Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)

2011-06-14 Thread p
Have you tried the SacLUG mauling list? They are more local to you. Sent from my iPhone4 On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:01 AM, "Dr. Denny Scronek" wrote: > Hello Brian. Thank you for the note. Let me tell you about my frustrations > over the last week. First of all, I have a bad back and the idea of

Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)

2011-06-14 Thread p
Have you tried the SacLUG mauling list? They are more local to you. Sent from my iPhone4 On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:01 AM, "Dr. Denny Scronek" wrote: > Hello Brian. Thank you for the note. Let me tell you about my frustrations > over the last week. First of all, I have a bad back and the idea of

Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)

2011-06-13 Thread p
What about posting the job offer to SacLug? They'd prolly be more local. Sent from my iPhone4 On Jun 13, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > I am sorry you are having difficulties, but you don't seem to be proceeding > effectively toward resolving them. Most of the people on this mailin

Re: [vox-tech] Filename suffix dependent deletion problem with Samba

2011-03-21 Thread p
On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:58 AM, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Peter Salzman (p...@dirac.org): > >> It appears that Samba refuses to delete files with certain types of >> extensions, but I can't find any mention of suffix-dependent >> permissions in Samba, so somethin

[vox-tech] Postfix + SMTP-AUTH: 1, Me: 0

2006-12-16 Thread p
Hi all, I've read that verizon.net blocks all outgoing mail that doesn't carry a "verizon.net" address. Most of what I read came from marginally technical Windows and Mac users, and it's unclear if this means the "From" header (what the recipient sees) or the "mail from:" SMTP header, which the r

[vox-tech] [OT] Running/compiling win32 executables from cygwin

2006-12-15 Thread p
Is it possible to run win32 executables from a cygwin xterm? I'm trying to figure out how to compile stuff using VC++ from the command line at work. When using the "command prompt", I need to run a batch file to set up the environment: $ c:\Program Files\Microsoft ... 2003\Common7\Tools\vsvar

[vox-tech] CSS - positioning two elements in same container

2006-12-11 Thread p
Suppose I have a table cell: and I wanted to typeset "foo" and "bar" in the cell. I want foo to be normal size but bar to be small font. The cell should look like: |---| | | | | |foo| | | |bar| |---| What would the

Re: [vox-tech] Fwd: [OT] How do calculators work?

2006-12-07 Thread p
On Thu 07 Dec 06, 9:10 AM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 14:19, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > Pete posted this from a non-subscribed address: > > > > > > Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:31:14 -0800 > > From: Peter Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [OT] How do calcul

Re: [vox-tech] LATEX, ucthesis.cls and changes in font size

2006-12-07 Thread p
On Thu 07 Dec 06, 8:50 AM, Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 12/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue 05 Dec 06, 7:44 PM, Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >said: > >> Greetings, > >> > >> I am attempting to use the ucthesis.cls document class for my MS th

[vox-tech] dhcp vs static hosts file

2006-12-07 Thread p
I'm now on a home network where IP addresses are handed out dynamically by the router/bridge/DSL modem combo. Suppose I have two Linux computers, Satan and Lucifer. Now that I no longer have predictable IP addresses on the home network, how do I accomplish something like: satan$ ssh [EMAIL PR

Re: [vox-tech] LATEX, ucthesis.cls and changes in font size

2006-12-07 Thread p
On Tue 05 Dec 06, 7:44 PM, Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Greetings, > > I am attempting to use the ucthesis.cls document class for my MS thesis, but > have run into a bit of a snag in terms of altering font size. Commands like > \tiny \scriptsize etc. do not seem to have any effec

[vox-tech] Help: my c and e keys don't work anymore.

