PMMail/2 and Broken Telephone Connectinons

[Chris Adams]

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:18:46 -0700, Marty Abrego wrote:

>Strange... I just tested this by emailing myself a file with a
>sizable attachment (so I have time to break the connection).  After I
>started retrieving it, I let it reach 10% and then pulled the plug on
>the DSL modem.  After 30 seconds, or so, I plugged it back in.  After
>about 30 more seconds, PM Mail picked up where it left off -- no
>problem at all.

It's a problem if you have to redial a modem.  The underlying IP stack will
take care of transient outages where the connection setup doesn't change.