On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:55:58 +1100, Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:42 +0100, Koen Vermeer wrote: > > Hi Drew, > > > > I'm using the guessnet package to set the right cups server, but you > > could also use it to set your smarthost. > > > > Arggh! Not another one! :) > > > A better solution may be to list all your smarthosts in exim. In most > > cases, if the smarthost doesn't accept your mail, it will tell exim, and > > exim can simply try the next listed smarthost. Ofcourse, this increases > > the time it takes to get a message from your laptop to the right > > smarthost somewhat (who knows, it may be one or two seconds...). > > > > Oh, I didn't know exim could fall back like that. It might perhaps be a > neater solution for me. > > > > Also note that not all the packages you mention are for the same > > purposes. > > Yes, I sense that. But it's unravelling all the subtle differences > between them that's so frustrating. > > > > > I don't know if Debian needs to be cleaned up, but some documentation > > that covers the packages and their strengths and weaknesses would be > > nice. > > > > Yes, that would probably be fine. Maybe it could be added to the Laptop > HOW-TO. Maybe there should be a laptop-task. It could Suggest: (not > Depends:) "everything", simply to let users know what the options are, > then have a readme or somesuch for explaining the differences. > > Drew >
I've used a few different ways as well. Awhile ago, I setup pcmcia schemes to align with different lilo stanzas so when I booted, the "right" environment was setup for me or I could launch a new scheme by doing a CARDCTL scheme somename. I also tried the netenv package a few times. Needless to say all these worked for me quite well. What I settled on was no additional package and just use the power and flexibility of the /etc/network/interfaces file to have different schemes that I can launch quite easily. I think the exact approach has been documented on the list before but a simple stanza set in the file for me looks like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface home inet dhcp wireless-essid mpshome wireless-key xxxxxxxxxxxxxx iface tmobile inet dhcp wireless-essid tmobile iface eds inet dhcp wireless-essid rfxr54gs wireless-key yyyyyyyyyyyyy I also had a stanza setup for a static thing for awhile with some work I was doing. The beauty and simplicity of this method is all I need to do to adapt a new scheme is to ifdown and ifup something with the name after iface. I use postfix here and most places I go now, I don't have issues with smarthosts or other problems. -- Michael Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