2004-07-17 Thread p
My "c" and "e" keys stopped working in xterms on X. They work just fine on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things that happened recently: 1. My system froze this morning. Required a reboot and fsck. No "really bad" error messages were printed, just the usual "zero dtime" s

[vox-tech] building a dual opteron system

2004-07-03 Thread p
hola, i've been planning out a dual opteron system for awhile now. the system i have in mind has dual RAM channels - one for each CPU, meaning, my baseline motherboard price is about $400. in particular, i'm planning around the tyan thunder k8w. is anyone else planning on building a dual optero

[vox-tech] squirrelmail questions

2004-07-03 Thread p
i don't know the first thing about web mail (or web anything, for that matter). sorry for brain dead questions in advance. i'm investigating web mail for times where i only have access to microsoft windows, and can't install an ssh client. 1. can squirrelmail live side by side with a "normal" M

Re: [vox-tech] USB mouse moves too fast with custom 2.6.5 kernel

2004-05-07 Thread Edwin P. Groot
I heard that putting a pair of scissors to the mouse cable drastically cuts down its jumpiness. ;-) Ach, it's Friday night here in Germany - time to release the mouse and hit the bar! Gruess, Edwin At 10:14 AM 5/7/04 -0700, you wrote: >When I use a USB mouse with my new kernel, it

Re: [vox-tech] Best way to clear a BIOS password

2004-01-11 Thread Edwin P. Groot
Say, I think someone forgot to tell Bill to copy down the CMOS settings (like virus-checker OFF) before using the BIOS jumper. I hope there weren't any other important values that were not the default ones before doing the BIOS jumper thing. [claps forehead] Waaait, you can't copy down

[vox-tech] Mail Header Weirdness (Mutt/Exim)

2004-01-08 Thread Edwin P. Groot
I just got sending email to work on my Debian 3 machine! I am checking what's on my university mail server by POP3 using mutt, and I compose mail in mutt, sending it via SMTP and exim to my university mail server. When I check my mail, the From: header is what I want - my regular univer

Re: [vox-tech] Boot Disk Not a True Rescue

2003-12-01 Thread Edwin P. Groot
Ach, perfect! It is just what I was looking for. All on one floppy too... I hope I don't need it soon, but I'll keep it handy. Edwin At 01:00 PM 11/30/03 -0800, you wrote: >On Sunday 30 November 2003 12:53 pm, Edwin P. Groot wrote: >... >> Where do I get a roo

[vox-tech] Boot Disk Not a True Rescue

2003-11-30 Thread Edwin P. Groot
Hi there, Hope you guys can solve something that's been bothering me. I am using a Debian 3 distribution as a workstation at work, and I had made the boot floppy during the installation process. I tested this boot floppy for safety's sake, and it says it will mount root from /dev/sda1.

Re: [vox-tech] Training spamassassin's bayenessian filter

2003-11-06 Thread p
On Thu 06 Nov 03, 10:17 AM, Ryan Castellucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 06 November 2003 08:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu 06 Nov 03, 8:29 AM, R. Douglas Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 0

Re: [vox-tech] Training spamassassin's bayenessian filter

2003-11-06 Thread p
On Thu 06 Nov 03, 8:29 AM, R. Douglas Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:59:12PM -0800, Ryan Castellucci wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wednesday 05 November 2003 09:24 pm, Ken Bloom wrote: > > > Will SpamAssassin's bayenessian

Re: [vox-tech] gentoo's "portage" vs. debian's "apt-get"

2003-11-05 Thread p
On Tue 04 Nov 03, 12:24 PM, Michael J Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Another plug towards gentoo, the dependency management is fairly good. > I have not had any issues with it, however I for the most part avoid > testing/unstable packages. Also, you have the ability to compile a > package, in

Re: [vox-tech] shell question: globbing and command arguments

2003-11-03 Thread p
On Mon 03 Nov 03, 9:08 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 08:58:22AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > so if i have "backup.*" in my local directoy, my example wouldn't work? > > i'll check that out. > > No, your example was: > > scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:backu

Re: [vox-tech] shell question: globbing and command arguments

2003-11-03 Thread p
On Mon 03 Nov 03, 8:59 AM, Mitch Patenaude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > To be more general, you should escape the *, and then it gets passed > to the remote scp, which is smart enough to handle it (it actually uses > the shell on the remote machine to do the globbing.) > > If you're using older sh

