-mail.  Since I did the
PS> update to TCPIP the script no longer  kills the link to my ISP when
PS> all required action are completed.
PS> 
PS> Were there changes in any of the components such as pppkill that
PS> mayrequire me  to change my scripts? 

I have the same MPTS and TCPIP upgrades, along with FP #12, and
killppp does not work at all--can't even get it to give me the syntax
with a pppkill -?  call.

Looks like another one of those Y2K side effects we'll have to deal
with.

Fred Springfield
Plymouth, MN


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