Linux-Misc Digest #924, Volume #24 Sun, 25 Jun 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: formating a drive under linux :\ ("HellNo")
start the friggin music...... (acepea)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (Carl Fink)
Re: FTP ("David ..")
Re: linux as a client :-( (Edward Lee)
Re: linux as a client :-( (Edward Lee)
Re: Why can't I unmount....????? (root)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (^^^LeoN^^)
Re: How to speed up Netscape under Linux? (Charles Philip Chan)
Re: How to speed up Netscape under Linux? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: X server crashes with nvidia-driver (Wilmer van der Gaast)
Re: formating a drive under linux :\ ("HellNo")
Re: messages stopped (Ian Mortimer)
Re: messages stopped (Ian Mortimer)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (Ted)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (Ted)
Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu (Ted)
Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long) (Rod Smith)
Re: [JOB] Debian installer needed near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long) (David Steuber)
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From: "HellNo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: formating a drive under linux :\
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:05:48 -0700
Many thx m8 :)
Off I go formating my drives!!
"Martin Herrman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39561256$0$27593@reader4...
> On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:02:00 -0700, HellNo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A simple question really. I added a couple of 1GB SCSI disks to my
i586. I
> > ran an fdisk on both drives and added them to the /etc/fstab but I think
I
> > should format them at one time or the other... the ting is, what the
hell is
> > the command I should use t format an ext2 partition?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly apreciated :)
> > thx
>
> 'man mke2fs'
>
> HTH ;-)
>
> Martin
>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Linux Gebruikers Handleiding v1.2 : http://2mypage.cjb.net
> Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
> 4:00pm up 13 days, 6:59, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.00
> Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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Subject: start the friggin music......
From: acepea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 07:12:43 -0700
I managed to configure the ESS688 sound card on my Toshiba
410CDT (or so i'd like to think)
now i have two problems
1. it plays .wav files but when i start the cd player under kde,
nothing, zilch, nada.... it shows the track, starts the counter
as if it was playing the cd but there's no sound.
2. now i've shutdown kde and come back to the shell... there's a
shrill whistle like sound coming out of the speaker till i
reboot the machine.
what am i doing wrong??
thanks for ur help.
-Sid
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: 25 Jun 2000 13:40:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25 Jun 2000 04:29:06 GMT Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard drive . . .
This makes no sense at all -- why would LILO (present in the MBR)
take more space than LOADLIN (present in the FAT partition, along
with a copy of the kernel)?
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 02:33:34 -0500
Matthew Lee wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble setting up a Linux FTP server. Does anyone know
> anything about this?
http://www.proftpd.net
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux as a client :-(
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:21:42 -0700
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> rpm isn't proprietary. rpm is released under GPL. in fact, many
> distributions use it. you can hate it if you like, but at least get
> your definitions straight.
>
RPM may be GPL, but many programs in RPM are not. There are enough custom
changes to stop them from running in non-RH systems. RH extensions are
spread all over in different libraries. Why else can they charge $150 for
supports of RH locked-in systems?
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux as a client :-(
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:27:42 -0700
Fred Mertz wrote:
> RedHat (and most other distributions) support TrueType fonts. If you
> download and install the Microsoft fonts (Arial, Verdana, etc.), then your
> browser on Linux should look very similar to your browser under Windows.
>
You can just copy them from Window font directories. I read somewhere that
the fonts are copyrighted. So you can't legally use them in non-Window
systems. I am still waiting for my personal letter from M$ legal department.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (root)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Why can't I unmount....?????
Date: 25 Jun 2000 14:10:49 GMT
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 02:19:15 -0500, David .. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hendrix wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Why is it that unmounting doesn't always work...??? Sometimes I try to
>> unmount a specific filesystem and the system will return a message
>> saying that the device is busy, and cannot be unmounted... This message
>> is persistant even after I use the 'sync' command... The filesystem
>> doesn't seem to be busy... Sometimes the specifed mount is completely
>> empty with no files on the filesystem at all...But yet, the busy message
>> is still sent to the screen...
>>
>> Anyone...???
>
>Does it help to "cd" then umount?