[vox-tech] shell question: globbing and command arguments

2003-11-03 Thread p
i've always wondered about this... if i have a bunch of files on a remote host beginning with "backup", i can copy them to the local host using: scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:backup* . and it works. but why? doesn't the shell get to "*" first? i'd understand this working: scp '[EMAIL PROTECTED

[vox-tech] samba redux: "connection denied" from w2k server

2003-10-29 Thread p
hi all, i know a whole lot more about MS windows networking than i did this morning (but it still feels like i don't know much). the linux samba server is a local, master and preferred browse master. it's also a WINS server. linux's IP address is 192.168.0.2. the win2k machine is 192.168.0.4.

Re: [vox-tech] samba help: win2k

2003-10-28 Thread p
dear jeff, mike and jan, new information. i should mention this, because it's relevent. we have three main computers: satan linux my main system. has printer. navalle linux/win98rhonda's main system / engineering stuff lucifer linux/win2kmy gaming machine / flash stuff rece

Re: [vox-tech] DIMM speed question

2003-10-28 Thread p
i'm glad this was mentioned because i was planning on installing the DIMMs backwards. thankfully i read this in time, and know better now... ;) pete On Tue 28 Oct 03, 10:31 AM, Richard Burkhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Last time I heard 128 pins = 128 pins. > > But 128 pins, rotated 180 d

Re: [vox-tech] DIMM speed question

2003-10-28 Thread p
On Tue 28 Oct 03, 8:57 AM, Michael J Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 07:48:29AM -0800, Rod Roark wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 October 2003 07:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > can you use faster DIMMs, say 2100PC, on a machine rated for slower DIMMs? > > > > Yes, as far a

[vox-tech] DIMM speed question

2003-10-28 Thread p
can you use faster DIMMs, say 2100PC, on a machine rated for slower DIMMs? i got new memory for one of my faster machines and would like reuse the DIMMs to beef up the memory on some of my older machines (which still take DIMMs, just slower rated DIMMs). pete -- GPG Instructions: http://www.dir

Re: [vox-tech] possible to exit ssh with a program running?

2003-10-23 Thread p
On Thu 23 Oct 03, 8:17 AM, Jonathan Stickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I know that if I start a terminal window in X, run a program, and then > manually close the window, the program dies. I also know that if I > secure-shell into another machine and run a program, I cannot exit > without fir

[vox-tech] ssh-agent help

2003-10-23 Thread p
trying to understand ssh-agent... my understanding is that for ssh-agent to be useful, the process needs to be an ancestor of all your login (vc) and non-login (xterm) shells. where should it be run from? login shells source /etc/profile, so when i log into a virtual console and type "startx", i

Re: [vox-tech] Un[L]imiting Mutt display?

2003-10-21 Thread p
On Tue 21 Oct 03, 3:14 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:58:11PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > then press the left arrow key to go back to the unlimited display. it > > essentially re-reads re-displays your mailspool. > > I didn't want to specifi

Re: [vox-tech] Un[L]imiting Mutt display?

2003-10-21 Thread p
bill, stick this in your .muttrc (change it if you already mapped the left arrow key to something): macro index "!\n" "Change to mail spool" then press the left arrow key to go back to the unlimited display. it essentially re-reads re-displays your mailspool. the reason why i chose the "le

Re: [vox-tech] win32 compiler

2003-10-21 Thread p
thanks jon (and mark). one question. are GUI development libraries available on microsoft? in other words, can you compile GUI oriented programs (and not just programs that live in a DOS box). i know there's something called MFC which (i think) people have to pay for, but i have no idea what it

[vox-tech] win32 compiler

2003-10-20 Thread p
i've played around with wxwindows, which is supposed to be one of the most cross platform GUIs around. i've written some test programs on linux, and now i'd like to try to compile them on windows (we have win98). there's lcc-win32, but AFAIKS, it's for C, not C++. are there any free C++ win32 co

Re: [vox-tech] X-No-Archive Inheritance?

