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On 5/15/24 10:50, Nicolas George wrote:
Cindy Sue Causey (12024-05-15):
PS Afterthought is that email signatures are another of that widely
accepted netiquette set of standards.
You can add the “Re: ” to that list.
It is the sequence of four octets 0x52, 0x65, 0x3a, 0x20, and nothing
else.
T
them.
. . .
Actually, it isn't necessarily the user's fault. Thanks to the "business
standard," (and think about the initials) of top-posting over the
complete, unpared quote of the entire thread, there are an awful lot of
email readers (and especially webmail interfaces) th
pro
and con in previous discussions, and there is no need to repeat them. It is
a matter of personal choice though I have to admit I feel a bit emboldened by
the posting guidelines. And in my experience a polite question goes a long
way with most civilized people. You can ignore my request, well
Cindy Sue Causey (12024-05-15):
> PS Afterthought is that email signatures are another of that widely
> accepted netiquette set of standards.
You can add the “Re: ” to that list.
It is the sequence of four octets 0x52, 0x65, 0x3a, 0x20, and nothing
else.
The MUAs who write “RE: ” are wrong.
The
On 5/15/24 10:06, Nicolas George wrote:
Cindy Sue Causey (12024-05-15):
Best as I was able to discern from the Net [0], 72 characters is the
magic number for line length because 4 extra characters are added to
both ends when e.g. git processes submissions. Makes good common sense
to me.
Git is
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 09:46:08AM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> Best as I was able to discern from the Net [0], 72 characters is the
> magic number for line length because 4 extra characters are added to
> both ends when e.g. git processes submissions. Makes good common sense
> to me.
>
> PS I
-Original Message-
From: Greg Wooledge
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: OT: Top Posting
Date: 05/14/24 13:41:17
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
> how many times has this top post crap been dug up
> don't y'all have any
Cindy Sue Causey (12024-05-15):
> Best as I was able to discern from the Net [0], 72 characters is the
> magic number for line length because 4 extra characters are added to
> both ends when e.g. git processes submissions. Makes good common sense
> to me.
Git is an order of magnitude younger than
-Original Message-
From: gene heskett
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: OT: Top Posting
Date: 05/14/24 10:54:50
On 5/14/24 10:09, Richard wrote:
Just because something isn't an official ISO standard doesn't mean
it's
not standard behavior. And how it relates
On 15/05/2024 02:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 08:16:20PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
Messages in Markdown in the Windows world? I have never seen it.
[...]
The only sensible interpretation I can
come up with for why these asterisks were added is that they're being
placed a
can. There are dozens of them.
>>>
>>> > Am Di., 14. Mai 2024 um 15:57 Uhr schrieb Loris Bennett
>>> > mailto:loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de>>:
>>> >
>>> > Hi Richard,
>>> >
>>> > Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com
On Tue, 14 May 2024, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
>> don't y'all have any thing better to do
>
> You must be new here.
sorta
i've only been using versions of linux since the early 90's :)
downloaded it from an archie serve
Hello,
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
> don't y'all have any thing better to do
You must be new here.
Get used to reading with a "mark thread read" key in your MUA of
choice, is my best advice.
Thanks,
Andy
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Greg Wooledge wrote:
> In this particular instance, we've got a person from the second
> culture who seems to have no idea that other cultures exist, or that
> a mailing list might not adhere to their own expectations. This
> person is acting belligerantly, and will not listen to gentle
> remind
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 08:16:20PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Messages in Markdown in the Windows world? I have never seen it.
I can't be sure where they're coming from exactly, but every once in
a while I see messages on debian-user, bug-bash or help-bash which
have extra asterisk characters
>> choice of email agents cannot do that, its time to switch to an agent
>> that can. There are dozens of them.
>>
>> > Am Di., 14. Mai 2024 um 15:57 Uhr schrieb Loris Bennett
>> > mailto:loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de>>:
>> >
>> > Hi Rich
the
software in between cannot take, i.e. most of it.
And the “(s)” tells us which culture is more efficient and why.
The second culture are Windows users who grew up with Microsoft products
in their school or workplace. In this culture, top-posting is the norm,
and inline quoting is nigh impossib
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
> how many times has this top post crap been dug up
> don't y'all have any thing better to do
> i know
> how about some real debian issues
>
Hi,
Have a quick look at the Debian-user FAQ posted each month and the
Debian Cod
t.
