Brenda et al,
a few points overlooked.
1. I was running wvdial manually on its own, $ wvdial, so expected
that it would connect and relinquish control back to the prompt. It
does no have its own prompt to accept input, and all the iinfo was
on- screen.
2. $ ifconfig generates
lo Link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING.............
..............................
S10 Link encap:Serial line IP
inet addr:192.168.0.0 .....................................
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING.......................
have edited the above for brevity.
3 if i run $ ifconfig ppp it generates
ppp: error fetching interface information: device not found
4. I am perhaps confusing a nameserver address with an ISP address.
I read it that the name server can be remote from the ISP (unless
he runs one himself) to provide a numerical address for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] so that the email can be then sent to
that address. If I am using my ISP as a smarthost I do not need
this. Still, I will call them today and check this out.
5. I have looked carefully through Muttrc and can find no unneeded
lines with reference to POP or my ISP except for the one commented
out re latter when I gave it an unsuccessful try previously
Regards
Ian Balchin
Grahamstown, South Africa.