2003-10-18 Thread p
On Fri 17 Oct 03, 8:43 PM, Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Ryan Castellucci wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Friday 17 October 2003 02:45 pm, Jonathan Stickel wrote: > > > I hesitate to post my 2-cents due to ignorance, but

Re: [vox-tech] X-No-Archive Inheritance?

2003-10-17 Thread p
On Fri 17 Oct 03, 1:46 PM, Micah J. Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:37:23AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri 17 Oct 03, 4:00 AM, Ryan Castellucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > If I post a mes

Re: [vox-tech] X-No-Archive Inheritance?

2003-10-17 Thread p
On Fri 17 Oct 03, 4:00 AM, Ryan Castellucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > If I post a message with 'X-No-Archive: Yes' will replys also not be > archived? unfortunately not. two things: 1. we COULD search the body for X-No-Archive, so if some

[vox-tech] nuppelvideo

2003-10-16 Thread p
hola lugod, nuppelvideo gives MUCH higher quality than xawtv. thanks for suggesting it, ryan. two silly but important questions: if there's a certain point in the video that i want to start recording at, xawtv was easy. i'd watch the movie and then click "start recording" when the important s

Re: [vox-tech] sick idea: openoffice macros

2003-10-16 Thread p
On Wed 15 Oct 03, 10:12 PM, Henry House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > På onsdag, 15 oktober 2003, skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > hi all, > > > > i did a google for this and didn't find anything relevent, but maybe > > some vim users who know more about openoffice would like this idea. > > > > i hate

[vox-tech] sick idea: openoffice macros

2003-10-15 Thread p
hi all, i did a google for this and didn't find anything relevent, but maybe some vim users who know more about openoffice would like this idea. i hate using the mouse and love vim's fast editing keystrokes. has anybody heard of, or knows how to, implement keyboard macros for openoffice that wou

Re: [vox-tech] Kernel compile - debian magic steps

2003-10-15 Thread p
hi richard, it's easier, but i still do it the non-distro specific way. i dunno why. out of habit, maybe. google has loads and loads of references: http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+kernel+compile&sourceid=opera&num=100&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 two which looked good right off the bat: http://ww

Re: [vox-tech] debian bug - don't know who to contact

2003-10-15 Thread p
On Wed 15 Oct 03, 9:15 AM, Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 06:20:51AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i found a debian bug, but i don't know how to report it. > > > > when using modprobe -(a|r) bttv, i always get error messages. the > > reason for this is these

[vox-tech] debian bug - don't know who to contact

2003-10-15 Thread p
i found a debian bug, but i don't know how to report it. when using modprobe -(a|r) bttv, i always get error messages. the reason for this is these entries in /etc/modutils/actions: # The BTTV module does not load the tuner module automatically, # so do that in here post-install bttv in

Re: [vox-tech] bogofilter question

2003-10-14 Thread p
On Tue 14 Oct 03, 6:40 PM, Henry House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > På tisdag, 14 oktober 2003, skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [...] > > the bogofilter docs recommend that i should do this at about 10,000 > > emails. a bogofilter website (one of the developers) said this number > > should be more like

[vox-tech] ripping video: wierd interleaving effect on fast motion

2003-10-14 Thread p
hi all, ok, i ripped a southpark video with: System: AMD Athlon 1.3GHz 2.4.22 w/ low latency Radeon QD very unloaded machine name: southpark1.avi ripper: xawtv -noxv audio format: 8bit mono sample rate: 44100 video format: 24bit T

[vox-tech] bogofilter question

2003-10-14 Thread p
dear fellow bogofilter users, i'm in the process of training bogofilter. i've decided to not do it automatically, with the -u(pdate) option, since the docs warn not to. instead, everytime an email comes in, i've aliased ^n to pass it to bogofilter as nospam and ^s to pass it to bogofilter as spam