And the “(s)” tells us which culture is more efficient and why.
> The second culture are Windows users who grew up with Microsoft products
> in their school or workplace. In this culture, top-posting is the norm,
> and inline quoting is nigh impossible. Messages are often sent in ei
On 5/14/24 10:41 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
We have a clash of two cultures here.
More than just *nix vs. M$.
In business communications by email, the norm is to quote the *entire*
thread, every time, without paring anything down, purely for the sake of
CYA. As such, top-posting is the only
ad and composed on a
terminal, or a terminal emulator. Characters are displayed in a
fixed-width font. ASCII art is possible, albeit frowned upon as
juvenile.
The second culture are Windows users who grew up with Microsoft products
in their school or workplace. In this culture, top-posting is the
how many times has this top post crap been dug up
don't y'all have any thing better to do
i know
how about some real debian issues
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 04:08:19PM +0200, Richard wrote:
> Just because something isn't an official ISO standard doesn't mean it's not
> standard behavior. And how it relates to this mailing list? It's called a
> setting.
Most people prefer inline quoting around here (I know I do). That's
because
u-berlin.de>>:
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> writes:
> >
> > > "Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being
> replied
> > > to) is literally industry s
Richard mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> writes:
> "Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being replied
> to) is literally industry standard behavior.
Can you provide a link to the standard you are referring to?
Assuming such a standard exi
t;
> Richard writes:
>
> > "Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being replied
> > to) is literally industry standard behavior.
>
> Can you provide a link to the standard you are referring to?
>
> Assuming such a standard exists, how
Hi Richard,
Richard writes:
> "Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being replied
> to) is literally industry standard behavior.
Can you provide a link to the standard you are referring to?
Assuming such a standard exists, how would it apply to this
just checking
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Hello,
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 04:24:47PM -0700, Manphiz wrote:
> Personally I don't have a strong preference either way, but would like
> to hear more opinions on this.
The complaint about a top-posted forwarded message just because it
had a contextual hint at the top, seemed excessive to me. I
David Christensen writes:
> On 6/22/23 03:28, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> Am 21/06/2023 um 15:46 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
>
>>> ... top posting ...
>
>> ... When the message is forwarded ("Weitergeleitet", ... you have no
>> other choice than to
Le jeudi 28 avril 2022 à 12:41 +, Keith Bainbridge a écrit :
> Good Evening All
>
> I top posted last night, in error. Sorry
>
> I have asked the devs where the bottom posting setting has gone.
Hello,
(K9 Mail)
Account Settings > Sending mail > Reply after quoted text
Good Evening All
I top posted last night, in error. Sorry
I have asked the devs where the bottom posting setting has gone.
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keithrbaugro...@gmail.com
Sent from my aPhone. Please excuse my brevity.
Dan Ritter writes:
> Laura Smith wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 at 18:28, Dan Ritter
>> wrote:
>>
>> > That was the subject line of a message I just received from a
>> > - I am not a covert agent of an anti-FSF cabal [...]
>>
>> Unless you were a very bad covert agent, you would
Laura Smith wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 at 18:28, Dan Ritter
> wrote:
>
> > That was the subject line of a message I just received from a
> > - I am not a covert agent of an anti-FSF cabal [...]
>
> Unless you were a very bad covert agent, you would say that, wouldn't you ;).
Co
On Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 at 18:28, Dan Ritter
wrote:
> That was the subject line of a message I just received from a
> - I am not a covert agent of an anti-FSF cabal [...]
Unless you were a very bad covert agent, you would say that, wouldn't you ;).
That was the subject line of a message I just received from a
Debian-user member.
In case anyone is confused:
- I write my point of view because that's the one I have
- I am not a covert agent of an anti-FSF cabal, to the best of
my knowledge.
- I have no idea what 'trying to subvert someth
On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:14:16 -0700
Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> If someone can't be bothered to take the time to write a readable
> message, I can't be bothered to take the time to decipher it.
