Subj : OpenXP noob questions
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Apr 02 2019 19:02:31

On 02/04/2019 5:51 a.m., Martin Foster : August Abolins wrote:

> Do you have a Netmail area, it should look something like this:
> "August Abolins@2:221/1.58"

No.  There is just "> />Netcall", and two echo areas.


> The default View Mode for all message lists is "New", as in "new
> messages since your last poll". Before going any further, I would
> strongly advise you to change the default View Mode to "All". You do
> this by going to "Config/Options/User interface". Press <F2> with the
> cursor in the "Show mode" field and select "All" from the list and
> then press <Enter>. Then, <Enter> your way through all the other
> settings. You will then need to exit and re-start OpenXP for your
> change to take effect.

Done.   But just to let you know, the cursor did *not* want to automatically 
land on the "Double click" field.  In other words, the "Then, <Enter> your way 
through all.." did not leave/close the window. As a result, my change in "Show 
mode" did not stick.  :(   After I went back in, and manually selected "Double 
click", then <Enter>, then the whole window closed,  ...and the "All" setting 
stuck as required when I restarted.

> If you do have a Netmail area, go into it..
> Look in OpenXP's FILES directory to see if there are any mail
> packets in there. If there are, then something's definitely adrift.

No netmail area. Nothing in FILES.  I am adrift...

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