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On 2010-08-10 19:31:19 -0500, green wrote:
Regid Ichira wrote at 2010-08-10 08:10 -0500:
Does `It also lists the DBM library this is being used' a
correct English phrase?
Probably not. And neither is your question; 's/Does/Is' :)
I suppose you could submit a severity=minor bug about
Does `It also lists the DBM library this is being used' a
correct English phrase?
$ zgrep -C4 'DBM library this is being used' /usr/share/doc/exim4/spec.txt.gz
-bV
This option causes Exim to write the current version number, compilation
number, and compilation date of the exim binary
Regid Ichira wrote at 2010-08-10 08:10 -0500:
Does `It also lists the DBM library this is being used' a
correct English phrase?
Probably not. And neither is your question; 's/Does/Is' :)
I suppose you could submit a severity=minor bug about the file.
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Hi all,
After about a fortnight, I tried to update my Debian squeeze desktop,
and I was using the mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in mirror. After downloading
the repository lists, it tells me there are no updates -- I am
surprised as I know that Gnome 2.30 is already in testing. Thinking
that it could
/var/lib/apt/lists, so aptitude had no
OK, so /var/lib/apt/lists was probably corrupted.
I am curious as to how this (bug?) could have occurred.
Well, the power going out has obviously affected /var/lib/apt/lists
could be because the kernel didn't have a chance to flush its write
buffers?
After
On Mon,15.Mar.10, 20:08:02, Snood wrote:
You can then reboot into the new kernel and remove the obsolete
linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 package.
Thank you. I did this, rebooted into the new kernel, used aptitude
to remove the old one, and removed the obsolete kernel. Everything
is ticking
Andrei Popescu wrote:
In general I prefer to keep at least one different kernel version
installed, Just In Case, but in this particular case I too did get rid
of the -trunk- image ASAP because:
- it shouldn't have been uploaded to unstable in the first place
- it messes up the usual boot
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noticed
that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by aptitude as
being obsolete.
I suppose the update that resulted in this was probably
firmware-linux-free 2.6.32-5 - 2.6.32-9
I've never seen anything like this
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noticed
that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by aptitude
as being obsolete.
Check your /var/log/aptitude, i'm sure that a new kernel version got
installed and the
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Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I
noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686
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Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning
snip
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100
Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I
noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by
aptitude as being
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:33:17 -0400 (EDT), Frank McCormick wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I
noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is
Frank McCormick wrote:
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100
Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote:
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
Following a slew of updates in
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:48:37 +
Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Angus,
When you get a new kernel via apt the old one is not removed,
In the past, the new kernel has been made the default kernel, and placed
at the top of the selection list. For some reason, that wasn't the
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:48:37 +
Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Angus,
When you get a new kernel via apt the old one is not removed,
In the past, the new kernel has been made the default kernel, and
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:13:35 -0400 (EDT), Wayne wrote:
dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i
will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not.
Not exactly. The -3 is an upstream version number, and is part of the
Debian package name. linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 and
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:34:29 +
Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Angus,
I did notice that myself (Also a AMD64 machine), this kernel update
also caused me more problems with X than before (had to roll back to
I too, am having problems with X. Even after Stephen Powell's
Sam wrote:
Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From
everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists as
obsolete, I won't have any kernel at all.
First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list.
I'm putting this back on the list where
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:12 -0400 (EDT), Brad Rogers wrote:
I too, am having problems with X. Even after Stephen Powell's excellent
explanation of things in the Xorg.conf thread, I can't get a properly
working monitor setup. I get a display, but not at the monitor's
preferred resolution.
Stephen Powell wrote:
Sam wrote:
Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From
everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists as
obsolete, I won't have any kernel at all.
First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list.
I'm putting
Snood wrote:
dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i
will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not.
Wayne
That command results in nothing at all on my system. Is that significant?
No, because, stupid me, forgot to type it correctly. Try this
dpkg -l linux-image* |grep ^i
The
On Mon,15.Mar.10, 17:51:01, Snood wrote:
I know about rebooting and purging. I've done it lots before. It's
not working that way in this case. Honestly. There's just no
evidence that I can find that there's more than one kernel to select
from. In fact, there's not even any evidence at all
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 17:51 -0400, Snood wrote:
Stephen Powell wrote:
Sam wrote:
First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list.
I'm putting this back on the list where it belongs.
Same happened here.
If you have already done the upgrade, you should have two kernel
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:01 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote:
Sam wrote:
Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From
everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists
as obsolete, I
Wayne wrote:
Snood wrote:
dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i
will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not.
Wayne
That command results in nothing at all on my system. Is that significant?