On the other tentacle, this sort of thing is usually the province of
newbies. I think it would help to refer
Charlie Gibbs composed on 2020-08-30 09:14 (UTC-0700):
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:30:01 +0200 Charles Curley wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:02:48 + Andy Smith wrote:
>>> Between your top posting and the HTML mails, I find it very
>>> difficult to read your
On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:30:01 +0200
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:02:48 +
> Andy Smith wrote:
>
>> Between your top posting and the HTML mails, I find it very
>> difficult to read your emails so I mostly haven't bothered.
>
> Hear, hear.
On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 Ajith R wrote:
Hi David,
Debian conformant style looks like this instead:
Do I understand the style correctly now?
LOL. Probably not. Maybe I should have allowed your discovery of the
mailing list's quoting conventions to take its natural course.
It was maybe silly
On Mi, 08 iul 20, 02:52:02, Ajith R wrote:
>
> Do I understand the style correctly now?
Mostly. Think of it as "conversational" style, with the reply following
the portion of text it addresses.
Other text should be removed, unless it provides useful context (would
your message make sense if re
Hi David,
>>>
Debian conformant style looks like this instead:
>>>
Do I understand the style correctly now? BTW, a query about how the original
message is quoted with '<'. Is it done by hand or does any email clients do it
automatically? Is it necessary that each line s marked with '<'? Or
Kenneth Parker writes:
> I have a special issue: Using Gmail on a Phone or Tablet (I have
> both).
Both of those devices lack a proper keyboard. That makes them unsuitable
for composing anything but very short messages, and wholly unsuitable
for editing text.
> Seriously, how do others of you
a computer. Using an inferior tool
is no excuse to inconvenience others. My pet peeve here is when people
try to use the Stack Exchange app or whatever, and excuse the lousy
formatting on "I'm on the phone", but thanks for pointing out another
one: gmail top posting! It's bad
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:07 PM Ric Moore wrote:
>
>
>
> Same reason some people top post. They just ignore the conventions.
>
I have a special issue: Using Gmail on a Phone or Tablet (I have both). I
have yet to find a Straightforward way to Snip lots of lines, using the
Android App. Als
On Thu, 24 May 2018 12:16:20 -0500
Glenn Holmer wrote:
Hello Glenn,
>Can anyone help me diagnose this?
Probably not, given the lack of information supplied.
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/ ) "The blindingly obvious is
/ _)radnever immediately apparent"
You're the psychotic
eep trying, use that address more.
When I started posting here, most of my early posts disappeared, but
eventually they were all getting through. I suspect an undocumented
anti-spam feature.
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I've been subscribed to this list from a different address for some time
and receive messages properly, but the few posts I make from that address
never appear on the list. Can anyone help me diagnose this?
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On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 07:52:46PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 11 May 2016 at 06:36:43 +1200, cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 11:57:34AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Sunday 01 May 2016 11:07:39 Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Do not submit an atta
On Wed 11 May 2016 at 06:36:43 +1200, cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 11:57:34AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 01 May 2016 11:07:39 Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > >
> > > "Do not submit an attachment larger than 10 KiB. Consider using
> > > paste.debian.ne
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 11:57:34AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2016 11:07:39 Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> >
> > "Do not submit an attachment larger than 10 KiB. Consider using
> > paste.debian.net and including a link in your post."
> >
> > From https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMa
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 12:41:10PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> >
> You know, I thought I had tried switching themes with out success. I just
> tried it again and the Oxygen theme cleared up the problem.
So this is the solution to a problem in another thread? :/
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On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 04:38:53PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> You know, I just looked at http://paste.debian,net. The site seems to be
> more for pasting code snippets than anything else. While there is nothing
> wrong with this, I don't see why they don't just paste the code directly
> into their
thing about
the posting problems.
I seem to struck a nerve somewhere. I think that the discussion on
attachments, file sizes and rejected email practices has been of some
value in itself.
Thank you everyone for your participation.
Gary R.
On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 07:08:07PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Ralph Sanchez writes:
> > I guess a lot of those 2.1 million customers probably live in very
> > rural areas where maybe other forms aren't available, or the cost to
> > lay wire would be more then they have. My thinking is, we have GPS
On 05/03/2016 05:18 AM, Gary Roach wrote:
> I still haven't found a solution for the disappearance of all of my
> desktop icons. They are replaced with little transparent squares. They
> still work though.