Re: [vox-tech] wincast tv: video4linux and copying movies

2003-10-14 Thread p
On Mon 13 Oct 03, 11:33 PM, Samuel N. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > As far as I know, AVI is a container format, not an encoding format. > Your software is probably just saving raw frames with a little AVI > container data. You'll need to compress them with a real video codec. > MPEG-2 isn

Re: [vox-tech] wincast tv: video4linux and copying movies

2003-10-13 Thread p
ok, i've been playing around with this for awhile, and the results are not great. i recorded the opening theme of southpark under different settings. the default settings of: samplerate: 44100 frames: 12 fps produce a file of 72MB for about 26s of video. the video is bad, but watchable

[vox-tech] wincast tv: video4linux and copying movies

2003-10-13 Thread p
hi all, i owned a microsoft OS for a few weeks before switching to linux. in those few weeks, i bought a hauppauge wincast TV card. it worked marginarlly well, but the driver had "issues". anyway, i installed linux soon after and completely forgot about the card, giving up on it ever being supp

Re: [vox-tech] using xmodmap to swap modifier key locations

2003-10-09 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
Pete alluded to, but did not describe, the "xev" utility. Use it to figure out *precisely* what X thinks the keys are. Do this before applying the new map (so, if you've already done so, you'll need to restart X). I doubt you need to do anything to your XF86Config file(s), necessarily, you just

Re: [vox-tech] procmail list marking - help needed

2003-10-09 Thread p
bill, check out "man procmailrc" and look for "TO". note the captitalization. that will do what you want: If the regular expression contains ‘^TO_’ it will be substituted by ‘(^((Original‐)?(Resent‐)?(To|Cc|Bcc)|(X‐Envelope |Apparently(‐Resent)?)‐To):(.*[^‐a‐zA‐Z0‐9_.])?)’, which should

Re: [vox-tech] bash question - how to read specifed amnt of data from a file

2003-10-09 Thread p
hi dylan, please don't start a new thread by replying to a message. always compose a new message. you broke the keymapping thread for me. i've noticed that outlook users are particular prone to starting threads by replying ot old messages. i'm curious -- in outlook, is it easier to reply than

Re: [vox-tech] using xmodmap to swap modifier key locations

2003-10-08 Thread p
hi henry, sorry to do this to you, but the man page example actually works for me; it swaps my caps lock and left control keys. my current keyboard is a memorex MX 3000. one of those "angled away" designs that's supposed to be a more natural positions for your wrists and hands. here's my keyboa

[vox-tech] ssh-agent question

2003-10-08 Thread p
hi all, i've heard it said if you use ssh-agent, your passphrase is cached so you can log in to a computer without your passphrase after the 1st login. i've used rsa authentication, but have never used ssh-agent. so i've always had to enter my passphrase whenever logging in to a host. yesterday

[vox-tech] moving gpg keys to another computer

2003-10-08 Thread p
hi all, if my gnupg keyring and stuff is on from.host and i want to be able to sign and encrypt files on to.host, is it good enough to simply do this: scp -r [EMAIL PROTECTED]:.gnupg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: or are there other issues involved? is it just a matter of copying the .gnupg directory t

[vox-tech] errors in sshd_config manpage?

2003-10-07 Thread p
someone please tell me if these are erros in sshd_config(5) (debian/testing): 1. DSAAuthentication is undocumented. i assume it exists; sshd restarted without complaining. 2. the manpage claims that the RSAAuthentication options applies to ssh version 1 only. is that really correct?!?

[vox-tech] debian help: samba package (not samba) apparently broken

2003-10-04 Thread p
hi all, first off, my samba works fine. i can print, browse, share printers, and whatever between linux and windows. samba runs from inetd.conf since windows is hardly ever booted. i'm having woes upgrading, removing and installing samba because the file /etc/samba/debian_config is not on my sy

Re: [vox-tech] Are those values in kilobytes?

