kpad

Common Mistakes
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If configure claims Qt cannot be found, have a look at http://www.troll.no
to get latest copy of Qt 3.x version.  
kpad-1.0  was made using  KDE 3.1.0 and QT 3.1.1 

Usage
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If you have trouble with the FTP and/or SMTP functionality
server responses can be read by running the app from the command line.

Known Issues
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If you try to send mail and the server name is valid but 
does not resolve through DNS. Like when  you dial into one isp
and try to send mail through another isp's server.
The GUI will freeze and DNS helper will try to resolve the name for quite some time.
I consider this a bug in the gethostbyname() function from netdb.h in libsocket itself.
It should time out in a more timely fashion -- (just an opinion).
It is possible with certain addresses this can happen with
FTP and HTTP as well. You can kill of kpad with XKill or something
and let the dns haelper eventually time out or you can also kill
dns helper using gtop or whatever.
If anyone knows how to work around this bug please let me know. 
i tried an asyncronous thread specific to gethostbyname()
but i ended up with a mess ;-).


If you have trouble with HTTP function - it issues a simple GET
command to the server. However, many servers require browser authentication.
These servers will respont by sending nothing or a 401 error page. 

Bugs
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Please report bugs and/or fixes and/or additions  to:
 GaryJones32@Excite.com or alternate gary@patriot.net