No, because, stupid me, forgot to type it correctly. Try this
dpkg -l linux-image*
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Mon,15.Mar.10, 17:51:01, Snood wrote:
I know about rebooting and purging. I've done it lots before. It's
not working that way in this case. Honestly. There's just no
evidence that I can find that there's more than one kernel to select
from. In fact, there's not even
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0400
Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote:
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Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote:
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to be booted. Then you can purge the old one. aptitude will
not let
Version table:
2.6.32-9 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Packages
Thank you. I'm sorry about mixing up my replies. I'm new here and have
been used to working with lists which mess around with the reply to
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Wolodja Wentland wrote:
Ok - You really have only one linux-image-* package installed and you've
installed it directly, i.e. it was not installed as a dependency of a
meta-package.
Yes, I think I understand. I used a netinst disc to install the
operating system. In Lenny installed via
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Celejar cele...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0400
Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote:
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Celejar cele...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0400
Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote:
several improvements to the debian
website, regarding mailing lists. They 1) communicate more quickly the
_most imortant_ information, 2) enable people to find the relevant
information more quickly.
While there may be someone with the proper access to make these changes
on the
debian-user
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 23:37:01 giovanni_re wrote:
I include some notes here about several improvements to the debian
website, regarding mailing lists. They 1) communicate more quickly the
_most imortant_ information, 2) enable people to find the relevant
information more quickly.
While
Hi - thanks for your work on the debian mailing lists. :)
I include some notes here about several improvements to the debian
website, regarding mailing lists. They 1) communicate more quickly the
_most imortant_ information, 2) enable people to find the relevant
information more quickly.
== 1
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:37 PM, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.uspontificated:
Hi - thanks for your work on the debian mailing lists. :)
I include some notes here about several improvements to the debian
website, regarding mailing lists. They 1) communicate more quickly the
_most imortant_
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Arthur Machlas
arthur.mach...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:37 PM, giovanni_re
john...@fastmail.uspontificated:
Hi - thanks for your work on the debian mailing lists. :)
I include some notes here about several improvements to the debian
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 09:37:01PM -0800, giovanni_re wrote:
Hi - thanks for your work on the debian mailing lists. :)
I include some notes here about several improvements to the debian
website, regarding mailing lists. They 1) communicate more quickly the
_most imortant_ information, 2
Howdie, fellow Debianites!
I was just wondering if there are any default web sites where one can
post attachments/snippets which are too long to fit in a normal e-mail?
Do Debian lists have any such preferred locations? And, by the way: are
such services called pasteboards at all? (English
On Sun,01.Nov.09, 10:57:17, Klistvud wrote:
Howdie, fellow Debianites!
I was just wondering if there are any default web sites where one can
post attachments/snippets which are too long to fit in a normal e-mail?
Do Debian lists have any such preferred locations? And, by the way
Dne, 01. 11. 2009 11:43:21 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a):
How about paste.debian.net? How long is the output anyway?
Oh, there's no output yet. I was just wondering, for any future
occasions I might need it.
Thanx
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Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote:
Dne, 01. 11. 2009 11:43:21 je Andrei Popescu napisal(a):
How about paste.debian.net? How long is the output anyway?
Oh, there's no output yet. I was just wondering, for any future
occasions I might need it.
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 07:28:29AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote:
Hi, Try http://pastebin.com
This is also the default of the package pastebinit .
Another thing to note: if you want to post a message to this list and
reference a pastebin post, consider that chance are that in a week or so
it
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:01:19AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:34:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 09:20:32PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote:
Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had a chance to
see
what's going
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:23:27 -0700, John Magolske in gmane.linux.debian.user
wrote:
* Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net [091025 20:15]:
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related
topics? Do web forums dominate the internet landscape? If one is
tired of asinine graphics
run any type of server now.
Also, some forums have gateways to mailing lists. At one point we had a
problem around here because of such gateways and a particular debian
forum. If there really is a high-quality forum you'd like to
participate in via email, then perhaps you can push them
* Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net [091025 20:15]:
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related
topics? Do web forums dominate the internet landscape? If one is
tired of asinine graphics and animated avitars, where do you find
good lists?
Recently I came across FreeLists
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 09:20:32PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote:
Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had a chance to see
what's going on at debian-off-topic much less join.
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics? Do web
forums dominate
Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had a chance to see
what's going on at debian-off-topic much less join.
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics? Do web
forums dominate the internet landscape? If one is tired of asinine graphics
and animated
From: Nick Lidakis [mailto:nlida...@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:21 PM
Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had
a chance to see
what's going on at debian-off-topic much less join.
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related
Nick writes:
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics?
Sure. The best tend to be invitation-only, though.
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 08:42:15PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Nick writes:
Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics?
Sure. The best tend to be invitation-only, though.
Ah, I see.
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It's not entirely on-topic for the list, but a thread has already started, so
I figured I would forward this along.