>
>--
>Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
>ID # 123538
try
fuser /cdrom --- or mountpoint whatever it is - this will
identify the process using the mount easily and allow you
to clear it prior to the umount
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (^^^LeoN^^)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:03:55 GMT
ARe these (above jackdaws) case insensitive? i'd not, generally, com_2_play w/95 as
WELL.......................
On 25 Jun 2000 04:29:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted) wrote:
>Hello,
> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard drive, I am
>presently attempting to set up loadlin to dual-boot Win98/Linux from a dos
>menu. After copying the loadlin program and kernel to the c:\linux
>directory, I was able to boot Debian Linux from DOS using the command:
>
>loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
>
>That working, I attempted to set up a menu by adding the following to
>config.sys:
>-------------
>[menu]
>menuitem=Linux, Boot Linux
..........^
>menuitem=Win98, Boot Windows 98
>menudefault=Linux, 15
>
>[linux]
..^.
>shell=c:\linux\loadlin.exe @c:\linux\bootopts.txt
>
>[win95]
>-------------
>
>bootopts.txt is a file that contains at this point:
>
>c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
>
>Furthermore, the O'Reilly book said to add the following to autoexec.bat:
>
>goto %config%
>:win98
>
>
>When I boot the system, I get a menu, as desired. However, Win98 boots
>even if I choose the Linux option. I have doublechecked every filename and
>all of the syntax can't seem to get this to work. I tried eliminating the
>bootopts.txt file and adding that information to config.sys, as directed by
>the loadlin manual pages. I know loadlin itself is not the problem - does
>anyone know what I can do? I suspect something is configured somewhere in
>Win98 that needs to be changed.
>
>Thank you,
>Ted Schuman
LeoN(id)
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Subject: Re: How to speed up Netscape under Linux?
From: Charles Philip Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Jun 2000 09:42:48 +0500
>>>>> "alan" == alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Optimize your serial port and pppd; how?
"Irqtune gives priority 0 to whatever device we specify. If we specify
a serial device, irqtune guarantees that the serial ISR gets control
whenever a contention occurs." By default is give it to the serial
port.
More info can be found at:
http://www.best.com/~cae/irqtune/
Charles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: How to speed up Netscape under Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:46:33 GMT
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 08:30:23 GMT, alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Charles Philip Chan wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> "Hal" == Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:06:10 -0230, Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I really hate to admitt this, but he's right....!!! I find
>> >> that I am running at half speed compared to that of my Windows
>> >> operation.... Is the bottleneck in Linux or Netscape.....???
>> >> I think the Linux version of Netscape isn't using it's caching
>> >> option effectively... Anyone else having problems like
>> >> this...???????
>>
>> > NS is a red herring. Optimize your serial port and pppd.
>>
>> I have been using a program called irqtune for the past few years to
>> reprioritise the irq's to make internet connections faster. It has
>> worked quite well for me. Do a search on freshmeat.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>Optimize your serial port and pppd; how?
OK, it's been a while since I've done this (on DSL now). 'setserial
/dev/ttyS0 speed_vhi' for starters (see man page). Also use the '115200'
speed option for pppd:
/usr/sbin/pppd lock modem /dev/$DEVICE 115200
or in options file or whereever/however. This should be twice the speed
of your modem. So if 28.8, use 57600 instead. Assuming your modem
handles compression in hardware (it should), turn off all forms of
compression, just in case the negotiation is somehow munging this:
novj novjccomp nodeflate nopcomp nobsdcomp noaccomp
If still slow, you will probably have to dig into the modem init string.
If you are by chance using the same one that you used with windows, and
it is long and convoluted, you might just try a simple 'ATDT' instead.
There probably are other suggestions that I just am not remembering ATM.
Not related to linux vs Other OS, but if using a surge suppressor on
phone line, try it without that.
HTH
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilmer van der Gaast)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x,nl.comp.os.linux.overig,nl.comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X server crashes with nvidia-driver
Date: 25 Jun 2000 14:20:24 GMT
Would you please stop posting /English/ question to a /Dutch/ newsgroup???
If you (cross-)post your questions to international ng's because you expect
better answers there, that's okay. But please stop posting your messages
here.
