Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!

1999-11-07 Thread sara korhonen
> Have a look in /var/log/maillog. There might be some interesting error > messages in it. I work as a tech support and the first thing i ask, when this kind of problem comes along is that which smtp-server is the customer using. you might wish to check it out .. just in case. sara *

Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!--fixed!

1999-11-07 Thread Steve Kudlak
Jeff Dike wrote: > > Do I have to tell what and give away my stupidity? > > Everybody's done stupid things. Wanna trade "I can't believe I did that" > stories :-) > > Jeff > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org I am afariad I'd fill p

Re: [techtalk] I can't believe I did that (was: kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!--fixed!)

1999-11-07 Thread jenn
Jeff Dike wrote: > > > Do I have to tell what and give away my stupidity? > > Everybody's done stupid things. Wanna trade "I can't believe I did that" > stories :-) Connecting a CD-rom cable to the CD-rom without shutting the machine down first. I honestly thought I had, until I saw blue spa

Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!--fixed!

1999-11-07 Thread K. Ziel
give me more than a day on the mailing list before i share my most humiliating moments... kristin--still the happy mail chick > > Everybody's done stupid things. Wanna trade "I can't believe I did that" > stories :-) > > Jeff > > > > > [EMAIL

Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!--fixed!

1999-11-07 Thread Jeff Dike
> Do I have to tell what and give away my stupidity? Everybody's done stupid things. Wanna trade "I can't believe I did that" stories :-) Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread Catie Flick
On 7 Nov, Kristin Ziel stumbled around in the dark a bit, turned on the light and wrote: > > > Chris-- > > I'd suggest an external one (unless you've got no room) because the lights > on an external can do all sorts of groovy things for you... > > I personally have an internal, because the l

Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!--fixed!

1999-11-07 Thread K. Ziel
Ooooh. I didn't know that there was an error file there...I got a great hint, and it worked out splendidly. Do I have to tell what and give away my stupidity? kristin--happy mail chick On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Have a look in /var/log/maillog. There might be some interesting error

[techtalk] hayes information

1999-11-07 Thread Kristin Ziel
JB-- Thanks for the update...you can tell I haven't been reading my computer mags either... Kristin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
I love my 3com ISA modem cards. Just configure the com settings correctly and add a /dev/modem symlink if necessary and you should be good to go. Chris Ritsert wrote: > I am looking for a new modem to use with Red Hat Linux 6.0. I have 3 modems > and I can only get my old 2400 modem to work.

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread J B
I remember having a modem discussion a few years ago (95?) before I ever bought my first computer, and I was told that Hayes was the way to go...I am not sure if this information is still current/relevant. Hayes has (since almost a year ago) been liquidated for debts. The pieces ent to basi

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread Caitlyn M. Martin
Chris Ritsert wrote: > I am looking for a new modem to use with Red Hat Linux 6.0. I have 3 modems > and I can only get my old 2400 modem to work. Does anyone have any > suggestions as to what I could buy that is currently on the market? Hi, Chris, Any real modem will work. Winmodems will ab

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread Dakota Surmonde
there's a school of thought that says external is the way to go...if so, make sure you have a decent serial port if you want any sort of speed (details on request, or someone else should have them..I just woke up, it's too early to remember numbers :P ) personally, I find internal, ISA non-pnp m

Re: [techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!

1999-11-07 Thread Jeff Dike
Have a look in /var/log/maillog. There might be some interesting error messages in it. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread Kristin Ziel
Chris-- I'd suggest an external one (unless you've got no room) because the lights on an external can do all sorts of groovy things for you... I personally have an internal, because the last thing I need is to have another external device attached to my computer! I remember having a modem

[techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread Chris Ritsert
I am looking for a new modem to use with Red Hat Linux 6.0. I have 3 modems and I can only get my old 2400 modem to work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could buy that is currently on the market? Thank you, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 7-Nov-99 Re: [techtalk] pppd problem.. by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You may want to try turning the debuging output on for the dial up process by > editing > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 and changing the line: 'DEBUG=' to > 'DEBUG=yes' Or, if you don't use redhat

[techtalk] kmail issue...can't send ..ARG!

1999-11-07 Thread Kristin Ziel
Hi all-- My question first, and then some extraneous stuff.. I'm running kmail 1.0.20 and one day (a coupla months ago) I noticed this problem...it suddenly started not sending mail. It *looks* like the mail is being sent..copy going into setmail directory, etc. but it really never goes anywh

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
Just to make sure.. you do have the line 'CS->' 'ppp' after the username / password info in your chat-ppp0 script correct? > > THe annex server that UNC has prompts for username and password. THen it > > gives the prompt UNC-CS-> at which you can type telnet, rlogin, ?, ppp, > > hangup, or a

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread sara korhonen
> THe annex server that UNC has prompts for username and password. THen it > gives the prompt UNC-CS-> at which you can type telnet, rlogin, ?, ppp, > hangup, or a few other options. Under minicom, it gets to the cs-> > prompt, so I type ppp, and it says "switching to ppp" then prints a long >

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun
On Nov 7, sara korhonen conjectured: > > Ben suggests it may not even be reaching the modem. Other programs do > > reach it, so there probably isn't some glaring configuration error... > > it's the ones that aren't obvious that get you... > > i use minicom mostly to connect to internet via my m

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread jenn
Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: > Conni > starting to think she's getting in over her head That's usually when you start learning the really nifty stuff. :) Stick with it. Jenn V. -- Humans are the only species to feed and house entirely separate species for no reason oth

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
I missed the first thread of this problem so I apologize if I repeat something already covered. You may want to try turning the debuging output on for the dial up process by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 and changing the line: 'DEBUG=' to 'DEBUG=yes' Then when you bring up the

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread sara korhonen
> Um, we got the last bit figured out.. however, we still can't get it to > connect: the modem initialization strings never receive an OK. So it > waits 30 seconds, then fails. We know this is really weird. (And when I > use kppp, the string ATZ receives an OK, and in minicom, some long AT > s