On Monday 12 October 2009 14:23:35 Don Armstrong wrote:
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
As of about a week or so ago, I began receiving DSNs for each message
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I am trying to upgrade an i386 system from lenny to testing and I keep running
into this problem. While running:
aptitude -f full-upgrade
I keep getting errors like this:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Malformed 2nd word in the Status line
E: Error occurred while processing billard-gl
Well, I am going to answer my own question on this one. I started editing the
/var/lib/dpkg/status file and just saw crazy things. Instead of Package: I
would see Rackage:. Instead of Status: purge ok not-installed. I would see
Status: purge oj not installed:. And in some places I would
Brian wrote:
Looks like I am OJ now.
lol, very nice.
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On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 21:40 +0100, Seb James wrote:
Hi List,
I'm having trouble with GTK lists (for example a list of emails in
evolution) being very slow to scroll in Debian Lenny when using a remote
login via XDMCP. Scrolling is fine when using a local session.
Has anyone else noticed
Hi List,
I'm having trouble with GTK lists (for example a list of emails in
evolution) being very slow to scroll in Debian Lenny when using a remote
login via XDMCP. Scrolling is fine when using a local session.
Has anyone else noticed this issue? I've tried a couple of different
client
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de writes:
You can use gnus-parameters to set up all Debian groups (i.e. mailing
lists) at once. The following untested example assumes that mail sent
to debian-...@lists.debian.org end up in a debian.foo nnml group:
(setq gnus-parameters
'((nnml:debian
On 2009-05-18 02:25 +0200, Tiago Saboga wrote:
I am moving from mutt to gnus, and I am missing a description of how to
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get messages from my ISP, and a strange combination of
procmail and maildrop to filter them
Tiago Saboga tiagosab...@gmail.com writes:
I am moving from mutt to gnus, and I am missing a description of how to
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get messages from my ISP, and a strange combination of
procmail and maildrop to filter them
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Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de writes:
On 2009-05-18 02:25 +0200, Tiago Saboga wrote:
I am moving from mutt to gnus, and I am missing a description of how to
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get messages from my ISP, and a strange combination
Tiago Saboga wrote:
Thanks to everyone who answered. It's what I am doing right now for this
list (via customization, as I am not yet comfortable with all gnus
variables), but I am subscribed to more than 10 debian lists and I would
not like to do this manual configuration for each of them
Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org writes:
Tiago Saboga wrote:
Thanks to everyone who answered. It's what I am doing right now for this
list (via customization, as I am not yet comfortable with all gnus
variables), but I am subscribed to more than 10 debian lists and I would
not like to do
On 2009-05-18 11:53 +0200, Tiago Saboga wrote:
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de writes:
On 2009-05-18 02:25 +0200, Tiago Saboga wrote:
I am moving from mutt to gnus, and I am missing a description of how to
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get
I am moving from mutt to gnus, and I am missing a description of how to
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get messages from my ISP, and a strange combination of
procmail and maildrop to filter them into mboxes, where each mailing
list has its own
make gnus behave the right way when dealing with debian lists. I use
fetchmail to get messages from my ISP, and a strange combination of
procmail and maildrop to filter them into mboxes, where each mailing
list has its own inbox. Gnus takes messages there and stores them in it=
s
nnml backend
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes:
Read the relevant manpages:
man 5 etc-aliases
man 8 newaliases
In short, the /etc/aliases file is much more limited in exim, although
Debian's exim does use it by default. Newaliases is only there for
compatibility and is a no-op; exim does not compile the
In sendmail, you can use the aliases file to declare a local
address like:
pitcrew::include:/etc/mail/crew_list
That file can have either one address per line or , separated
addresses, but the neat thing is you can change it dynamically
as it is read each time. Is there anything like that in
In 200904072031.n37kvags059...@dc.cis.okstate.edu, Martin McCormick wrote:
In sendmail, you can use the aliases file to declare a local
address like:
pitcrew::include:/etc/mail/crew_list
That file can have either one address per line or , separated
addresses, but the neat thing is you can change
In 200904072031.n37kvags059...@dc.cis.okstate.edu, Martin McCormick wrote:
In sendmail, you can use the aliases file to declare a local
address like:
pitcrew::include:/etc/mail/crew_list
That file can have either one address per line or , separated
addresses, but the neat thing is you can change
works. The absence of examples, and ambiguity
of language complecate its understanding.
Taken from man apt-listbugs:
Description
apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug
Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked
before each upgrade
something: yes,
LDAP is grossly overspecified for email contact lists, but there appears
to be nothing else. All email clients can use LDAP directories, but no
other kind. So I run slapd on my Etch server purely to make a couple of
dozen email addresses available to various machine/OS combinations
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Joe j...@jretrading.com wrote:
[snipped Joe's helpful tips on practical, basic LDAP configuration.]
