To start up Dial:
Double-click on the PIPEX Dial icon in the Dial group.
This now brings up the main screen for Dial, containing all the information you need to use the system. It is split into three sections, and each section can be toggled on/off for viewing if desired.
The three sections are:
Registered User
PoP Session
Quick Launch application list
Registered User
This section gives the detail of who the program is registered to, and it also gives your email address to. PoP Session
The PoP Session section of the application give the user the following information:
Call time - the length of time the current call has been connected
Accumulative time - the total length of time all the calls made during this session have taken. You can reset this total at any time by double-clicking on the numbers
Disconnect - this is greyed out when the service has not connected, but once you have gained access to the service then you are of course able to disconnect from it
Connect - this is available to connect to the service, but is greyed out during the connection
Connect to - shows which of the PIPEX PoPs you will be calling
Modem button - this allows the user to change the modem settings that they are using, either to change the type of modem being used, or the speed or port. (In the case of trouble shooting, see the HELP section.)
Quick Launch
This section allows the user, to launch an application that they wish to use with the service. The applications that come with Dial are:
Mail-It2
Netscape
Ping
Mail-It2 can be launched either in a disconnected or a connected state, giving the user the power of a full off-line mail reader & composer. Once you have finished creating your mail you can then connect to the service, by pressing the connect button.
Netscape can be launched once you have used Dial to connect to the service. Netscape is an Internet information browser and newsreader. It uses a hyperlink system in the form of highlighted phrases linking the user to other document or resource information on the Internet.
Ping is used to find out if you have a connection to the PoP server.