Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-24 Thread ET
On Saturday 21 December 2002 12:18 am, jmarcom wrote: I had good luck with Earthlink when I was on dial-up, and still have it for broadband. Following are my notes for dial-up: connection name: Earthlink jmarcom authenticationPAP IP address (provided) Login

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-24 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 11:04, ET wrote: BTW, they changed the login from a ELN/username to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I still login fine with ELN/username. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional KDE 3.0.0 KMail 1.4 This is a Microsoft-free

Re: [OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 21 Dec 2002 12:01 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Your non list mails will not be affected since all mail clients will address reply mails to the e-mail address they originated from if a 'Reply To' address is not specified. Do you mean like this John That's better Thank

Re: [OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 21 Dec 2002 1:00 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: be easier, but if such a policy were possible it has to be specificly for newbie type lists because in all other cases you DO want replyto address to be included in composer windows. OK - if you say so :) but I never use the reply

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 18:00, K. Spress wrote: I actually own my own internet company and we offer nationwide US access and are linux friendly for $19.95 a month. Unlimited service Usenet and 100 Megabytes for Personal Webspace and 10 E Mail Accounts Kenneth E. Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:26 am, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public messages since it is saturated with

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:26 am, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public messages since

[OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 11:30 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:26 am, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 11:30 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:26 am, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I

Re: [OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread magnet
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:12 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: WARNING - The following text will be of no interest to any non Britons, and will be tediously boring to anyone who reads it. --- Zz Zz... Only j/k is

Re: [OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 12:46 pm, David Robertson wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 12:12, Derek Jennings wrote: WARNING - The following text will be of no interest to any non Britons, and will be tediously boring to anyone who reads it.

Re: [OT] - Boredom warning - Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Derek Jennings
SNIP WARNING - The following text will be of no interest to any non Britons, and will be tediously boring to anyone who reads it. -- - SNIP Well, there you are, it's not entirely bunk after all. One further question

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 snip My Inbox Happily Received This From Stephen Kuhn @ 20 Dec 2002 16:13:40 +1100 On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 16:01, Greg wrote: Some isp will not give out the dns numbers I have had two like that Greg If an ISP (or the idiot tech support person

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 16:46, Mohammed Sameer wrote: who cares about their DNS servers ? install pdnsd use the root DNS servers! Yeah - good point - I remember setting up a full blown internal DNS server when I lived in Garland, TX to deal with my two incoming cables - was a great help - ran

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread jmarcom
I had good luck with Earthlink when I was on dial-up, and still have it for broadband. Following are my notes for dial-up: connection name: Earthlink jmarcom authenticationPAP IP address (provided) Login ELN/jmarcom checkmark no autoconfig host

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread David E. Fox
If an ISP (or the idiot tech support person sitting behind the phone) won't give you the DNS servers for an ISP, you can get them from If that ever happens, run away from that ISP. It's like ordering phone service from the phone company and them not giving you your phone number. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread David E. Fox
Some isp will not give out the dns numbers I have had two like that That's incredible. Imagine the telephone company not telling you what your phone number is. Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread David E. Fox
What I'm trying to fully understand is what exactly does one mean by stating Linux Compatible ISP. Well, if they require windows-only software (aol, msn, etc.) they won't be linux compatible. I'm not sure I wouild even classify aol as an ISP in the strict sense. They're more like a portal to

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 16:38, David E. Fox wrote: Assoming you're on a dialup connection - even if you were on DSL - what's needed (or strongly desired) is static IP, your own host- name, etc. Vanity hosts aren't strictly necessary, as long as your hostname is addressable, that's what counts.

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Charlie
On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public messages since it is saturated with spam anyway). Ideally, I would look for a company

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Keith
Here in Wisconsin (USA) there are lots of options for internet (big cities in particular), who are REAL internet providers, not quasi like aol... On Thursday 19 December 2002 03:57 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: Andrei, Check out this website:

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 19 December 2002 04:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public messages since it is saturated with spam anyway). Ideally, I would look for a

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
What I'm trying to fully understand is what exactly does one mean by stating Linux Compatible ISP. What ISN'T compatible about an ISP? All you need is a phone number, a username and password. That's all. That's all that's required. What else could there be? Two DNS servers, a mail server, a

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Todd Slater
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:58:09 -0500 Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 4. I'm planning on upgrading to cable soon, using Earthlink as my ISP over Time Warner/Cablevision lines. (Less expensive, and more favorable TOS on what I can do at my end.) My second choice: Earthlink over

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Eric McClure
try www.eskimo.com I love them, eric On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Charlie wrote: On December 19, 2002 02:23 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Dear friends, I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Greg
I have used earthlink in the past and can say I was very happy with them They even helped me set up my first Linux system for my dial up I use time warner cable now I did not know earthlink had cable service or I would have used them Greg Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei,

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Greg
Some isp will not give out the dns numbers I have had two like that Greg What I'm trying to fully understand is what exactly does one mean by stating Linux Compatible ISP. What ISN'T compatible about an ISP? All you need is a phone number, a username and password. That's all. That's all that's

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 16:01, Greg wrote: Some isp will not give out the dns numbers I have had two like that Greg If an ISP (or the idiot tech support person sitting behind the phone) won't give you the DNS servers for an ISP, you can get them from INTERNIC. Every DNS server is registered

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread James R. McKenzie
] - Original Message - From: Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought Andrei, Check out this website: http://www.affinitypath.com/cgi-bin/mi/welcome.cgi?cb=2174 They even

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-19 Thread K. Spress
I actually own my own internet company and we offer nationwide US access and are linux friendly for $19.95 a month. Unlimited service Usenet and 100 Megabytes for Personal Webspace and 10 E Mail Accounts Kenneth E. Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED] (586) 945-3801 You Finally Have A Choice In Local