Re: List usage - messages from the wiki

2007-04-16 Thread Mate Wierdl
Is this something you guys want? > However, my real question concerns the content of this message. In > addition to a list of pages that have changed, I'm considering including > the actual changes to the wiki pages (like a diff/patch). Máté -- --- Máté Wierdl | Dept. of Math. Sciences | Univ

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: DNS problems]

2005-12-28 Thread Mate Wierdl
Aregahegn, Here is a manifestation of the problem I was talking about: some DNS clients cannot find hosts on msci; in this case wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu. This is obviously a serious problem, since people loose email. Instead of waiting for the IT peoiple to fix the main dns server on campus, w

list outage: Feb 21-23

2003-02-12 Thread Mate Wierdl
Our network services tell us that the network for the whole campus will be down Feb 23--and perhaps starting the day before. I'll tell you the exact day when we get closer. In any case, I will use this time to retire this old server, and move the list to a new one (keep name, IP, etc). Presently

mailing list problems

2002-12-30 Thread Mate Wierdl
Lyxers, Our University's network has some problems since 12/26, and hence the lyx lists might have some problems in the next few days. Sorry, Mate

[praedor@yahoo.com: Re: Changing font size on reference pages?]

2002-12-08 Thread Mate Wierdl
- Forwarded message from Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lyx-users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Changing font size on reference pages? Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:36:

[praedor@yahoo.com: Reference page fonts too small]

2002-12-08 Thread Mate Wierdl
- Forwarded message from Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lyx-users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Reference page fonts too small Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:37:09 -0500 Use

(i)spell bug---crash

2002-09-29 Thread Mate Wierdl
I have not seen anything related to this at bugzilla.lyx.org: Put the cursor at the end of your doc. Start spellchecking. Then click on stop spellchecking, move the cursor to the beginning of the file, and click on start spellchecking. Lyx crashes with: lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught Sorry, you h

web archive at marc

2002-06-21 Thread Mate Wierdl
OK, so I made sure the appropriate messages are going to this new web archive, and I see the devel, doc and users list's messages appearing. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-devel&r=1&b=200206&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-docs&r=1&b=200206&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-u

tmda test list

2002-05-21 Thread Mate Wierdl
OK, I have set up the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] which uses tmda. Here is what happens when you post a message to the list: if you are a subscriber, it just lets you post if you are not a subscriber, it will ask you for a confirmation, and when you confirm, your message gets posted _and_ your add

Re: viruses

2002-04-30 Thread Mate Wierdl
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 02:17:19AM +0100, John Levon wrote: > (As it happens it seems the spam list has some problems. So I have > moved this back to lyx-users for now). The list is fixed now, and is in working order. I have not seen any spam yet there... > I'm glad to hear you are prepared to

Re: viruses

2002-04-30 Thread Mate Wierdl
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 08:03:55PM -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote: > -dump all attachments before they go to the list management > software's alias. The above is a drastic solution. Certainly not suitable for the devel list, but looking through the user's list archive, I would not implement it th

Re: viruses

2002-04-30 Thread Mate Wierdl
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 08:03:55PM -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote: > It is exactly your attitude that makes > this whole problem even worse; yeah, it's not our platform, yeah, > people should run antivirus software...but you're in denial if you > think ignoring it is going to solve anything. You a

spam list

2002-04-29 Thread Mate Wierdl
I just set up a list to discuss spam prevention on the list. It is [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mate

viruses

2002-04-29 Thread Mate Wierdl
Lately, I received emails such as "I received a lot viruses from the lyx users list, and now my windows partition is ruined." I am truly sorry to hear this, but: --- The virus _never_ originates from my server (the server is a Linux server, and there are no other users but lyx (me)). The

list manager warning messages

2002-03-11 Thread Mate Wierdl
Gals and Guys, Lately, apparently some messages sent to the list contained viruses, and some ISPs bounce these messages back to the list manager which then sends out a warning message to you. These warnings are harmless, and you are not going to be dropped from the list as a result. If, on th

Re: Importante leer

2002-01-30 Thread Mate Wierdl
Unfortunately, this is the kind of spam I cannot do anything about: I can prevent a copy of the message coming in in the future, but before it gets blacklisted (say, because of my report), he already disposed of 6-8 spams to our lists. Mate

[dan@frezza.org: Help]

2002-01-16 Thread Mate Wierdl
I got this message. Mate - Forwarded message from Dan Frezza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Dan Frezza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:00:50 -0500 Subject: Help Priority: normal X-mailer:

poweroutage

2001-11-29 Thread Mate Wierdl
We have some power problems at the university due to the storms in this area, so the lyx mailinglists might be intermittently down. Sorry. Mate

[jeff@jab.org: Re: problems with the lyx lists]

2001-11-13 Thread Mate Wierdl
- Forwarded message from Jeff Breidenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jeff Breidenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (message from Mate Wierdl on Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:37:09 -0600) Sub

Re: Problems installing exam.cls from CTAN

2001-10-10 Thread Mate Wierdl
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 04:20:48PM +1000, Laurie Savage wrote: > I have read chapter 6 for the fourth time and I think I've got it licked. Weird. I could have sworn that exam.cls is part of any standard LaTeX distro. It has certainly been part of teTeX for at least two years. In any case, what

getting messages during the outage

2001-10-10 Thread Mate Wierdl
If you want to get the messages that arrived to the list during the outage, please send any message to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] For UNIX users, this just means echo| mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mate

ouch!!

