Re: [techtalk] Starting programs at boot -- various questions

2000-05-11 Thread Alex Yan
> Hi all, Hi Darren, > Two questions: > > 1. I recently installed a true type font server, xfstt, primarily because > I miss Verdana, et al, when web browsing. I'd like this to start at boot; > what's the best way of doing this? There are a number of ways to do it, but I think your best bet w

[techtalk] Starting programs at boot -- various questions

2000-05-11 Thread Darren
Hi all, Two questions: 1. I recently installed a true type font server, xfstt, primarily because I miss Verdana, et al, when web browsing. I'd like this to start at boot; what's the best way of doing this? 2. I have a script in my /etc/rc3.d directory to start pppd automatically at boot (there'

Re: [techtalk] Re: the Mail issue

2000-05-11 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 03:05:30PM -0700 or thereabouts, Allen Heinecke wrote: > At this point I understand that there should be a file someplace in my etc > dir that controls access for sendmail, which is what I am currently using. > However, I don't see one. I am going to make one and place it i

Re: [techtalk] Re: the Mail issue

2000-05-11 Thread Stephanie Alarcon
> At this point I understand that there should be a file someplace in my etc > dir that controls access for sendmail, which is what I am currently using. > However, I don't see one. I am going to make one and place it in the > /etc/mail directory since that is where all of my other files are for >

[techtalk] Re: the Mail issue

2000-05-11 Thread Allen Heinecke
At this point I understand that there should be a file someplace in my etc dir that controls access for sendmail, which is what I am currently using. However, I don't see one. I am going to make one and place it in the /etc/mail directory since that is where all of my other files are for sendmail.

[techtalk] (no subject)

2000-05-11 Thread Walt
Nai A. Tzeo wrote: >I'm very new to the Linux world. I don't know much about printer and am in >the process of trying to find a printer for the engineering lab at work. >I've been surfing the web but have not found a Linux compatible color >printer that supports 11X17 paper size. Any and all res

[techtalk] RedHat6.2 compatible printer

2000-05-11 Thread Nai A. Tzeo
Hello, I'm very new to the Linux world. I don't know much about printer and am in the process of trying to find a printer for the engineering lab at work. I've been surfing the web but have not found a Linux compatible color printer that supports 11X17 paper size. Any and all response and sugge

Re: [techtalk] [OT] an intro/sendmail minutia

2000-05-11 Thread Jeramia Ory
> for on topic, just talked to my boss and he told me something i didn't > know about sendmail... that there is A File, somewhere out there, a dns > blacklist that's updated daily that you can work into sendmail to keep > your anti-spamming efforts up to the minute. the sendmail book on my > shel

Re: [techtalk] [OT] an intro

2000-05-11 Thread srl
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Glen Strom wrote: > At 11:15 AM 2000-05-11 -0400, Stephanie wrote: > > >...ackowledging and accepting more than 2 genders... > > More than 2 genders? Stephanie, do you know something the rest of us have > missed, or I am the only one who didn't get the memo? ;-> I don't kn

Re: [techtalk] [OT] an intro/sendmail minutia

2000-05-11 Thread Stephanie Alarcon
um, not to give too much fuel to something off-topic...do a web search on transgender. Transpeople are acknowledged on the l.c. site under the section that explains that non-women are welcome on the lists. other questions --> private mail =) for on topic, just talked to my boss and he told me s

Re: [techtalk] [OT] an intro

2000-05-11 Thread Glen Strom
At 11:15 AM 2000-05-11 -0400, Stephanie wrote: >...ackowledging and accepting more than 2 genders... More than 2 genders? Stephanie, do you know something the rest of us have missed, or I am the only one who didn't get the memo? ;-> Glen Strom [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

[techtalk] dumb DNS/BIND question

2000-05-11 Thread alissa bader
and so it has come to this... what does "cannot redefine zone 'zonefilename.com' class IN" mean? I've looked and looked and looked and looked and looked...in the cricket book and elsewhere. grr. thanks in advance! --alissa __ Do You Yahoo!? Sen

Re: [techtalk] re: Send Mail or just Mail in General

2000-05-11 Thread Jeramia Ory
I just installed "SpamDunk," a procmail filter which does a good job of blocking most spam. You can get it at http://www.interlog.com/~waltdnes/spamdunk/sixpack.htm It does Real Time Black Hole filtering as well as filtering mail sent directly from dail-up accounts (99% of which is spam). A