--
Wilmer van der Gaast | Hi, I'm a .signature virus. | server: up 25+20:41
lintux at lintux.cx | plz put me in your .signature | syscon: up 2:40
http://www.lintux.cx/ | and help me spread :) | kumara: down
======================+===============================+
http://www.informaticaolympiade.nl/ (WorkInProgress) |
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From: "HellNo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: formating a drive under linux :\
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:01:18 -0700
Well, maybe you can help me some more.
I started a telnet session to the machine where I added the drives. logged
in as root and ran the command:
[root@mi5 /root]# mke2fs -cv /dev/sdc1
mke2fs 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
89088 inodes, 178172 blocks
8908 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
6 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
14848 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840
Running command: badblocks -b 4096 -s /dev/sdc1 178172
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 148096/ 178172
at block 148096 the telnet session locks. I went over to the server and
checked the monitor and saw the following error:
"
aha1542.c: Trying device reset for target 3
Sent BUS reset to scsi host 0
Kernel panic: scsi_free: Trying to free unused memory
"
Any info yet again would greatly be apreciated ;)
thx
PS: Same problem on both drives. Never used them so it could be bad blocks
on both but i doubt it.
"Martin Herrman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39561256$0$27593@reader4...
> On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:02:00 -0700, HellNo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A simple question really. I added a couple of 1GB SCSI disks to my
i586. I
> > ran an fdisk on both drives and added them to the /etc/fstab but I think
I
> > should format them at one time or the other... the ting is, what the
hell is
> > the command I should use t format an ext2 partition?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly apreciated :)
> > thx
>
> 'man mke2fs'
>
> HTH ;-)
>
> Martin
>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Linux Gebruikers Handleiding v1.2 : http://2mypage.cjb.net
> Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
> 4:00pm up 13 days, 6:59, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.00
> Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: messages stopped
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:14:14 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Jun 23 19:34:57 pent133 pppd[9337]: Exit.
> > Jun 23 19:36:20 pent133 kernel: VM: killing process wmaker
>
> > Any ideas ?
>
> You ran out of virtual memory and the kernel started reaping prosesses by
> the looks of it. The first to go appears to have been windowmaker.
> The second (as it doesn't appear here) was most likely syslogd.
> Restart it and things should be ok.
Yup - that did it.
Ta.
Ian.
>
> --
> | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
> | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
> | in |good to you so far... |
> | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: messages stopped
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:18:56 +0000
Subject: Re: messages stopped
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 14:59:45 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: The league against squirrels
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
References: 1
PS: What have you got against squirrels ?
:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Jun 23 19:34:57 pent133 pppd[9337]: Exit.
> > Jun 23 19:36:20 pent133 kernel: VM: killing process wmaker
>
> > Any ideas ?
>
> You ran out of virtual memory and the kernel started reaping prosesses by
> the looks of it. The first to go appears to have been windowmaker.
> The second (as it doesn't appear here) was most likely syslogd.
> Restart it and things should be ok.
>
> --
> | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack|
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
> | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)|Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
> | in |good to you so far... |
> | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: 25 Jun 2000 16:26:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) uttered in comp.os.linux.misc:
>On 25 Jun 2000 04:29:06 GMT Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard drive . . .
>
>This makes no sense at all -- why would LILO (present in the MBR)
>take more space than LOADLIN (present in the FAT partition, along
>with a copy of the kernel)?
The problem is too much space, not too little. Linux resides past the
1024th cylinder on my 20 gig hard drive, so the version of LILO that I have
will not boot it. Rather than create a small /boot partition at the
beginning of the drive, I decided it would be far easier just to use
loadlin for the time being. I am not exactly sure how to install a
partition at the beginning of a drive, since it was my understanding that
fips does it at the end.
Ted Schuman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: 25 Jun 2000 16:33:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Lee) uttered in comp.os.linux.misc:
>bootopts.txt should be like this
>
>--start file--------
>c:\linux\vmlinuz
>root=/dev/hda3
>ro
>--end file--------
>
Thanks for the response. I tried what you wrote (which was the same as
what I had except with carriage returns between commands) and it still
boots into windows when I choose linux. Could something be awry in another
config/autoexec/command type file?