2001-10-09 Thread Mate Wierdl
Very sorry, I did make the new spam filter setup few hours after I sent my message to the list, but I messed up the command starting the mail server, so it would not accept remote mail for 4 days! Mate

new spam filter

2001-10-06 Thread Mate Wierdl
To spam this list once more: I now switched to a new RBL host. This just means a different database will be checked for spammers by your listserver. In the next few weeks I will watch closely to see how this new list works, and I may have to investigate other databases if the present one turns o

sorry

2001-04-19 Thread Mate Wierdl
For some people, mails might have bounced from the server. Really sorry about that; the hard disk Gods have been playing a game here. Please contact me with including the bounce in the message if things still not in order: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mate

upgrade

2001-04-18 Thread Mate Wierdl
Since I am upgrading the server, there might be a few hours interruption of the list service. Sorry, this had to be done unexpectedly (a disk filled up). Mate

sub to digest

2001-02-28 Thread Mate Wierdl
If you want to switch to the digest version of this list, you probably want to unsub from this list by sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then subscribe to the digest with sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those on some Unix variant can do this: echo | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EM

list disruption

2000-12-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
During the Holiday break, our university repairs some of our computer services. They promised there will be no disruption of power or email routing, but I am not holding my breath. They will start the work at 4:30PM US Central, Dec 22, and finish Dec 30. I apologize if there will be any list do

unsubscibberish

2000-10-10 Thread Mate Wierdl
You can just unsubscribe by sending any message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not forget about confirming your request. In case of problems, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mate

LyX under 7.0

2000-10-10 Thread Mate Wierdl
I do not see why people cannot use the rpm compiled on a 6.2 system. Better than switching to texmac or whatever. Mate

xdvi with XFree86-4.* problem

2000-10-01 Thread Mate Wierdl
Apparently, this is a bug people who upgrade to RedHat 7.0 will see: xdvi will not have its buttons anymore. Thomas Esser of teTeX thinks it is some problem with the new shared libs in XFree86-4.*. They are working on it. Apparently, the latest pure xdvi does not have the problem, xdvik does hav

virus again

2000-09-12 Thread Mate Wierdl
After this message, I will remove the subscriber's only requirement to the list. A few remarks (and important to those who could not post to the list anymore) 1) If you know that you will be posting from a different address, you can subscribe that address to the list as well without receiving du

virus

2000-09-11 Thread Mate Wierdl
I have modified the lyx-users and lyx-devel lists's configuration, so that they accept messages only from subscribers. This is only temporarily, and I will change the config back if I do not see any more of these "viral" messages coming at our server. If a nonsubscriber posts, she will get a b

subscribers only?

2000-09-11 Thread Mate Wierdl
As a countermeasure, should I temporarily set up the users and devel lists subscribers only until the messages with Subject: Re: [phxjug-java] Re: Two tools stop coming in? Or just use a filter? Mate

offtopic: spam

2000-08-16 Thread Mate Wierdl
relays.mail-abuse.org has changed their service, and my present software cannot use this service. As a consequence, we might see some relayed spam to this list. I should be able to fix the problem in the next day or so. Thx for patience, Mate

Re: when we get spammed

2000-08-03 Thread Mate Wierdl
> And we are not exactly plagued by spam... > (or is it my own filtering that removes it?) Well, in the last 4 mos, the devel list had 3 spams---unfortunately, all three in the last 10 days. The first two spammers have been caught, but I have not heard back about the last one. Unfortunately, th

Re: when we get spammed

2000-08-01 Thread Mate Wierdl
> Does this list allow non-subscribers to post/get the list of subscribers? Nonsubscribers can post, but nobody is allowed to get a list of subscribers. Mate

list down

2000-07-28 Thread Mate Wierdl
My box was taken off the network for about 15 hours due to a possible breakin, but luckily it turned out to be a false alarm. Sorry for the inconvenience. Mate

when we get spammed

2000-07-25 Thread Mate Wierdl
Just a reminder: please do not respond to the spam messages this list gets from time to time---unless you know what you are doing. I promptly deal with each of these messages (reporting them at appropriate places), and usually you put your own email address in danger if you try to handle spam you

list problems fixed

2000-05-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
Sorry guys, /usr/local/bin failed to mount due disk failure, and one of the spam testing software I was using for the list was there. This was the last loud WD disk in my box. But all should be fine now; I am using a backup /usr/local/bin. Thx for your infinite understanding... Mate

mail memo

2000-03-24 Thread Mate Wierdl
As of now, I am disabling the temporary list addresses on thales.memphis.edu. Also, please now use the old method to subscribe/unsubscribe from the list. Thx Mate

list is fine

2000-03-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
You can now use the original address to post to the list. Sorry for the interruption of service. Mate