Try to change the theme you are using and/or install some new themes.
and/or install a d
On Tue 03 May 2016 at 07:51:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Brian composed on 2016-05-03 12:08 (UTC+0100):
>
> >On Mon 02 May 2016 at 23:43:45 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >>thousands of mailing list subscribers. This list's subscribers can see in
> >
Brian composed on 2016-05-03 12:08 (UTC+0100):
On Mon 02 May 2016 at 23:43:45 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
thousands of mailing list subscribers. This list's subscribers can see in
the list posting rules that binary attachments are not to be expected unless
of nominal size, thus can feel
ling list subscribers. This list's subscribers can see in
> the list posting rules that binary attachments are not to be expected unless
> of nominal size, thus can feel safe their disk space won't be wasted, and
Avoid sending large attachments.
is the advice:
https://www.debi
On Tuesday 03 May 2016 04:18:59 Gary Roach wrote:
> I still haven't found a solution for the disappearance of all of my
> desktop icons. They are replaced with little transparent squares. They
> still work though.
This problem got lost. I should start a new thread and explain it clearly,
starti
Gene Heskett composed on 2016-05-01 11:57 (UTC-0400):
So I'd like to prose a compromise that recognizes the folks still on
dialup and at dialup speeds. Possibly paying by the minute for access.
Some pay by the byte even with high bandwidth. Not attaching binaries is
about not being wasteful g
ee in the
list posting rules that binary attachments are not to be expected unless of
nominal size, thus can feel safe their disk space won't be wasted, and
internet bandwidth won't be wasted, on things a select few have interest in
or will be opening. It's little different than th
On 05/02/2016 05:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Tuesday 03 May 2016 00:38:53 Gary Roach wrote:
Someone needs to figure out a way to handle this without
penalizing the rest of us.
"The rest of us" don't have any desire to send pictures and are not being
penalised.
Lisi
I wouldn't send pictures e
Ralph Sanchez writes:
> I guess a lot of those 2.1 million customers probably live in very
> rural areas where maybe other forms aren't available, or the cost to
> lay wire would be more then they have. My thinking is, we have GPS
> that works nearly (ok maybe not) everywhere you'd go and want
> in
On Tuesday 03 May 2016 00:38:53 Gary Roach wrote:
> Someone needs to figure out a way to handle this without
> penalizing the rest of us.
"The rest of us" don't have any desire to send pictures and are not being
penalised.
Lisi
On the subject of Dialup, and this is me speaking for just me, but I'd
rather have to walk five blocks everytime I need internet then spend
20 a month on dial up :/ I guess a lot of those 2.1 million customers
probably live in very rural areas where maybe other forms aren't
available, or the cost t
On 05/02/2016 07:01 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Monday 02 May 2016 06:18:02 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
On 2016-04-30 23:20:07 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 30 April 2016 21:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or
send anything other than pl
On Monday 02 May 2016 15:01:12 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 02 May 2016 06:18:02 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2016-04-30 23:20:07 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Saturday 30 April 2016 21:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> > > > I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or
> > >
On Monday 02 May 2016 06:18:02 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2016-04-30 23:20:07 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 30 April 2016 21:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> > > I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or
> > > send anything other than plain text files. This leaves me
On Mon 02 May 2016 at 08:44:53 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 09:59:13AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > That coupled with the fact that this list just throws rejects into
> > the bit bucket [...]
>
> I doubt that part. Especially having already received rejec
On 2016-04-30 23:20:07 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 30 April 2016 21:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
>
> > I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> > anything other than plain text files. This leaves me with a problem if
> > I wish to post a screen shot. I have b
On 05/01/2016 11:44 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 09:59:13AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
[...]
That coupled with the fact that this list just throws rejects into
the bit bucket [...]
I doubt that part. Especially having already
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 09:59:13AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
[...]
> That coupled with the fact that this list just throws rejects into
> the bit bucket [...]
I doubt that part. Especially having already received rejects from
some Debian list due to
On 05/01/2016 10:38 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Sunday 01 May 2016 17:59:13 Gary Roach wrote:
Dial up or no dial up I really think Debian needs to loosen up a bit
on the site restrictions.
Why? Most people manage fine. If you would only answer the questions you are
asked, you would get more help
On 02/05/16 03:57, Gene Heskett wrote:
> So I'd like to prose a compromise that recognizes the folks still
> on dialup and at dialup speeds. Possibly paying by the minute for
> access.