Ted Schuman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted)
Subject: Re: loadlin setup: win98 boots despite choosing linux in menu
Date: 25 Jun 2000 16:35:51 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (^^^LeoN^^) uttered in comp.os.linux.misc:
>ARe these (above jackdaws) case insensitive? i'd not, generally,
>com_2_play w/95 as WELL.......................
>
>
>On 25 Jun 2000 04:29:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted) wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>> Having ruled out LILO due to the size of my hard drive, I am
>>presently attempting to set up loadlin to dual-boot Win98/Linux from a
>>dos menu. After copying the loadlin program and kernel to the c:\linux
>>directory, I was able to boot Debian Linux from DOS using the command:
>>
>>loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
>>
>>That working, I attempted to set up a menu by adding the following to
>>config.sys:
>>-------------
>>[menu]
>>menuitem=Linux, Boot Linux
>..........^
>>menuitem=Win98, Boot Windows 98
>>menudefault=Linux, 15
>>
>>[linux]
>..^.
Thanks for the idea - I tried changing linux -> Linux and it still booted
into windows when choosing Linux, although this time I got an error message
from command.com regarding goto Linux not being found.
Also, not sure what you mean about the com_2_play. (bear with me, I'm new)
Any other ideas?
Ted Schuman
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long)
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:49:04 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Posted and mailed]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
> I've not been able to find a reproducible case. It happens from time
> to time, and these strange messages from BA telling me that their spam
> filter has bounced a message back to me are disturbing. I don't want
> BA accusing me of sending spam when fetchmail trys to do a bounce to a
> non-existant domain or address.
As I said in my previous message, I don't think the messages identifying
the e-mail as spam originate with BA. The only line in which the word
"spam" appears in the example you posted matches EXACTLY a string found
in the Fetchmail binary. That says to me that Fetchmail has
(mis-)identified the message as spam, probably because Sendmail has
bounced it. Perhaps Sendmail thinks it's spam, or perhaps Sendmail has
bounced the message for some unrelated reason, but the refusal code
matches one that Fetchmail associates with spam.
Also, do you really think BA is monitoring your e-mail closely enough to
notice a bounced message (that bounces back to you) with one line
claiming it's spam? I think they've got better things to do. They'd be
more likely to notice if you managed to set up a mail loop that
overloaded their mail system -- but you've presented no evidence that
you've got a mail loop on your hands. Even if you did, it'd only result
in one e-mail to BA per Fetchmail call, which is probably a long enough
cycle time that you'd notice it before it'd do anybody else any real
harm.
> I think the precise chain of events goes something like this:
> 1) fetchmail picks up mail from my POP3 accounts;
> 2) fetchmail sends each message to david@localhost via port 25
> 3) something unwanted happens
> 4) fetchmail sends a bounce message via port 25 on localhost
> 5) sendmail forwards bounce message to smtpout.bellatlantic.net
> 6) smtp.bellatlantic.net sends a bounce message to a POP3 account
> at david-steuber.com
> 7) return to 1
This sounds reasonable to me, except I don't think step 7 loops it back
to #1, which implies an endless loop. From what I've seen, it looks
like steps #1-6 above, and then:
7) Fetchmail picks up mail from the POP3 account at david-steuber com,
including BA's bounce message.
8) Fetchmail injects the BA bounce message into the local mail queue.
9) You read the bounce message and try to keep your head from exploding
following the convoluted chain of events in the headers.
> ' Is it possible that Sendmail is refusing the message because of the
> ' bogus Sender: line? If Sendmail bounced the message for this reason and
> ' Fetchmail interpreted this as an anti-spam measure, everything else
> ' would fall into place.
>
> I don't know. The /etc/sendmail.cf file is large. Really large. The
> comments don't help me a whole lot.
...
> So I need to find
> good online documentation for sendmail.cf so that I can find the rule
> and force sendmail to accept all mail for local accounts. In the case
> of mail destined elsewhere, which should never, ever happen, I would
> like it directed to the david account. The only mail that should be
> relayed out of my LAN to BA is mail that I send from my own IPs ( I
> use private 10.n.n.n addresses for my machines ).