Thanks very much for the information.
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Steve Kemp wrote:
In the future you might save yourself some time by
using your favourite search engine vpn server debian
has many results.
Searching 'debian vpn' (the subject of OP's mail) is just about as good.
Maybe it'd save some time, if
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Johannes Wiedersich
johan...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de wrote:
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Steve Kemp wrote:
In the future you might save yourself some time by
using your favourite search engine vpn server debian
has many results.
Searching 'debian vpn' (the subject of OP's mail) is just about as good.
Maybe it'd save some time, if the mailing software sent a google search
link for the subject matter of all primary posts ;-)
... or at least for those that generate more than say 1,000,000 hits [1].
Or maybe people
AM
Subject: Re: [OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN
Searching 'debian vpn' (the subject of OP's mail) is just about as
good.
Maybe it'd save some time, if the mailing software sent a google search
link for the subject matter of all primary posts ;-)
... or at least
On Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 09:30:00 -0600, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
I just don't see the point in the less-then-helpful comments in this case.
I believe I:
a. Suggested openvpn as the most likely candidate.
b. Offered the suggestion of using a search engine, and apt-cache,
which
From: Steve Kemp [mailto:s...@debian.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN
On Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 09:30:00 -0600, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
I just don't see the point in the less-then-helpful comments
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Stackpole, Chris wrote:
Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of times when RTFM! and
Google MotherF! Do you use it? are appropriate responses (like the
question on the Ubuntu forums asking how to use the 'ls'
command...that post was pretty much
The reaction I was going for is not the one I was wanting. That tells me that I
wrote my response improperly. I apologize; my fault.
More to the subject, let me try to explain my view. Please feel free to comment.
I subscribe and watch a number of mailing lists/forums. While there has been
On February 4, 2009 11:06:31 am Stackpole, Chris wrote:
The reaction I was going for is not the one I was wanting. That tells me
that I wrote my response improperly. I apologize; my fault.
More to the subject, let me try to explain my view. Please feel free to
comment.
RTFM has been going on
Personally, when i'm searching for something, i follow these steps:
1 - do i know what is it that i'm searching?
no: wikipedia + search engine (aah.. so that's what a vpn is - just an example)
yes: search engine (vpn debian, vpn linux... whatever)
Actually even if i know what i'm doing i'll use
I don't think you're off the mark at all. I was surpised at some of
the commentary posted in my recent Exim4 thread. I have been on this
particular mailing list nearly a decade and one of its hallmarks has
been a lack of RTFM! type posts.
When exploring the darker corners of some package, this
Nate Bargmann wrote:
I don't think you're off the mark at all. I was surpised at some of
the commentary posted in my recent Exim4 thread. I have been on this
particular mailing list nearly a decade and one of its hallmarks has
been a lack of RTFM! type posts.
There has not been a RTFM post
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:06:31 -0600
Stackpole, Chris cstackp...@barbnet.com wrote:
The reaction I was going for is not the one I was wanting. That tells me that
I wrote my response improperly. I apologize; my fault.
More to the subject, let me try to explain my view. Please feel free to
On Mon,05.Jan.09, 15:27:44, Ken Teague wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
See, I just think you guys should stop using bad clients. ;) Kmail
replies
to the list (and only to the list) by default. (Which, actually, appears
to
be a violation on the relevant standards. :P)
Is
Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com said:
Sylpheed and Claws-Mail have Win32 versions.
And they reply correctly to mailing lists.
Cybe R. Wizard
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/06/09 22:37, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:27:46PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/06/09 21:48, Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Are you using stock Tbird, or Iceweasel? (I/w has certain patches
needed
On 01/07/09 05:30, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:44:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/06/09 22:37, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:27:46PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/06/09 21:48, Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
Are you using stock Tbird, or
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/07/09 05:30, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
iceape-mailnews ;-)
The MUA that starts with Ice and isn't the red-headed step-child...
Ice ice baby?
Da dun nun da nunnun?
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:37:39 -0500, Paul Cartwright in gmane.linux.debian.user
wrote:
On Tue January 6 2009, Michelle Konzack wrote:
I am using mutt since 9 years now and currently I have open four XTerm
running mutt. There is nothing which does not work on it.
Thanks, Greetings and nice
with it.
What you could do is initiate the GMail iMAP controls via the settings menu,
and then use mutt via iMAP to read e-mail without using the GMail web
interface. Much better for discussion lists.
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Am 2009-01-05 18:13:32, schrieb hose:
Just use the least sucky client out there (mutt). It has sane reply,
reply-to, and reply-to-list commands, is extremely fast, and can bend
to your will if needed, no matter how wrong you are. It's the vim of
the email world.
I even know some
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