Shawn, I think he was referring to getting his INTERNET going - not his email specifically.
The most configuration he would have to do is most likely sudo ifdown eth0 sudo ifup eth0 On 12/13/06, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mitchell Brown wrote: > > Do you connect via a modem? Just plugs right into your network card with > > a cat5 cable? > > I would be willing to bet you that it will work 100% out of the box > > without any kind of configuration whatsoever! > > There is a difference between Internet connectivity and application > connectivity. You WILL need to do some configuration - of the > application at a minimum. But this is the usual types of tasks. > > First and foremost, establish a network connection. Make sure you can > pull up websites, ping by name and IP, etc. > > Once you have that done, pick your mail client (kmail, thunderbird, > mutt, etc.). Once you have that installed (and/or have it installed by > default), then you configure it. Usually under Settings -> Configure, > or Edit -> Preferences or Accounts. You need to specify the incoming > and outgoing mail servers, as well as any user authentication > information. Once done, email should be working fine. > > Nucleus is "just another provider". So, if you treat them like any > other network connection everything should go well for you. > > HTH. > > Shawn > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFgDiI2B6Swl9qN24RAsXxAKCWEWVaRbMOsbZA/s7F8xdSUHz+8wCfZGl7 > 5flXfUBKNE5SryZrVl60+yo= > =xOQH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF 9091 C422 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
