Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-07 Thread Kevin Buhr
"Bob Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >What exactly IS exim? >IOW: when I setup sendmail, I'm working with bash scripts. >when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl? The exim configuration file is written in an Exim-specific language parsed by nothing but Exim.

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, I see your frustration. On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:26:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Dec 5, 8:00 pm, "Sergio Cuéllar Valdés" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 2007/12/5, Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What exactly IS exim? > > > > > IOW: when I setup sendmail, I'm worki

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Goldberg wrote: > > i've spent DAYS trying to get exim to work to no avail. In that case, don't use Exim. I'm not being sarcastic. It's not a put-down. Exim isn't as arcane as Sendmail, but I found it m

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Bob Goldberg([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Dec 5, 9:40 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > interesting... > I did try it w/o enclosing fail in it's own braces... > but the expansion still shows "fail" when in fact, the lookup was > successful. > > Does a

exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread Bob Goldberg
On Dec 6, 12:50 pm, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Bob Goldberg wrote: > > > when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl? > > Exim reads it in itself. Just like Sendmail reads in sendmail.cf. > > Unless you're talking about Debian's Rube-Gol

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:22:58PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote: > On Dec 5, 9:40 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:26:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ie: the command line [from my router] is: > > > data = [EMAIL PROTECTED]/etc/exim4/email

exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread Bob Goldberg
On Dec 5, 9:40 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:26:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ie: the command line [from my router] is: > > data = [EMAIL PROTECTED]/etc/exim4/email-accept} > > {:fail: User unknown }} > > > what interpreter can I execut

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Bob Goldberg wrote: when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl? Exim reads it in itself. Just like Sendmail reads in sendmail.cf. Unless you're talking about Debian's Rube-Goldbergian system for building an Exim config file from pieces. I never

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:26:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At the end of all this research, I STILL find myself trying to > diagnose why my router isn't working; and it's a pretty darn simple > router at that. getting useful error messages out of exim debug is > worthless. > > So I thou

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-05 Thread bobg . hahc
On Dec 5, 8:00 pm, "Sergio Cuéllar Valdés" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/12/5, Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What exactly IS exim? > > > IOW: when I setup sendmail, I'm working with bash scripts. > > > when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl? > > Hello, > > you shoul

Re: exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-05 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
2007/12/5, Bob Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i've spent DAYS trying to get exim to work to no avail. > > so let me start at the beginning. > > What exactly IS exim? > > IOW: when I setup sendmail, I'm working with bash scripts. > > when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl? He

exim - what is it? (how does it run)

2007-12-05 Thread Bob Goldberg
i've spent DAYS trying to get exim to work to no avail. so let me start at the beginning. What exactly IS exim? IOW: when I setup sendmail, I'm working with bash scripts. when I setup an exim conf file - what exactly runs it? perl?

General question regarding rewriting of mail headers,...how does it work...

2000-11-07 Thread Walter Tautz
Ok. I may not make much sense... (NOTE. I am not trying do anything particular, just wondering about the general idea of rewriting). When sending mail in the following way: Host1 --->Host2 and we want it to appear to come from Host3. Can Host1 rewrite a message header and then send it t

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-07 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:02:39AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Use ssh, or telnet, if you must (although that's just as risky). > > I've heard it said that rlogin has security problems, but I don't > understand why? And surely if there are problems,

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:02:39AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I've heard it said that rlogin has security problems, but I don't > understand why? And surely if there are problems, these would be > fixable? Isn't Debian supposed to be extra security fix aware? the r* commands are flawed by

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-06 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Aaarrgh! Not the dreaded r-services! Don't allow them. Shut them > > off. They are evil, and a great source of amusement to all > > crackers. Use ssh, or telnet, if you must (although that's just as >

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-06 Thread Mark Phillips
Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 09:56:11AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > > Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your > > computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: > > > > login stream tcp nowait root /usr

Re: Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 09:56:11AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > I am a little confused about how the external services thing works. > > Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your > computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: > > login str

Offering external services, rlogins, smtp etc: how does it work?

2000-07-05 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, I am a little confused about how the external services thing works. Suppose for example you want to allow exteral rlogins to your computer. I presume you modify the inetd.conf file to include the line: login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rlogind Now when is this file

Re: How does it...

1999-09-19 Thread Patrik Magnusson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fredrick Schmitt) writes: > You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on > (weakest processor)? It has to be 32-bit or better, so 286 or worse won't work. (This is for x86, the other ports I don't know about).