>
> Accept the attachment, but strip it from the message that goes
> back out to the list and store it on paste
On Sun, 2016-05-01 at 09:59 -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> I need to re-read Gene Haskett's suggestion again and try to
> implimentÂ
> it. Dial up or no dial up I really think Debian needs to loosen up a
> bitÂ
> on the site restrictions.
You could probably file a bug about reject notices.
As for the
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:12:00 -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> anything other than plain text files. This leaves me with a problem
> if I wish to post a screen shot. I have been told that debian has a
> paste bin. Does anyone know th
On Sunday 01 May 2016 17:59:13 Gary Roach wrote:
> Dial up or no dial up I really think Debian needs to loosen up a bit
> on the site restrictions.
Why? Most people manage fine. If you would only answer the questions you are
asked, you would get more help faster.
Lisi
On 05/01/2016 04:46 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Sunday 01 May 2016 12:33:18 Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Sunday 01 May 2016 02:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
anything other than plain text files.
I just sent a screenshot half an hour ago and
On Sunday 01 May 2016 11:07:39 Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-05-01 at 10:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I tried sending a screenshot 25 minutes ago. It has not so far
> >
> > turned
> >
> > > up. But another email I sent 5 minutes ago has turned up. Whilst
> > > Debian Users list cer
On Sunday 01 May 2016 16:07:39 Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-05-01 at 10:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I tried sending a screenshot 25 minutes ago. It has not so far
> >
> > turned
> >
> > > up. But another email I sent 5 minutes ago has turned up. Whilst
> > > Debian Users list cert
On Sun, 2016-05-01 at 10:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I tried sending a screenshot 25 minutes ago. It has not so far
> turned
> > up. But another email I sent 5 minutes ago has turned up. Whilst
> > Debian Users list certainly accepts attachments, it does look as
> > though it doesn't like s
On Sunday 01 May 2016 07:28:40 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2016 02:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> > I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or
> > send anything other than plain text files.
>
> I tried sending a screenshot 25 minutes ago. It has not so far turned
> up. B
On Sunday 01 May 2016 12:33:18 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2016 02:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> > I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> > anything other than plain text files.
>
> I just sent a screenshot half an hour ago and it has not arrived, but
> another
On Sunday 01 May 2016 02:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> anything other than plain text files.
I just sent a screenshot half an hour ago and it has not arrived, but another
email I sent twenty minutes later has arrived. Although s
On Sunday 01 May 2016 02:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> anything other than plain text files.
I tried sending a screenshot 25 minutes ago. It has not so far turned up.
But another email I sent 5 minutes ago has turned up. Whils
On Saturday 30 April 2016 21:12:00 Gary Roach wrote:
> I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
> anything other than plain text files. This leaves me with a problem if
> I wish to post a screen shot. I have been told that debian has a paste
> bin. Does anyone know the
I understand that I should not use attachments on debian-user or send
anything other than plain text files. This leaves me with a problem if I
wish to post a screen shot. I have been told that debian has a paste
bin. Does anyone know the url for that bin.
Gary R
I haven't tried yet, but shutdown -k "message" should work. However, the
message would not flash on the GUI screen of all systems. Moreover, all
users need to be connected to same host.
Rather, you could create on indicator, with python backend, listening
messages from a particular socket or port o
Would shutdown -k work ?
On Sat, 2016-01-30 at 22:34 -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:59:13 -0500
> ken wrote:
>
> > > Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of
> > > all the machines on a LAN ?
>
> > If all the desktops are just terminals (tex
Renaud OLGIATI [2016-01-30 16:33:31-03] wrote:
> Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of
> all the machines on a LAN ?
I'm doing the same thing in a network where every machine gets their IP
through DHCP. The network is scanned with nmap for open ssh servers.
Luckil
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:59:13 -0500
ken wrote:
> > Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all
> > the machines on a LAN ?
> If all the desktops are just terminals (text), you could use "wall".
> But they're probably not. (?)
No, they are all GUI
> You could pu
On 01/30/2016 02:33 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all the
machines on a LAN ?
Cheers,
Ron.
If all the desktops are just terminals (text), you could use "wall".
But they're probably not. (?)
You could put the desire
Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all the
machines on a LAN ?
Cheers,
Ron.
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