> What is most puzzling to me is that in ~/fetchmail.rc, I have that
> line ``user there is david here'' for each POP3 account. All mail
> should be sent to david by fetchmail.
I don't think the problem is the To: address on the incoming mail; I
think it's something else in the headers, or possibly the format of the
mail. For instance, some MTAs can get picky about carriage returns
(although I don't believe Sendmail is one of them). You might also be
running into trouble with Fetchmail's rewrite rules. According to
Fetchmail's manpage, it rewrites headers in some situations. It might
be rewriting these headers in such a way that Sendmail gets confused
and bounces the message. The rewriting might even make tracing the
problem more difficult. (Search for "norewrite" in the Fetchmail
manpage for more details.)
As to sendmail.cf, don't even try to edit it. I'm foggy on the details,
but most systems use some other configuration files that can be compiled
into the sendmail.cf file. These other files are supposedly much easier
to handle. Personally, I got fed up with Sendmail before learning much
about these, and switched to Qmail and then Postfix, which I now use.
> There should be no way for
> someone to force fetchmail into being an open relay for uce.
This shouldn't be an issue. Offhand, I can't think of a way for an
outsider to hijack a Fetchmail setup for use as a spam relay -- at
least, not without seriously compromising your system, or unless you use
Fetchmail to forward mail off of your system to one controlled or
compromised by the spammer. There are easier ways to send spam. If
somebody can think of a way to abuse Fetchmail to send spam, I'd like to
know how to prevent it.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [JOB] Debian installer needed near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 09:45:07 -0700
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This employment offer that you present lacks credibility.
A few reasons for this opinion are:
You use of the term "peecee" for the common computer term "PC" (Personal
Computer) this may be the result of lack of experince in the computer field,
OR you are attempting to present yourself as different persona then your
true identity.
There is a Hollywood, Florida near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, your wording of
the locations makes it seem as though you are trying to appear less familiar
with the area than you in fact may be.
Then there is the ISP factor. Someone with a less than critical eye may
read your offer and think that you are located in Florida. However, I
believe you are located in the New York state in or near New York City.
Your email address is from Netmonger Communications, which is a small ISP
based in Bellmore NewYork. Netmonger Communications is so small or starved
for resources that it not able to provide a second authortive DNS server on
its own hosts. It's second authoritive DNS server is a DNS server run on a
host of Telecon Communications/Superior Net. Telecon Communications/Superior
Net is another ISP based in New York, in this case Johnstown New York.
However, you didn't connect to the internet through either of those ISP's.
Your connection was established through a third ISP located in New York
City, by the name of PANIX Public Access Networks Corporation. This ISP has
local dialup numbers for New York City, some other areas in New York outside
of New York City, and some area of New Jersey as well.
Your offer specifies Debian for your Linux distribution, you have
crossposted your offer into three Linux newsgroups but into none of the
debian specific newsgroups. Also since you are seeking professional and/or
expert support, there are newsgroups where you can advertise for the
services of computer consultants, you also did not crosspost into those
newsgroups either.
There is one more thing that can cause someone to doubt your offer's
credibility. This offer of yours is the only usenet newsgroup posting you
have made to date with this identity. This makes it appear that you may
have just created this on-line identity of [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the purpose
to make this one offer, perhaps for some ulterior motive.
These are some of the reasons that I find your offer to not be credible.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8j4e4c$q2k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> We have need of a person who can install Debian on an IBM Aptiva peecee.
> This is a one shot install. The peecee is in a place called something
like
> "Hollywood", which is near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Old News Reader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Weird email to FETCHMAIL-DAEMON (long)
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:00:02 GMT
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Ah! ``set nobouncemail'' is listed waaaaaaaaayyyyyy down in the
' fetchmail man page. I just put this in my ~/.fetchmailrc file.
' Postmaster is set to david, so I should get the bounce.
And it causes a parse error :-(. Even if I use fetchmailconf to set
this, I get a parse error. It is like the man page and fetchmailconf
are ahead of fetchmail!
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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