macmillan%wnre.aecl.cdn%ubc.CSNET@RELAY.CS.NET (John MacMillan) (12/04/86)
help! i've just spent the last hour and a half trying to automate an outgoing datapac call. i want a procedure like ENVOY.COM $ set host/x29 12345678 name password scan all bye where 12345678 stands for the dte-address of the envoy electronic mail service (i don't know if they want it broadcast widely, so i'll play safe)( name is the username to access the service password is the response to the next prompt scan is a command to list all messages bye logs off the service It seems simple.. but fetches up immediately after the call is made. Executing the procedure from a terminal, you see the prompt "Username?", but you have to actually type it in from the terminal. It's as if the procedure was suspended at that point. (Similar to a Basic program with an input statement.) I've tried various combinations of ASSIGNS, DEFINES, SYS$INPUT, but nothing works. is there something obvious being missed? John MacMillan Atomic Energy of Canada Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada R0E 1L0 (204) 753-2311 x2539