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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I should be able to figure it out today.  I am curious and will 
> check how you set up the man pages - with man2html/zless/links, 
> or plain text.  

Plain text.  The files are smaller.

> 'segmentation fault' just before reboot.  It is 
> possible I left out the S.  

That would do it (linking microcom to a tty instead of a com port).

> I hope it works better than minincom, which had commands 
> that interfered with the use of pico, 

I'm pretty sure microcom won't interfer.  IIRC, the only 
microcom control key is ~  (no ALT/CTRL commands).  

> and I think had some other problems with terminal emulation 

Changing TERM=linux to TERM=vt100 (or TERM=vt102) might help.

> > Your "From:" address goes in ~/.pmailrc (same as BL2).  
> > It's called "reply-to" 
>
> Maybe there is some way to override that setting, 

Sorry, I removed that option (because it was confusing).
I suggest you make two versions of ~/.pmailrc (one for 
each person) and write a wee script that swaps them.

> I don't recall anything in the menu that suggested I could 
> set From or reply-to (not that I got the menu to work).  

It's in the section with the bug (caused when I replaced 
pico with e3pi).  The bug stops you seeing the config file
where you set the reply-to

> So after the first time you use the program, 

You mean when you press: "Read and write messages" ?

> it takes you to inbox 

Yes, that's where you start reading.  Then to reply, you 
press r.  To forward, you press f.  And to compose a new 
message, you press c.

> instead of the screen used to compose?  

Composing is just one of several options.

> Can this new mail program be used with links to send 
> mailto: instead of saving addresses from the web?  

No.  Is that a problem?  Do you often click on mailto:?
If so, I can add a script to do that.

> We have Win98 himem.sys 

That one probably clashes with Xvesa.  I know the one in
win95 clashes -- so does the one in DOS 6.22 and in 6.0.
I'm now using the himem.sys from DOS 5 (which works with 
Xvesa).

> > Did you press ENTER after A?  If so, the next question should
> > be:  "Which port is your mouse on?"
> 
> I pressed Enter and nothing happened.  

I find that hard to understand.  It occurs in the middle of an
ordinary script with nothing fancy going on.  You are asked
three questions before the script exits and tries to start
Xvesa.  You say it is crashing after the *first* question???

Cheers,
Steven