-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 March 2003 05:17, Shawn wrote: > config files. Somewhere in my readings of the HOW-TOs, MAN pages, and web > resources, I think I missed a step. Unfortunately, things were getting to
my guess: you didn't set up [x]inetd to offer POP/IMAP services. either that or there was a firewall rule blocking that port. those are really the only two rational possibilities. > Maybe it was the late nights I was working on this, maybe it was the fact I > was coming from a Windows environment, where a large number of things are > automagically done for you there are two skills the virtually every Windows-only admin I've met in the last several years mysteriously lacks: 1) the ability to find information such as HOWTOs and FAQs on the Internet (no, msdn.microsoft.com does not count ;) 2) the ability to read and follow textual instructions describing what to do because these are not (as) useful skills to have in the Windows world, they seem to not be encouraged or developed. in the Linux world, being able to find and read online documentation is what will make the difference between smooth sailing and high amounts of frustration. here's some other things to keep in mind: o Rebooting will almost never solve your problem. o There are no magic incantations: every happens for a reason, and will happen the same way every time. o When something says "do XYZ, then type "fooBar baZ", do XYZ FIRST and then type EXACTLY "fooBar BaZ". do not skip steps and do not insert steps until you understand what it is your are doing. it's great to see that you stuck with it and got it working in the end, however. even if it would've been easier to go back to what you already knew, you kept going. that's the only way one learns new things, and it shows a great attitude and aptitude. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+dMbE1rcusafx20MRAr2mAKCC6ptD9eR0UcK9yJjtCIgDRT5DogCfbGUN 8f4a3iJnNOJ2QLUgR5Roetc= =XchM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
