Re: mutt and Return-path

2004-01-23 Thread Mike Mueller
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:09:11PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:29:01PM +0100, M. Mueller wrote: > > > > Indeed. Currently I am setting From and Return-path to the same values > > in the default values and the folder-hook values > > > > Is Return-path necessary? It se

mutt and Return-path

2004-01-20 Thread Mike Mueller
PROTECTED] Then emails started getting through. Is there significance to the Return-path value? -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Mutt sending help

2004-01-20 Thread Mike Mueller
ay to get a resolvable value into the Return-path field? Thanks -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Debian and Knoppix.

2004-01-17 Thread Mike Mueller
og/syslog found the "brltty" found /dev/ttyS0 is not a tty and that the TSI driver was giving up; sometimes this was followed by a LSR safety check engaged! message remove brltty (braille tty) with:apt-get remove brltty restart voila! no more repeating "LSR safety check engage

Re: maildirmake

2004-01-15 Thread Mike Mueller
On Thursday 15 January 2004 02:23, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:37:16AM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 04:59, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:39:21PM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > 4. throw in spam filter

Re: maildirmake

2004-01-14 Thread Mike Mueller
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 04:59, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:39:21PM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote: > > I am a MTA/MDA/MUA email noob. I am doing things piecemeal to understand > > the functioning of each component. > > How are maildir and folders usually

maildirmake

2004-01-13 Thread Mike Mueller
r/new after running getmail. It was the email I sent intentionally from another machine running KMail. I don't have/can't find maildirmake on my Knoppix/Sid system or my Woody system. I do not have an MUA installed. How are maildir and folders usually set up? With an MUA? -- Mike

Re: sources.list conversion

2004-01-08 Thread Mike Mueller
On Wednesday 07 January 2004 15:03, John Gilger wrote: > Mike Mueller wrote: > >I installed Knoppix 3.3 to disk on my laptop. When I try "apt-cache > > search blah" I get lots of messages like "W: Couldn't stat source package > > list ". > > &

Re: sources.list conversion

2004-01-08 Thread Mike Mueller
On Wednesday 07 January 2004 23:38, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Mike Mueller: > > I installed Knoppix 3.3 to disk on my laptop. When I try "apt-cache > > search blah" I get lots of messages like "W: Couldn't stat source package > > list ". >

sources.list conversion

2004-01-07 Thread Mike Mueller
oblem? Are there lots of mirrors still offline because of the compromise last year? FWIW, Knoppix 3.3 is Sid-based. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises

2003-12-10 Thread Mike Mueller
nyone capable of a stack overflow exploit is also capable of reversing out a smartcard checkpoint. Please tell me I'm being too negative. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To

Re: Night mare to set day light savings time

2003-11-13 Thread Mike Mueller
; >     hwclock --systohc 1. sync system clock to banchmark using NTP (ntpdate - The ntpdate client for setting system time from NTP servers) http://www.ntp.org/ 2. use command above 3. do this periodically with cron or aperiodically manually 4. forget about annoying timeshifts -- Mike Mueller

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-10 Thread Mike Mueller
ds this important fact of PR. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5104650.html?tag=nefd_top -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-08 Thread Mike Mueller
On Saturday 08 November 2003 17:49, Edward Murrell wrote: > Click'n'Drool interface I just can't stop chuckling. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-07 Thread Mike Mueller
hat barn builder that first said he was going to build a free barn for everybody in town but later changed his mind and how he should just get a barn-raising group together and everybody should help to build barns for everone in the group just like they do with quilts. I can relate to the bar

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-06 Thread Mike Mueller
ty rights? Hell has no wrath like a CEO scorned. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

2003-11-05 Thread Mike Mueller
r sale to M$. And now for some hand-wringing about Debian in the enterprise: http://www.enterprise-linux-it.com/perl/story/22602.html -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. --

Re: debian daemon init

2003-10-16 Thread Mike Mueller
On Thursday 16 October 2003 03:17, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:32:28AM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote: > > Is it the job of the package maintainer of a daemon (for example > > OpenSSH) to adapt whatever initialization the upstream developer > > creates (BSD i

debian daemon init

2003-10-15 Thread Mike Mueller
Is it the job of the package maintainer of a daemon (for example OpenSSH) to adapt whatever initialization the upstream developer creates (BSD in this case I imagine) to the Debian style of System V init? -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use

Re: Best Nics.