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Jonathan Hall
386SX/16, 4mb RAM, ~40mb HD. That's the requirement for any Linux distro. To install Debian > 1.3, you must have at least 6 (or is it 8) mb of RAM, but once it's installed, you can take out the extra 2-4mb, and run it just on 4mb. On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > You knew what I

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > Is the setup text based or graphial? What are the extra features this > opperating system has over my RH6 box? What system would be the > cheeziest I could run it on? there has been a LARGE discussion on it about a week ago. The S

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 08:32:52AM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on > (weakest processor)? I'd guess either a 386SX/16 or an old m68k box. Probably the 386 is the better option - many old m68k machines are too underspeced t

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Fredrick Schmitt
You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on (weakest processor)? Rob Mahurin wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > > What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on? > > Unfortunately, you cannot run Debian on a block of

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 20:26:35 -0700, NatePuri wrote: > 4. Menu integration. When ever you install an X app dpkg will update > your menus in all you window managers. Whether you use KDE, GNOME, > icewm or fvwm your menus will always reflect the packages you have > installed. No hand

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on? Unfortunately, you cannot run Debian on a block of cheese. Work on a cheese port is in progress, but is not even ready yet for the alpha release. Until then, you must run Deb

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread NatePuri
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > Is the setup text based or graphial? What are the extra features this > opperating system has over my RH6 box? What system would be the > cheeziest I could run it on? Oh boy, you have hit a nerve. You will get quite a lot of resp

Re: How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Seth R Arnold
Text-based. The extra features are multiple -- the package management is by far the best I have ever seen in any product. (I haven't tried FreeBSD yet, though.. I hear it is nice too. :) The updates are far more often. (Security patches are released within hours of finding the problems..) There

How does it...

1999-09-18 Thread Fredrick Schmitt
Is the setup text based or graphial? What are the extra features this opperating system has over my RH6 box? What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on?

Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-04 Thread David Coe
here's another working example. in my case, the Win95 host is not on the same ethernet subnet as my debian (slink) host, so I use a command like: smbmount //spunk/E spunk-e -I spunk.spanky.org -U spazwit (host and user names changed to protect the innocent) Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > > I

Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-04 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
I have used the command: smbmount //HS03/scanagar /mnt -U scanagaratna to mount a filesystem scanagar on maching HS03 on /mnt on my harddrive. So I do not understand the problem. HS04 runs NT, and run Debian Linux 2.1 Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University Ada,

Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-04 Thread Carey Evans
Jérôme Zago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to > mount this share to /mnt/servif3. > > "Usage: smbmount-2.1.x service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log]" > it seems like smbclient. where does I provide the mount point ? smbm

Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-04 Thread Eloy A. Paris
What kernel version are you using??? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't figure how to mount SMB shares... > > "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to > mount this share to /mnt/servif3. smbclient works with _any_ kernel version (2.0.x, 2.1.x, and 2.2.0prex)

Re: smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-03 Thread Christoph Keller
On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 05:11:34PM +0100, Jérôme Zago wrote: > I can't figure how to mount SMB shares... > > "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to > mount this share to /mnt/servif3. > > "Usage: smbmount-2.1.x service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log]" > it

smbmount-2.1.x: how does it work ?

1999-01-03 Thread Jérôme Zago
I can't figure how to mount SMB shares... "smbclient //servif3/user4if -U jzago" works just fine but I would like to mount this share to /mnt/servif3. "Usage: smbmount-2.1.x service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log]" it seems like smbclient. where does I provide the mount point ? Thanks for y

Re: sending mail : how does it work ???

1998-12-23 Thread Rafael Kitover
ee procmail when I do a ps -a). > > If I am offline and I send mail, they are save in /var/save/mqueue. > > What soft have to send them when I am on-line ? (procmail ?) How does it know > if it can send > the messages ? Can I lost the message if I disconnect while this m

Re: sending mail : how does it work ???

1998-12-23 Thread Nuno Carvalho
e/mqueue. > > What soft have to send them when I am on-line ? (procmail ?) How does it know > if it can send > the messages ? Can I lost the message if I disconnect while this mysterious > software is > sending the messages ? For me, when messages are on queue and I go online,

sending mail : how does it work ???

1998-12-23 Thread frleg
soft have to send them when I am on-line ? (procmail ?) How does it know if it can send the messages ? Can I lost the message if I disconnect while this mysterious software is sending the messages ? As you can see, I am far away from being a linux guru !!! So, any help would be appreciated. (Yo