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- SMTP server name
-
- ■ This is the name of your internet provider's SMTP mail server.
- Quite often this is the main domain name of your provider, or
- something like "mailhost.theirsite.com", or "mail.theirsite.com"
- If in doubt about this, or any other settings, please ask your
- internet provider.
-
- POP3 server name
-
- ■ This is the name of your internet provider's POP3 mail server.
- Quite often this is the same as the SMTP server name.
-
- POP3 mailbox
-
- ■ This is the name of your mailbox. Your mailbox name is usually
- the same as your user name.
-
- POP3 password
-
- ■ This is the password to access your mailbox. The password is
- usually the same as your login password.
-
- Port
-
- ■ This is your modem comport number. For example, if your modem
- is on COM2, then enter 2 for your port number.
-
- Address
-
- ■ This is the hex address of your comport. The standard address
- values for the first four comports are COM1 = 03F8, COM2 = 02F8,
- COM3 = 03E8, and COM4 = 02E8
-
- IRQ
-
- ■ This is the IRQ of your comport. The standard IRQ values for the
- first four comports are COM1 = 4, COM2 = 3, COM3 = 4, and COM4 = 3
-
- Baud
-
- ■ This is the baud rate that your modem talks to your computer at.
- (also known as the locked baud rate). Typically values are
- 19200, 38400 or 57600. For those normally locking at 115200,
- please select 57600.
-
- Attempts
-
- ■ This is the number of attempts to retry your login and logout
- scripts if they fail. (This setting is not applicable when
- using PPP as your protocol)
-
- Waitout
-
- ■ This is the number of seconds to wait between dialing retries.
- (This setting is not applicable when using PPP as your protocol)
-
- IP
-
- ■ This is your IP address. If this value changes constantly
- then enter 0.0.0.0 and use the FINDIP function in the login
- script to determine your dynamic IP address.
-
- Network mask
-
- ■ This is your network mask. The value of 255.255.255.0 is
- correct for almost all major SLIP implementations.
-
- Gateway
-
- ■ This is the gateway address of your internet provider. If you
- do not know what this value should be then please contact your
- internet provider for the right address.
-
- Name servers
-
- ■ You can specify the addresses of up to 3 name servers. If you
- do not know what these values should be then please contact your
- internet provider for the right addresses.
-
- Socket timeout
-
- ■ This is the number of seconds to wait for an established socket
- after a connection request. The default value of 30 should
- suffice for most systems. If you have a very slow link, you may
- increase this value as required.
-
- Data timeout
-
- ■ This is the number of seconds to wait for between expected
- data responses. The default value of two minutes (120 seconds)
- should suffice for most systems. If you have a very slow link,
- you may increase this value as required.
-
- MSS
-
- ■ This is your segment size value, the default value of 576 should
- be fine for most systems. If you need to change this value to
- increase efficiency you may do so. It is not wise to change this
- value unless you know the MSS value of your internet provider.
-
- Protocol
-
- ■ Here you must select whether you will be using SLIP, CSLIP or
- PPP as your connection protocol.
-
- Debug display
-
- ■ If you wish to see each line being sent and received to your
- provider then select yes, otherwise select no.
-