Re: Problems compiling MH on hamm system
Ken, I think you will find things a lot easier if you try NMH instead of the very old and buggy MH. You can find NMH (New MH) at http://www.math.gatech.edu/nmh/ Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: (sendmail || bind) help
Try to telnet to the pop3 server on port 110 and make sure it connects. If it connects, you can use the conversation: user USER_NAME pass USER_PASSWORD list quit to make sure it all works. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: newaliases
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: > Where do I find the program "newaliases"? It's part of sendmail. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: exmh mail?
exmh uses mh to actually process mail. The mh that comes with debian requires sendmail. If you want to get your mail directly from your ISP, you have to do it manually with mh (due to a BUG in mh dealing with .netrc files) -- However, there is a version of nmh that has been packaged for debian (although I haven't gone looking for it yet, so I'm not sure which part of which distribution it is in). If you choose to use mh, you need to run (Oh rats, brain failure--begins with the letter "f" and replaces the popclient program) to pull the mail from your ISP into your /var/spool/mail/USERID mailbox. Once the mail is there, mh/exmh can read it into your personal space. If you want to file mail messages into different folders based on some characteristic of the mail, mh provides the slocal command which works with a .maildelivery file in your home directory to do this. It is not as functional as procmail, but it works. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: exmh mail?
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > Francis Swasey wrote: > > Hello, > > Do you think it is the debian package "fetchmail" that you refer to > above? Yes, fetchmail it is. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: determining serial link speed?
I have had an intermittent problem with my USR connecting at 14400 instead of 28800 and solved it by changing the connect string that chat was expecting from "CONNECT" to "CONNECT 2". Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
frozen & unstable distribution problems
Folks, I've just discovered that the Packages file on ftp.debian.org is again out of synch with the actual packages in the distribution. I'm sure (since this has been reported time and time again) that the Packages file on master is correct. We really do need to find some way to keep the ftp.debian.org mirror up to date. The second problem I just ran into is that the size of the main directory in the frozen (bo) distribution has grown to such a size that it can no longer be contained on a 650,000,000 byte CD along with the unstable version. This means that you (at least I) can no longer build a CD of the unstable version because of all the symbolic links back into bo which I can no longer fit on the CD -- I do these tests to verify that the thing can be used to build a brand new system from scratch. I could do it over the phone line, but a 28.8 connection is just too slow to build a complete system from scratch. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
PPP doesn't like anyone but root???
Ok, I give up. I've tried everything I can think of -- including reading the instructions. I still cannot get PPP to work for anyone other than root. I have put my userid in the /etc/group file as a member of group dialout and made sure that the modem device (/dev/ttyS0) is owned by group dialout. However, after the chat script finishes and the connection is made, I get the following messages in /var/adm/ppp.log and everything dies! pppd[300]: Serial connection established. pppd[300]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted pppd[300]: ioctl(PPPIOCGDEBUG): Operation not permitted pppd[300]: Exit. What trivial piece of the installation have I messed up this time? Thanks, Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: InfoMagic's new LDR
On Mon, 12 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I wonder, is it time to request they stop distributing Debian? > > provide a consistency check for complete CD's, so that companies like > InfoMagic can easily check what they press. I have the impression the Eric, I suspect you are correct. I do have a tendancy to over-react to bad situations. What kind of consistency check would we need to provide? Something to read the Package file and verify that all packages were there and also read all the directories and verify all packages were listed in the Package file? Would something like that be enough? Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: InfoMagic's new LDR
Hmmm, This makes two straight that the infomagic folks have sent out with a bad Debian distribution on it. Their December, 1996 LDR with the original Debian 1.2.0 was also full of problems. Not to mention they still haven't put anything about how to install Debian in the booklet they include with the CD's. I wonder, is it time to request they stop distributing Debian? Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail troubles?
On Sat, 10 May 1997, Ciccio wrote: > pop.arrakis.es, which now is another box. So I touched my .fetchmailrc > leaving it as this: > poll pop.arrakis.es proto pop3 user ciccio pass * If that was your real password, change it immediately. > They explained me that---because of 37,000 users--- they had > decided to use 1 RAID disk system with 2 computers which > balance load, so that each time I call, pop.arrakis.es may point to > another IP address. The confusion and data loss, according to their > explanation is due to (a) that fetchmail deletes the messages before > they have been transmitted (?!) and (b) that my DNS cache would > have chosen the wrong address. If you run fetchmail with the -v option, you will see very clearly that (a) is just not true. If (b) is the answer, then your DNS must have been pointing at the old machine (not either of the two new ones) and they seem to have stopped their pop server, deleted the mail spool, and then re-started the pop server on that machine. Not a very kind thing to do to their customers (in my opinion). Having two computers share a RAID system for load balancing, sounds like both machines can access the data on the RAID system at the same time, so it shouldn't matter which of the two computers your DNS points you at, you should see the same data -- hence the load balancing (of the computers -- I assume). The question I would be asking the ISP is: how did they move the mail from the old machine to the new configuration? From what you have described, I'm a little suspicious that they might not have moved anything (and hence your sudden loss of mail). I don't mean to be alarmist, just trying to explain the thoughts that are running through my mind. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
