At 6:48 PM -0500 11/20/05, Daniel wrote:
On Nov 19, 2005, at 20:22, Jeff Hubatka wrote:
On Nov 19, 2005, at 12:31 PM, iMac List wrote:
From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mail question
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:57:24 -0500
On Nov 19, 2005, at 10:17, Jeff Hubatka wrote:
[snip] Internet works, tested through my connection here either
direct or shared from my Powerbook. I have tried Mail, Entourage,
Thunderbird, and even Outlook Express in Classic mode, none of them
will pick up mail. Changed the server settings, spent an hour online
chatting with Earthlink, created a new user, created a new email
account, nothing.
Interesting thing is if I remove the HD and put it into a FW case, I
can start up my own iMac G4 from it, and retrieve the mail correctly.
Seems no matter what I do, it just won't work when it's in this older
G3 model.
One thing comes to mind. In the various Library folders is often a
folder entitled "ByHost". It contains configuration files that have
a machines MAC address in the filename. When a given program needs
one of these files the file with the MAC address matching the
computer's MAC address (of the built in wired Ethernet port) is used.
Thus a given HD may have one, two, three or more configuration files
where the choice of file is based on the the machine. So this is one
way that software can behave differently depending on the machine.
From browsing these files most do seem to make sense that they are
hardware dependent but some I'm not so sure of. It's possible of
course that I've misinterpreted these files or that they only need to
be machine specific for certain cases.
In any event, I'd suggest a search for "ByHost" then take a look at
the files. One possibility is to save all the files in another
folder then startup on the problematic machine and see what happens.
You will likely need to reset some of the preferences these files
hold.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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