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ATTENTION:
I use AutoNet every single day, almost three or four times
a day to retrieve files for my board: The AntiVirus ROCK.
I usually notice 99% of the problems, personally. If I
miss some, make sure the tell me about them.
Read this only if you have problems with AutoNet.
Since the Internet is not reliable, nor is it predictable, this
program is bound to have some difficulties. Here are some of
the probable questions you may have:
And remember the ten commandments of the AutoNet:
1. Though shalt not bang on the ALT-X key four thousand times
before giving AutoNet time to respond.
2. Though shalt not complain to ME about how slow the Internet
is during the proverbial Internet rush hour.
3. Though shalt not sit and watch AutoNet run, and wonder
why it pauses between certain statements. If you were
as unreliable as the Internet, I would pause too!
4. Though shalt not correct the Author's grammar.
5. Though shalt not make a 7,000 line agenda and wonder why
its still running when you get home.
6. Though shall give me more ideas to put in these slots since
I am fresh out of them! :-)
1. AutoNet doesn't log into my Internet provider!
When AutoNet logs on, it looks for 'login:' or 'Username:' then
fills in your info. Chances are you don't have a standard prompt
or you got an ugly menu to sort through.
You'll need to write a login "script" to get you through the initial
menus or prompts, and straight to the Internet's UNIX SHELL.
2. AutoNet doesn't recognize my serial port.
AutoNet works with port 1-4. Any wierd IRQ settings are not supported,
yet. I'll add more expandability to this humongous thing later!
3. Your SCRIPT and LOGIN commands don't work.
Try using UPPER CASE, like the examples.
Proper: DELETE *.zip
RUN myscrip.scr
LOGIN myscrip.scr
4. When its on the Internet, it sometimes hangs there and doesn't
know what to do.
Nothing is perfect, and certainly not a free program like this :-)
AutoNet is configured for the Internet the best I could manage.
The Internet is sometimes like Windows.. moody and unpredictable.
(Some people would say Women are like that too)
If you know an Internet site will screw AutoNet up, just mail me
the site name or number, and I will personally log on, and try to
adjust the next version to accomodate it.
5. AutoNet skips over the first line in the agenda file.
Very rarely, if a large number of files are open, it will do that.
(This happens to me only once every month or so) Just stick something
useless in your first line of the config file if this becomes a problem.
Example: WAIT 1
...remainder of agenda file
6. AutoNet looks a lot like ROBOCOMM.
Not really. The first version did, but I have tried to gear it away
from that. Things like "agenda" and "remain online" are similar, but
those are just functions that every automated comm program should have.