Re: [techtalk] A teeny doubt

2000-05-11 Thread Jenn V.
Ingrid Schupbach wrote: > > Sheesh, I sure hope lurking is ok -- there are lots of us out here. > Though I suspect the bigger danger is that you're about to be scolded for > posting an non-tech related message on the techtalk list. For matters of > etiquette, it may be better to move to anothe

[techtalk] [OT] an intro

2000-05-11 Thread Stephanie Alarcon
hehe, i can relate to this. =) i suppose i should introduce myself... hi. i'm stephanie, i joined aobut 2 weeks ago, after popping over to the linuxchix site a few times and loving what i found there. i think it's great that such a community exists, and i'm tickled pink about the variety of dis

Re: [techtalk] A teeny doubt

2000-05-11 Thread moebius
Hey Deepa, I don't think that there is anything wrong with lurking. If you here to learn before asking I think that's great, it show a lot of initiative! Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. 206.634.3082 x. 270 On Thu, 11 May 2000, Deepa Karnad wrote: > Hi > I

Re: [techtalk] Firewall Problems <:-{

2000-05-11 Thread moebius
Hey Sandy, Go for it. Please post the specs to your machine (cpu,ram,hd,nic,etc). Regards, Harry Hoffman Product Systems Specialist Restaurants Unlimited Inc. 206.634.3082 x. 270 On Thu, 11 May 2000, Sandy J wrote: > I tried to setup a Linux firewall box today to protect a SOHO @Home a

Re: [techtalk] re: Send Mail or just Mail in General

2000-05-11 Thread Stephanie Alarcon
I have some notes on how to do this with sendmail although the last time i actually added something on was a little while ago... in your sendmail dir (/etc/mail on my system) edit either the "deny" or "access" files. the access file we have here has entries, for users and domains, that go like

Re: [techtalk] re: Send Mail or just Mail in General

2000-05-11 Thread Nigel Metheringham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > If you are using exim, it's dead easy (which was wonderful when I > suddenly had to learn this immediately to stop a barrage of unwanted > email shooting down my modem..): telsa's comments are for exim versions before 3.00 In 3.x all the reject options were rolled int

Re: [techtalk] A teeny doubt

2000-05-11 Thread Ingrid Schupbach
Sheesh, I sure hope lurking is ok -- there are lots of us out here. Though I suspect the bigger danger is that you're about to be scolded for posting an non-tech related message on the techtalk list. For matters of etiquette, it may be better to move to another list. :) Ingrid On Thu, 11 May

[techtalk] A teeny doubt

2000-05-11 Thread Deepa Karnad
Hi I have been in techtalk for a while now (not more that 15 days though). I just discovered I was a big time lurker. Are such folks disliked from the gut or something? I sure hope not cuz when I first joined techtalk I knew not much of linux. Reading the questions and answers that fly acr

Re: [techtalk] re: Send Mail or just Mail in General

2000-05-11 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 07:45:50AM -0700 or thereabouts, Allen Heinecke wrote: > I have question on mail. > > How do I block or autodelete all mail from a specific domain or email > address? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you in advance :) > > -Lone For MTAs: If you ar

[techtalk] re: Send Mail or just Mail in General

2000-05-11 Thread Allen Heinecke
I have question on mail. How do I block or autodelete all mail from a specific domain or email address? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance :) -Lone -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GED/J d-- s: a20? C+++() L+++ P+++() e N o+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y

[techtalk] Firewall Problems <:-{

2000-05-11 Thread Sandy J
I tried to setup a Linux firewall box today to protect a SOHO @Home account.. I used the same script I use at home This script slows things down a little... but not to bad. Today I could not get the Lan to get through this machine at a comfortable speed in fact it was down rite pathetic...

Re: [techtalk] newbie trying to install gnomeICU

2000-05-11 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:55:07PM -0700 or thereabouts, Julia Coolman wrote: > Kind folks: > > You helped me figure out some dhcp stuff a few weeks ago. could you help > me decipher some messages when i'm trying to turn a tarball into an rpm > now? > > after i enter "rpm -tb gnomeicu-0.93.ppc.r