mail

2000-03-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
Hi, (This is a duplicate in case the previous message did not reac the lists). Our nameserver is still in shambles, but maybe it will be fixed today. Temporarily, you can mail to the following addresses to send a message to your favorite list: lyx-announce: [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyx-devel: [EMAIL

how to mail

2000-03-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
Our nameserver problem still persists, but it seems it will be fixed today. In the meantime, if you want to mail to the lists, you can do that using the following addresses: USERS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEVEL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ANNOUNCE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, no subscribe or unsubscribe addres

test

2000-03-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
please ignore

Nameserver problem

2000-03-20 Thread Mate Wierdl
be back to normal. Sorry, Mate -- --- Mate Wierdl | Dept. of Math. Sciences | University of Memphis

network problem

2000-03-01 Thread Mate Wierdl
Our university's network is extremely slow today, and this may result in slow delivery of messages to and from the list. They are working on the problem. Mate

Re: Problem with lyx mailing lists?

2000-02-25 Thread Mate Wierdl
Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There seem to be no traffic on the lyx mailing lists and I find that hard > to believe. Are there any problems? > > Lgb No problems. I just did a 2 minute maintenance, and I forgot to reenable list delivery. It should work now. Sorry Ma

list off

1999-12-17 Thread Mate Wierdl
I just received the following message: [1] The electricity in the building (DUNN) will be off Dec 27-29 (M-W), maybe even the 30th, but probably not. Physical Plant is having to change out major switch. This means the users, devel and announce lists will be down for this period. Unfortunatel

Re: spam prevention

1999-10-27 Thread Mate Wierdl
Sorry for offtopic, but some might be affected by this. Mate Wierdl wrote: > 1) My server started to get a lot of spam from dialup sources (the I'm using a dialup line. When I started encountering resistance to sending of mail from my local sendmail, the easy solu

spam prevention

1999-10-26 Thread Mate Wierdl
Please read this, it might affect your participation on this list. 1) My server started to get a lot of spam from dialup sources (the latest spam to the list also came from such a source), and I decided I will use the service described at http://maps.vix.com/dul/ I will implement this

Re: included files

1999-10-25 Thread Mate Wierdl
>>>>> "Mate" == Mate Wierdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mate> Guys, Any included file has to be in the same dir as the lyx doc Mate> you are including it into. So all files exported from xfig needs Mate> to be in the current dir. The cu

included files

1999-10-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
Guys, Any included file has to be in the same dir as the lyx doc you are including it into. So all files exported from xfig needs to be in the current dir. The current dir is always searched for input files unless you messed up your texinputs path. Mate

Re: Problem with XFig and LyX 1.04 docs

1999-10-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
> >I go into xfig with option -specialtext. I draw a rectangle, and put >some words inside. I save the figure as test.fig, and I then export as >PS/LaTeX combined to file test.pstex and test.pstext_t. > > Now use Insert-> Input, and input test.pstext_t. Include c

Re: Problem with XFig and LyX 1.04 docs

1999-10-22 Thread Mate Wierdl
I go into xfig with option -specialtext. I draw a rectangle, and put some words inside. I save the figure as test.fig, and I then export as PS/LaTeX combined to file test.pstex and test.pstext_t. Now use Insert-> Input, and input test.pstext_t. Include can be used only for files with

Re: Problem with XFig and LyX 1.04 docs

1999-10-21 Thread Mate Wierdl
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 05:53:03PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> > >> I do not see this. Are you sure that you selected 'Input' instead of > >> 'Include'? > > > >Yes, I tried both. One showed nothing, the other kind of worked after I > >had an extension of tex. > > >

Re: Problem with XFig and LyX 1.04 docs

1999-10-20 Thread Mate Wierdl
> > I do not see this. Are you sure that you selected 'Input' instead of > 'Include'? Yes, I tried both. One showed nothing, the other kind of worked after I had an extension of tex. Can you show us exactly what you do and what you get? I do Insert -> Include file Then s

kmail filter for the list

1999-10-04 Thread Mate Wierdl
Here is how to set up a filter for the lyx-users list under kmail. The filter would put a message arriving from the list to the lyxu folder. (All these under kmail 1.028, but earlier might work too). 0) Create the lyxu folder. 1) Select Filter from the File menu. 2) Select New from the popup. 3)

Re:mailing list filter

1999-09-29 Thread Mate Wierdl
You should be able to tell kmail to filter any heading--and then filter the Mailing-List: header---as everybody else :). Mate

Re: RH6.0 RPM/ compile?

1999-08-06 Thread Mate Wierdl
they are doing. Mate --- Mate Wierdl | Dept. of Math. Sciences | University of Memphis

1.0.2 rpm

1999-05-05 Thread Mate Wierdl
It is at ftp://moni.msci.memphis.edu/pub/ Please read the lyx.README first. Mate

new list address

1999-04-01 Thread Mate Wierdl
Hi guys, This is really important: please stop sending messages to any of the old list addresses; use [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. I am getting bounces of old posts by the hundreds, and the only way I can stop them is to disallow messages sent to the old addresses. So *two weeks