Starting up AOL dial-up automatically without asking
Anonymous
19 Nov 2006 14:57:32 UTC
Topic 13503
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This morning I came in and my telephone line was tied up because Boinc had started up AOL and turned on AOL dial-up. I am removing the BOINC software from my machine. I had a total credit of 99475.85. I can not have you turning on and tying up my phone line while I am out of town. I don't know who thought this would be a good idea but it lost my account #18562.
Joe,
I'm sorry to hear about this bad experience. It IS possible to configure BOINC so that it will not originate any outgoing network connections. It is ALSO possible to configure BOINC so that it DOES originate outgoing connections. If you are willing to reconsider your decision, please just modify your configuration so that BOINC won't dial out, but will wait for you to do this.
Cheers,
Bruce