2003-10-08 Thread Mike Mueller
tek is _real_ cheap. But if you bang your head on them from functional problems and they rob you of performance even when they are working satisfactorily, the savings are questionable. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand t

Re: How to kill X?

2003-10-06 Thread Mike Mueller
eo card (ATI Rage something or another). That put a stop to the X siezures. Not an elegant solution admittedly but I was able to run two desktops side by side and compare stability. I was not able to find any direct evidence that positively suggested that I should change video cards. G

Re: Anyone else notice that Swen is slowing down?

2003-10-02 Thread Mike Mueller
On Tuesday 30 September 2003 19:53, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:11:16PM -0400, Mike Mueller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 September 2003 02:05, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Seems > > > like about the only way we're going to

Re: Anyone else notice that Swen is slowing down?

2003-09-30 Thread Mike Mueller
any known sort of executable though. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ip_forwarding in kernel

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Mueller
those docs. Thanks. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Mueller
On Friday 19 September 2003 19:29, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 03:56:03PM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote: > > If the fee is a result of the domain name expiring and this is a > > "special" reinstatement fee, then it seems usary to me. > > > Usury

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-19 Thread Mike Mueller
to my web host's servers. I use a budget registrar from whom I expect no courtesy or special treatment. I mark the anniversaries of my domains in a paper calender (I've broken two Palm Pilots - I'm done with those gadgets). > Chaulk it up to training. Training is not free (as in b

Re: xfree86 security update overwrites XF86Config-4

2003-09-16 Thread Mike Mueller
ngs that worked while other things just didn't work. I managed to get an xterm working so used it to restore the XF86Config-4 and then rebooted again. The system worked normally after that. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles on the floor with your right foot; now, with

Re: xfree86 security update overwrites XF86Config-4

2003-09-15 Thread Mike Mueller
s > root# cp -p /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.works > root# cp -p /usr/X11/bin/XFree86 /usr/X11/bin/XFree86.works > > and save the binary of where "X" points to > /usr/X11/bin/X -> XFree86 > > - it will save your butt on day..

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Mike Mueller
ho doesn't tolerate that kind of > > > crap, comes along. > > > > There are no organizations without internal politics. > > Okay. I disagree (and am happily working for one with a stated policy > against ... It appears to be true that "There are no organizations

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Mike Mueller
On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:55, Tom Badran wrote: > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 14:36, Mike Mueller wrote: > > On Thursday 28 August 2003 05:18, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > The One True Editor > > > > vi - for C, C++, Python, DocBook, HTML, whatever... > >

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Mike Mueller
On Thursday 28 August 2003 05:18, Alex Malinovich wrote: > The One True Editor vi - for C, C++, Python, DocBook, HTML, whatever... -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles on the floor with your right foot; now, without looking at your foot, use the index finger on your ri

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-28 Thread Mike Mueller
not to use them. Amen brother! I've done formated output with iostreams and it's like you say - clunky. iostreams didn't make things better, it made them diferent - like I need more crap in my head. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles on the floor with your

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-27 Thread Mike Mueller
that helpful in learning STL. Neither is the deadtree STL Tutorial and Ref. by Musser et al. This book is good: http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/ -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles on the floor with your right foot; now, without looking at your foot, use the index fin

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-27 Thread Mike Mueller
t was removed from 2.6 by someone because it was judged to be "ugly". Ugly. Brain-damaged. Crappy. Nasty. What's the difference? Code that is deemed beautiful or clever is often either incomprehensible or obvious. Code that works is a gift. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) M

Re: Mozilla printer problems

2003-08-25 Thread Mike Mueller
On Sunday 24 August 2003 16:27, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:58:42 -0400 > > Mike Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:37, Tom Allison wrote: > > > this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla. >

