Re: alien errors

2001-12-19 Thread cmasters
Greetings Theo & Sean, Maybe my experience will help some On 19-12-01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Theo! > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:44:47PM +0200, Theo Bierman wrote: > > > save yourself the headache with converting rpms into debs, and just > > > download the netscape installer off of

Lyx - difficulties with doc setup

2001-12-11 Thread cmasters
Greetings all, I'm posting a request to this list in regards to Lyx. I won't post the specific problem as yet (as this is a Lyx problem, not necessarily dependent on Debian). But, is there a Lyx guru out there that would have 5 minutes or so to guide a newbie through the jungle. I've RTFM, both

IPMasq questions ... not clear in docs

2001-12-07 Thread cmasters
Greetings, I didn't receive a response to yesterday's query about ~killing~ ipmasq. However, I imagine that my post was lost in the ruch of repeat messages sent via the list today. To sum up my previous post ... I installed apt-get install'd 'ipmasq' in a knee jerk response to all the recent sec

Re: Mail Alias file

2001-12-06 Thread cmasters
Greetings dman and Stephan, Thanks for the help ... *BHOKB* ... I must have read that entry 5 or 6 times, yet the 'Note:' never made it to my conscious processing. I really have to have a chat with my various sub, non and altered consciousness's. C. Masters

Difficulties w/ ipmasq]]

2001-12-06 Thread cmasters
- Forwarded message from cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:54:17 -0400 From: cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Difficulties w/ ipmasq] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D

Mail Alias file]

2001-12-06 Thread cmasters
Trying this again, As you can see ... typing out this address every time made me so tired I forgot the 'o' in 'org'. - Forwarded message from cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:04:45 -0400 From: cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAI

Re: see if this works

2001-12-06 Thread cmasters
working here :-)

[cmasters@despamnbnet.nb.ca: Difficulties w/ ipmasq]

2001-12-06 Thread cmasters
- Forwarded message from cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:52:37 -0400 From: cmasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debuser Subject: Difficulties w/ ipmasq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Greetings, I hope that someone cah help me with thi

Re: SUCCESS!!!!!! got the mail combo working!!!!!

2001-12-01 Thread cmasters
Greetings dman On 01-11-30, dman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:38:57PM -0400, cmasters wrote: ... snip a few bits ... > > Hmm, interesting. Do you have gads of stuff in > /var/spool/mail/ ? That would also explain why stuff that > wasn't directed at your usernam

SUCCESS!!!!!! got the mail combo working!!!!!

2001-11-30 Thread cmasters
Greetings all, Firstly ... *executing full ceremonial k'ou t'ou* Thank you ~incredibly~ to all that helped. Special thanks to Kurt, Carel, dman, Greg, Alan, and Paolo. Your combined responses of "compare your xxx to mine", "stick with it, it'll come", and especially "I was once there too ...

Re: exim: misleading package description?

2001-11-30 Thread cmasters
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:37:29PM -0800, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Thursday 29 November 2001 07:05 pm, cmasters wrote: > > > Hope you don't mind the interruption. You may have noticed my slew of > > postings about difficulties with sorting mail. I read your reponse to mean

Re: Mail - just tried again ....

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 10:49:11PM -0500, Greg Lopp wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:19:35PM -0400, cmasters wrote: ... snip of log ... > > The preceding log leads us to believe that the message has been > delivered to your smtp daemon (exim). The next step is not to > look in

Re: exim: misleading package description?

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:42:14AM -0800, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Thursday 29 November 2001 11:22 am, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > That's something I've wondered about for a while... I've found > > exim's .forward filtering to be more than adequate for anything I've > > ever wanted to do (and a lot m

Thoughts on RTFM

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings all, My recent difficulties with printer and mail setup have led to to the point where I simply must express my thoughts on "RTFM". 1. I'm beginning that this should be the credo to linux use. Which would be fine if reading the "fine" manual didn't imply previous knowledge of the OS or

Re: Mail - reasons for trying the fetchmail/procmail/mutt route

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 02:28:36AM +0100, Stephen Rueger wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:41:01PM -0600, John Patton wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:08:34PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > > > I don't know what getmail does, but fetchmail will gather your mail > > f

Re: Mail - reasons for trying the fetchmail/procmail/mutt route

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:41:01PM -0600, John Patton wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:08:34PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > > The problem with this is that often, I have 300+ emails to then sort through > > one by one. I imnagine I could use those nifty 'save/send/folde

Re: Mail - just tried again ....

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings Carel, Attached you will find a yet again revised copy of my fetchmailrc. rest assured ~all~ usernames and pwords are strictly alphanumeric. I've also included a copy of the most recent logfile. I opted for fetchall rather than keep, as I am continuing to run getmail throughout this tria

Mail - just tried again ....

