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[REBOL] Dialling Out

From: justin::halls::brunel::ac::uk at: 30-Aug-2000 9:08

Hi I am a newcomer to REBOL and would like to use it to solve a particular programming problem. I have a stand-alone application, which is not attended by a user, which occasionaly needs to send or receive e-mails. Rather than programming all the code at a low level, REBOL seemed ideally suited to performing the network interaction processes through an application generated script and a CREATE_PROCESS call to REBOL.EXE My problem is that the machine does not have a permanent connection to the network, but needs to dial out when required. Does anyone have a suitable script, or a technique which can be used to get the machine to dial out a connection (using a connection defined in DUN) without requiring any user interaction? I woud have thought that this would be a very common requirement (most networking tools have the ability to dial out if they are not connected, although simply invoking DUN still requires a user confirmation) and I would suggest that it would be a very worthwhile enhancment to REBOL. Regards Justin ***************************************** * Justin A. T. Halls * * Millennium Homes Project Manager * * Brunel Institute for Bioengineering * * Brunel University * * Kingston Lane * * Uxbridge * * Middx. UB8 3PH * * UK * * Tel. +44 (0)1895 271206 * * Fax +44 (0)1895 274608 * * e-mail: [justin--halls--brunel--ac--uk] * *****************************************