Re: Mozilla printer problems

2003-08-24 Thread Mike Mueller
On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:37, Tom Allison wrote: > this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla. > lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME} Firebird would not print for me. I use cups. Changing "lpr" to "lp" enabled printing for me. -- M

Re: icewm menu questions

2003-08-22 Thread Mike Mueller
ooking in the previously suggested areas: 1) file:///usr/share/doc/menu/html/index.html 2) man update-menu -- Mike Mueller Registration No. 324881 (08/20/2003) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

icewm menu questions

2003-08-22 Thread Mike Mueller
sktop maintainers are responsible for dynamically building a menu that hooks all the currently installed apps on the machine. Is this how things work in Debian? No small task if it is. -- Mike Mueller Registration No. 324881 (08/20/2003) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Gtk details

2003-08-20 Thread Mike Mueller
//www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg51530.html I use kdm and icewm. Logging out of icewm does not stop X does it? The reboot was my clumsy way of restarting X. So, why does restarting X fix the problem above? Is this a Gtk-ism? -- Mike Mueller Registration No. 324881 (08/20/2003) -- To U

Re: INVESTMENT

2003-08-18 Thread Mike Mueller
up all the amounts of monies that've been pilfered from Africa and report it to the authorities :-). Is Arthur Anderson still in business in Africa? -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Turn on the service

2003-08-15 Thread Mike Mueller
On Friday 15 August 2003 13:31, Victory wrote: > How to install and turn on/off rsh, telnet and ftp server/service for > Debian 3.0r1??? I am new to Debian any reason not to choose ssh and scp for remote access and file transfer? -- Mike Mueller I've often heard of companies hav

Re: Beginning Linux Programming(THANK YOU)

2003-06-16 Thread Mike Mueller
autoproject' is a way to get a full > project directory going quickly. With that disclaimer you might want > to give it a test drive. > > Bob For a direct approach, consider these: GNU Make http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html This book is not free. It is compact and useful. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/make2/ -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CVS: how to set the pserver (ssh)?

2003-06-14 Thread Mike Mueller
sion on this list) $ CVS_RSH=ssh; export CVS_RSH $ cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dirname/cvsrepository checkout projecname -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-14 Thread Mike Mueller
t in > Debian, and would be sad to see removed. It sounds like the Debian maintainers are adapting to the openssh project removing rsh support. If so, Debians have no choice in the matter then. -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-14 Thread Mike Mueller
hich I'd advise you not to rely on. OK. (I sense a learning opportunity is headed my way :-) > > Cheers, Thanks all, for clearing that up. -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access

2003-06-13 Thread Mike Mueller
on? Config file? Ask the package maintainer? I don't want to change CVS on Debian. I want to understand why I don't have to set CVS_RSH on Debian. Thanks, -- Mike Mueller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xD Picture Card and Debian

2002-12-22 Thread Mike Mueller
On Sunday 22 December 2002 21:21, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 09:41, Mike Mueller wrote: > > The Woody system does not appear to be ready for usb storage - judging > > from the response from lsmod. Before I try anything else, I'd like to > > ask if a

xD Picture Card and Debian

2002-12-22 Thread Mike Mueller
I got a Fuji Finepix 3800 digital camera that uses xD Picture Card flash memory.  I am trying to access the camera's flash memory as a usb storage device. It did not work on a Mandrake 8.1 system (kernel 2.4.8). I Googled and found that Mandrake 9 might work with the new xD flash card. The u

Re: question about /etc/passwd entries

2002-09-17 Thread Mike Mueller
On Monday 16 September 2002 15:21, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 10:16:52PM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Mike Mueller wrote: > > > > Why does my 2.2r6 system need a user called bin? > > > > > > > > > &l

syslogd-listfiles

2002-06-11 Thread Mike Mueller
I see syslogd-listfiles and savelog at heart of /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd. Are these methods unique to Debian? I use RH6.1 and Mandrake 8.1 and they do not have syslogd-listfiles or savelog commands. On my RH6.1 systems (slated for migration to Debian) the logrotate facility is used to in the