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
lt; +OK mail-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca POP3 server (Post.Office v3.5.3 release 223 with ZPOP version 1.0 ID# 0-72041U145000L145000S0V35) ready Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:36:37 -0400 fetchmail: POP3> USER cmasters fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for cmasters fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK

Re: Further thoughts - exim possible culprit?

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings Glyn, I compared the exim.conf that you included (thanx muchly) to the one I have and they are ~identical~ in all respects other than local domain variables. My variables are correct for this system. I did notice mention of a '.forward' file that is to be referenced, however fetchmail an

Mail - reasons for trying the fetchmail/procmail/mutt route

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings, Although I'm sure my reasons are not unique, I thought I'd express them so that perhaps they will explain my frustration at getting adequate mail processing. Previous to my current attempts, I (like many others) used mozilla and/or kmail to read/sort/file/save my mail. Quite frankly, I

Further thoughts - exim possible culprit?

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings, After sending out my last posting on email problems, I thought of checking my exim.conf. I hadn't done this before, as I understood that the process was fetchmail -> procmail -> mutt. Maybe it isn't so. Anywho, assuming that exim sits between fetchmail and procmail, I have some questio

Still having mail problems [New Thread] - logs, etc.

2001-11-29 Thread cmasters
Greetings, I absorbed and applied the following advice given by respondents to the previous thread: 1. Checked to make sure that referenced directories existed and had proper permissions [YES] 2. Simplified my recipe as follows: :0: in-testing 3. Stopped 'getmail' and invoked

Re: Stil having mail problems

2001-11-28 Thread cmasters
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:03:07AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:18:35PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > > Could someone please explain why fetchmail/procmail combo continues to > > reject ~any~ messages not expressly addressed to me (aka my Return addy). &g

Re: Stil having mail problems

2001-11-28 Thread cmasters
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 09:58:31PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:18:35PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > | Could someone please explain why fetchmail/procmail combo continues to > | reject ~any~ messages not expressly addressed to me (aka my Return addy). > | I've at

Re: Stil having mail problems

2001-11-28 Thread cmasters
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 09:43:58PM -0500, Warren A. Layton wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:18:35PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > > Could someone please explain why fetchmail/procmail combo continues to > > reject ~any~ messages not expressly addressed to me (aka my Return addy). &g

Stil having mail problems

2001-11-28 Thread cmasters
mime-version status x-status message-id #ignore sender references return-path lines # Changes message editor from "vi" to "jed" set editor=jed # Set "From" address variable to reflect current ISP account #set from='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' set realname=cmast

Re: SOLVED!!!! Re: Printer not functioning ~fully~

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
Greetings, No problem. I hoped that slogging through man's would serve a purpose other than burning out my eyes. I'm almost tempted to write some version(s) in ~clear~ unambiguous language for newbies (like myself). Glad my solution helped C. Masters

Seeking clarification about mail program interaction

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
Greetings, Now that I have my printer running properly, I'm trying to tackle the problem of mail delivery. I've installed fetchmail, procmail, and exim, but I have yet to make them interact properly. For the moment I am using ~getmail~ (a fetchmail replacement) to poll my ISP and deliver my mail i

SOLVED!!!! Re: Printer not functioning ~fully~

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
Greetings, Well they say that those who try ... eventually will. Through a process of elimination, I reasoned that my "server" (what I affectionately refer to as my COMPUTER) was not accepting requests for printing. After pondering and delving further into the "CUPS Software Administrator's Tool"

Re: Printer not functioning ~fully~ FURTHER DETAILS - CORRECTION

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
that error should read "server-error-service-unavailable". Still not finding this error in the Docs. C. Masters

Re: Printer not functioning ~fully~ FURTHER DETAILS

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 03:04:01AM -0400, C-Cose Masters wrote: Hello again, Having just attempted to print a message from Mutt, I received the error "service-error-server-unavailable". I haven't been able to find ~that~ particular error in any of the FAQ's. > Greetings, > > I'm having difficul

SOLVED!!!! Re: [root: [Local Domain Name Here] 11/25/01:22.02 system check]

2001-11-27 Thread cmasters
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 11:46:14PM -0400, cmasters wrote: > - Forwarded message from root - > > The following excerpt from system logs has me puzzled. As you can see > Sendmail is attempting to verify my domain name from (what I assume is) a > DNS server. The truly puzzlin

[root: [Local Domain Name Here] 11/25/01:22.02 system check]

2001-11-25 Thread cmasters
- Forwarded message from root - The following excerpt from system logs has me puzzled. As you can see Sendmail is attempting to verify my domain name from (what I assume is) a DNS server. The truly puzzling thing is that I expressly ~unchose~ DNS queries when setting up Sendmail, in addit