Re: (OT) Prejudice against sendmail?

2006-09-01 Thread dsr
systems, and is unlikely to require upgrading. There are presumably some people running Courier-MTA; many more people use Courier

Re: [OT]AGP card for dual DVI setup?

2006-01-11 Thread dsr
st to configure. > > 1) 1 AGP + 1 PCI card > 2) 1 AGP card with dual DVI output > > Any recommendations, as to specific hardware? They're generally equally easy to configure. The single AGP card may or may not be cheaper, depending on what you have lying around. -dsr- -- What&

Re: Best strategy for multiple terminals connected to one server

2005-08-29 Thread dsr
u don't want X, you can install multiport serial cards and virtually any PC can act as a terminal, or you can acquire used or new serial terminals. This is the cheapest route, and number of terminals is pretty much limited by server performance. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: qmailrock.org for debian installation guide question

2005-07-12 Thread dsr
On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 10:25:41PM +0600, askar k wrote: > Help me! :( OK. www.lifewithqmail.org is over there, and the qmail mailing list is here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nightstand Terminal

2004-12-09 Thread dsr
switch for > a two computer network? It works, but you can buy a new 5-port 10/100 switch for $12. Here: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-327-110&depa=0 Buying a crossover cable in your local store is probably more expensive than that. -dsr- -- Nothing to sig

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please

2004-11-02 Thread dsr
resync > > them?) > > Software raid eats up more CPU, but linux' software raid seems to be > rather good. Doing the root filesystem on raid in linux is kind of a > PITA. Not if you're doing a fresh install with the Sarge debian-installer CD. SW RAID-1 was downright easy. -dsr- --

Re: Possibilities with 2 vga cards ??

2004-10-28 Thread dsr
an integrated X screen that is part of the same desktop; windows can be moved around and between the two monitors. - add the new Display and Monitor section, and enable Xinerama. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux clients in network - experiences?

2004-03-22 Thread dsr
pping IDE RAID is very bad unless you buy a 3Ware controller. Non-hotswap IDE RAID is quite good. -dsr- -- I just haven't introduced the CIA psyops unicorn yet. -- Charlie Stross -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mailing List and Newsgruops

2002-05-05 Thread dsr
e the down side, if any. > > It might work but my guess is that it is not nearly as reliable. A more reliable method would be to run your own email <-> usenet gateway, taking in messages from the list and your users, and sending out only messages from your users. -dsr- -- To UNSUB

Re: OT: Opensource Helpdesk App?

2002-04-02 Thread dsr
eing good, I would much appreciate > it. RequestTracker (RT) is way cool. www.fsck.com, and it's already in Debian. (RT2 is in unstable, but you want to upgrade to 2.0.13 anyway). -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Command line access to X cut buffer?

2002-03-30 Thread dsr
thing against wmaker, but I don't use it and I'd prefer to > not have to install it. Are there other alternatives for a tool like > this? Google for googlizer and (separately) for openit. Googlizer was written by Alan Cox; openit shares most of the code. You can probably hack ex

Re: OT crossover cable speed

2002-03-25 Thread dsr
itch. These machines will constantly be transferring data, so I would > > A switch will give you full duplex capability. With crossover you only > get half-duplex. Completely untrue. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: su montioring

2002-03-20 Thread dsr
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 06:27:46PM -, David Richards wrote: > hi > > are there any program that will log/monitor who are using root > privigies ? You probably want to remove su and replace it with sudo. Finer-grained access privs and better logging. -dsr-

Re: OT: Microtel computer PCI modem

2002-03-15 Thread dsr
or Linux? It's not the PCI interface which is a problem. It's the fact that it is a WinModem (i.e. software modem) which depends on the host CPU to do work for it that is an issue. And even more to the point, the problem is that those drivers are typically proprietary, secret, and unpublished. -dsr-

Re: Sun hardware

2002-03-07 Thread dsr
ble/sparc/ You will want to recompile the kernel for SMP support; the default Debian kernel is uniprocessor. Also useful: http://www.ultralinux.org -dsr-

Re: qmail postmanster passwd

2002-03-06 Thread dsr
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 04:32:35PM +0100, David Gardi wrote: > Hi, > anyone know how to change postmaster password using qmail? qmail can't do that. What's wrong with "sudo passwd postmaster" ? -dsr-

Re: MTA recomendations?

2002-01-31 Thread dsr
(Did you hear that? Sounds like a flamewar coming) Nah. But let me point this out: - I'm a big qmail advocate. - He doesn't need to become a kickass postmaster. He just needs a simple MTA. - He runs Debian. - Debian's default MTA is exim, and comes with a preconfiguration that exactly matches his needs. -dsr-

Re: mutt weirdness: >> "Move read messages to /home/astartoth/Mail/~/Maildir? ([n]/y):"

2002-01-10 Thread dsr
ormat. For instance: !ls ~/Mail archive commercial debian dns friends im2000 jobs mutt nanog qmail rpg trikes are all Maildirs where I stash things. ~/Maildir is a replacement for /var/spool/mail/username. -dsr-

Re: mutt weirdness: >> "Move read messages to /home/astartoth/Mail/~/Maildir? ([n]/y):"

2002-01-09 Thread dsr
er NFS-mounted directories. It is fast for mail delivery and deletion; grep works for searches because each file is a separate message. It can be slower to load an entire folder than mbox because it needs to grab many files instead of just one big file. -dsr-

Re: ~Maildir and /var/spool/mail/$USER

2002-01-09 Thread dsr
ar/spool/mail/$USER. I *don't* even > have exim running > > Does someone have some tip to so9lve this weirdness? Maildir is not a package. Perhaps you mean qmail? I would look at the qmail FAQ. I would especially look at the bits about delivery. -dsr-

Re: dnscache and dnscachex (djbdns)

2002-01-09 Thread dsr
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:16:23PM +, Am?rico Rocha wrote: > Can someone point the differences between a local dns cache and an > external dns cache ? Yes. I still think you ought to read the web pages again and perhaps ask on the djbdns mailing list. > I configured an external dnscache on

Re: Dual head with two cards?

2002-01-06 Thread dsr
" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "dual" Screen "Screen1" Screen "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" EndSection hope that helps... -dsr-

Re: dnscache and local network

2001-12-15 Thread dsr
t; Difficult setup ? No. Read the documentation at http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html -dsr-

Re: qmail-src

2001-11-30 Thread dsr
ave both sets installed. I strongly suggest asking Debian questions on Debian lists, and DJBware questions on DJB's lists. -dsr-

Re: qmail-src

2001-11-30 Thread dsr
qmail-installation; I >installed it just for fun/masochistic experience and knew that I >was just wasting another 2 days of my lifetime ... It's my primary mail server. -dsr-

Re: qmail-src

2001-11-30 Thread dsr
struggling with this installation. Debian is great; Debian is wonderful. Don't bother trying to get Debian to install qmail. Follow the Life With qmail instructions at: www.lifewithqmail.org -dsr-

Re: bash shell

2000-10-05 Thread -dsr-
ash shell > - it this right ?? No. In fact, bash is approximately the default shell. > If this is not the correct place to ask this question - where is ?? This is fine. -dsr-

Re: MUTT + Procmail

2000-10-04 Thread -dsr-
debian-user or, once in mutt, use c (default binding for change-folder) to change folders. -dsr-