2003-10-02 Thread p
double click your "internet explorer" icon and load this webpage: http://www.lugod.org/documents/faq/lugod-faq.html#AEN206 On Thu 02 Oct 03, 3:35 PM, Stephen Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Please take me off your email list. Thank you. > >Michael J Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [vox-tech] I'll help if I can

2003-10-02 Thread p
Jay, This is very not OK. Not even slightly. You've: * sent non-technical content to vox-tech * used a crummy subject line that indicated nothing * didn't use [OT] for an obviously off topic post. * didn't use X-No-Archive for an obviously off topic post. All are against list rules

Re: [vox-tech] one of the most pernicious spams i've ever seen.

2003-09-25 Thread p
On Thu 25 Sep 03, 12:09 PM, Donald Childs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Has this been submitted to Citibank or the it's been reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] i've been toying around with reporting it to FBI since i'm fairly sure this WILL catch people, and it's not a silly pyramid scheme (remember tho

Re: [vox-tech] one of the most pernicious spams i've ever seen.

2003-09-25 Thread p
On Thu 25 Sep 03, 10:46 AM, Rob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:24:56AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > i didn't know this. so, an URL is of the form: > > > > URL = user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > where lowercase "url" is what i used to think of as being an

Re: [vox-tech] one of the most pernicious spams i've ever seen.

2003-09-25 Thread p
On Thu 25 Sep 03, 9:49 AM, Rob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 06:30:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > my question is -- how is this done? how does this URL: > > > > http://www.citibank.com:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/3/?IYTEw > > 4eVTtbH1w6CpDrT > > > > bring up cit

[vox-tech] one of the most pernicious spams i've ever seen.

2003-09-25 Thread p
hi all, rhonda received this email last night. when you feed a browser the given url, the citibank page comes up. but you also get a small page with a form that asks for your bank account number and PIN. i had to do a double take. we DO have a citibank account via an investment account we have

Re: [vox-tech] bogofilter newbie

2003-09-23 Thread p
the future. > > > > i assume you do this with: > > > > :0fw > > | bogofilter -f -p -u -l -e -v > > > > also, shouldn't there be a "c" in the procmail colon line? how does > > mail get past this recipe? isn't it considered

[vox-tech] bogofilter newbie

2003-09-23 Thread p
takes in the future. i assume you do this with: :0fw | bogofilter -f -p -u -l -e -v also, shouldn't there be a "c" in the procmail colon line? how does mail get past this recipe? isn't it considered "delivered" when an email matches a recipe unless yo

Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem

2003-09-22 Thread p
the zeroth order approximation to "why" is that linux can read floppies formatted under windows, but windows can't read floppies formatted under linux. the first order approximation involves filesystem types. pete On Mon 22 Sep 03, 4:43 PM, Mark K. Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Format it un

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-21 Thread p
hi dylan, On Sun 21 Sep 03, 12:03 PM, dylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > thanks pete, i will take a look... > > so far i have been able to dig up the following sites: > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.20/doc/html/filter_toc.html > > http://colondot.net/mbm/mailfilter.shtml heh. i'm at the e

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-21 Thread p
hi dylan, the short answer (as in "i want these virus messages to stop RIGHT NOW!") would be to use the procmail filter i posted. now, about a better solution. the postfix way of doing it is all over the net. exim seems a bit tougher. that said, i find it excruciatingly hard to believe that a

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-21 Thread p
On Sun 21 Sep 03, 1:57 AM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On 2003.09.20 22:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sat 20 Sep 03, 9:20 PM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [Snip older quotings] > >> Umm, please consider the golden rule when sending reject messages. > >> Do not unto othe

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
On Sat 20 Sep 03, 9:20 PM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On 2003.09.20 18:39, Rod Roark wrote: > >On Saturday 20 September 2003 06:22 pm, Gabriel Rosa wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:15:32PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > On Sat 20 Sep 03, 6:15 PM, Ken Herron <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
On Sat 20 Sep 03, 6:22 PM, Gabriel Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:15:32PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat 20 Sep 03, 6:15 PM, Ken Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > --On Saturday, September 20, 2003 04:24:56 PM -0700 Rod Roark > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
On Sat 20 Sep 03, 6:15 PM, Ken Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > --On Saturday, September 20, 2003 04:24:56 PM -0700 Rod Roark > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Cool. I wonder if there's an easy way to get Postfix to > >notice these attachments at the front door, and drop the > >connection bef

