Modem is possessed

In article <-6qdnSo1FLW5SZiiXTWJjA DeleteThis @io.com>, geary DeleteThis @io.com (Big Bird)
wrote:

> I know this has been discussed here before, but I can't find the magic
> strings for Google.
>
> Normally I connect to the net through a cable modem, but it is out for
> the next few days and I've got to fall back on a POTS modem. The
> problem is that after I disconnect, the computer dials up the net
> every 15 minutes.
>
> This is MacOS 9.2. There are no programs, including hidden ones, that
> should care about a net connection. File sharing is turned
> off. Setting the clock from a time server is turned off. What am I
> forgetting that might want to access the net every 15 minutes?

Do you have your email program set to check mail every 15 minutes,
whether or not you have a network connection?

--
AF
"Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team."
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In article <-6qdnSo1FLW5SZiiXTWJjA.TakeThisOut@io.com>, geary.TakeThisOut@io.com (Big Bird)
wrote:

> I know this has been discussed here before, but I can't find the magic
> strings for Google.
>
> Normally I connect to the net through a cable modem, but it is out for
> the next few days and I've got to fall back on a POTS modem. The
> problem is that after I disconnect, the computer dials up the net
> every 15 minutes.
>
> This is MacOS 9.2. There are no programs, including hidden ones, that
> should care about a net connection. File sharing is turned
> off. Setting the clock from a time server is turned off. What am I
> forgetting that might want to access the net every 15 minutes?
>
> Mark Geary

Quicken or Powerticker or something looking for stock quotes on a
regular basis.

Any email program, though I am sure that Eudora doesn't check mail when
it isn't running.

Something looking at weather or road conditions.

A Palm synchronizer perhaps, though I've never seen one do anything
automatically. Maybe the newer ones can try to check their possible
modem connections.

Some server you used to connect to on your local network where you
checked the little box that says "connect on startup." This, however
should give you a startup error message. No, that isn't it.

As you can tell I'm shooting at phantoms here.

Got an old copy of Timbuktu on there?