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
On Sat 20 Sep 03, 5:44 PM, Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Saturday 20 September 2003 04:24 pm, Rod Roark wrote: > > On Saturday 20 September 2003 02:56 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > roland smith, whom i met while googling shared a *wonderful* procmail > > > recipe that catches windo

Re: [vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
On Sat 20 Sep 03, 3:08 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 02:56:04PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > roland smith, whom i met while googling shared a *wonderful* procmail > > recipe that catches windows viruses. it's made my life bearable. here > > it is: >

Re: [vox-tech] Gentoo anyone?

2003-09-20 Thread p
hi ed, can you format your emails at 80 columns? please see 1c at: http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/index.php#rules On Sat 20 Sep 03, 2:05 PM, Edward Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I've decided to plunge into Linux head first with Gentoo. I've survived the first > couple of weeks and po

[vox-tech] the answer to all my virus problems

2003-09-20 Thread p
roland smith, whom i met while googling shared a *wonderful* procmail recipe that catches windows viruses. it's made my life bearable. here it is: # Broad antivirus recipe: # # It looks at the contents of attachments. The 2nd condition is the header of # a win32 exe encoded with the base64 alg

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 3:15 PM, Jan W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have done a bit of burning of DVD+R and +RW media for work here. > > I use cdrecord-prodvd and xcdroast for the GUI. > > I have successfully recorded 4.7 GB of data on +R media, but I have no > experience with -R media whatsoever. W

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:55 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:35:54AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > < see web archived version at: > http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2003-09/msg00082.html > ditto. ;-) thanks for putting the url

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 6. strace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com > 7. ltrace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com throw in a -s99 for good measure and a -ff if you need to. ;) pete

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:21 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm noticing an apparent bug in NcFTP (3.1.3; Mar 27, 2002) > > This works: > > $ ftp ftp.server.com > Name: USERNAME > 331 User USERNAME okay, need password. > Password: PASSWORD > 230 Logged in > > And this work

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-15 Thread p
On Mon 15 Sep 03, 11:50 AM, Jonathan Stickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Not too long ago I acquired a Sony DVD+/-RW drive and looked into > 'backing up' a purchased DVD onto DVD5 media. The best resource I found > was: > > http://www.doom9.org/ nice url; thanks. bookmarked. here's somethin

Re: [vox-tech] mixing packages from debian distros

2003-09-10 Thread p
sure, it's debian. you can do anything. do a google search for "apt-pinning for beginners". pete On Wed 10 Sep 03, 10:40 AM, Charles McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Is there a prefered way to install a package from Debian Unstable on the > Testing distro? Perhaps a way to specify this

Re: [vox-tech] zones and DNS

2003-09-02 Thread p
On Tue 02 Sep 03, 7:40 AM, ME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > hi all, > > > > can someone tell me the difference between a zone and domain? > > > > i've written very basic A, MX and CNAME records a long time > > ago, so i'm still probably a newbie on the subject of DNS. >

[vox-tech] zones and DNS

2003-09-02 Thread p
hi all, can someone tell me the difference between a zone and domain? i've written very basic A, MX and CNAME records a long time ago, so i'm still probably a newbie on the subject of DNS. thanks! pete ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: [vox-tech] USB Conflict Woes

2003-09-01 Thread p
On Mon 01 Sep 03, 1:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon 01 Sep 03, 1:31 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > :^) Good luck, and sorry if I've just wasted your time. > > it takes longer to write than to read. ;) > > you're talking about host architecture

Re: [vox-tech] USB Conflict Woes

2003-09-01 Thread p
On Mon 01 Sep 03, 1:31 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 12:09:58PM -0700, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > ...Or, at least, I *think* it's some sort of USB conflict. > > Hrm... I see you're using usb-uhci. I recall there's another module, > 'usb-ohci', if I re

Re: [vox-tech] adobe acrobat

2003-08-21 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
You might be able to use pdf2ps (part of ghostscript) followed by psresize (part of psutils). All the tools in psutils are versatile, but I usually have to experiment a bit to get what I want. shawn. On Thursday 21 August 2003 01:06 pm, Jonathan Stickel wrote: > R. Douglas Barbieri wrote (on vox

Re: [vox-tech] Laptop Console Display Question

2003-07-24 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
Also try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/ which is a community devoted to running Linux on Dell laptops. The archives and the FAQ are very useful. On Thursday 24 July 2003 05:55 am, Rod Roark wrote: > See http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html. > > Cheers, __

Re: [vox-tech] Measure network usage?

2003-06-28 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Saturday 28 June 2003 01:50 am, Samuel Merritt wrote: > Shawn P. Neugebauer said: > > I have a few Linux boxes that have uptimes of days to months. I need > > to try to estimate bandwidth usage for a long-ish period of time (e.g., > > days or weeks) in order to characteri

[vox-tech] Measure network usage?

2003-06-27 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
I have a few Linux boxes that have uptimes of days to months. I need to try to estimate bandwidth usage for a long-ish period of time (e.g., days or weeks) in order to characterize how much bandwidth I use (to decide on level-of-service issues for a new ISP---I have to move :( ) . Is there a way

Re: [vox-tech] How to Break and Join Threads in mutt

2003-06-21 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Friday 20 June 2003 10:50 pm, Mike Simons wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:31:10PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > many of use threaded mail readers, and starting a new thread by replying > > to an existing thread really screws up our threading. > > I agree it is annoying, there are als

Re: [vox-tech] gmake and nmake

2003-06-16 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Monday 16 June 2003 12:56 am, Mark K. Kim wrote: > Jay obvious figured it out, but for the archives: > > The GNU Make is often called `gmake`, even though the binary is called > `make`. I sometimes symlink `make` to `gmake` if I have multiple versions > of make installed. > > I think Debian doe

Re: [vox-tech] Redhat 8.0 shutdown does not power off.

2003-06-06 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Thursday 05 June 2003 11:35 am, Jim Angstadt wrote: > --- Mike Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > After 16 lines of "...disabled for 5 minutes" I > did a physical power off. > > Then booted clean to cli. Did s-u-o 3 times with > the same result each time: >s-u-o, "power off", black screen, r

Re: [vox-tech] Redhat 8.0 shutdown does not power off.

2003-06-06 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Thursday 05 June 2003 09:43 am, Mike Simons wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:14:13AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > i haven't been following this thread for a few days, but are we sure > > it's not a hardware issue? > > We know that he is still using a stock Redhat kernel, and changes

Re: [vox-tech] definition of a virtual machine

2003-03-31 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Monday 31 March 2003 05:16 pm, Rod Roark wrote: > On Monday 31 March 2003 04:59 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > ... the intended > > audience are readers of the linux gamers' howto who want to know what > > things like vmware are. not people taking a course on java. :) > > OK how about this

Re: [vox-tech] NFS and user IDs

2003-03-02 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Sunday 02 March 2003 09:20 am, Rod Roark wrote: > Anyone know if there's a way to map user IDs (other than > root) across NFS? > > I.e., user "rod" on the client machine has ID 1000, but on > the NFS server is 500, and I'd like general access to my > home directory from the client. The simplest

Re: [vox-tech] EPROM burner?

2003-02-26 Thread Edwin P. Groot
Ryan, I screwed up one of my Pentium boards by flashing the wrong .BIN file on it. To fix that I cross-flashed the BIOS on that chip using a working Pentium motherboard. I had to try a few versions of flash writers before I was successful. The following links show how to do that, i

Re: [vox-tech] Can a username be changed?

2003-02-09 Thread Shawn P. Neugebauer
On Sunday 09 February 2003 01:44 pm, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > Is there a way to change a user's login name under Unix? > > such a question... ;) > > > Is it safe enough to simply rename their home directory and > > edit their entry in /etc/passwd and /etc

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