Hi Karen,
I'm not sure if I fully understand your requirements.
But I myself went through a very long and arduous search for an email hosting
service provider a few years ago, when AT shut down their email hosting
service,
I decided to register my own domain name so that I would never ever
Consider Asking About Network Gear Options On The DragonFlyBSD OS Email
Forum (dfly, dragonflybsd.org) ??
I gave been an entranced lurker on the dfly forum for years. Still have
an experimental dfly installation on a hosted virtual server. Not
touched it in years, due to other priorities.
- Original Message -
From: "xerofoify via talk"
To: "Tim Tisdall via talk"
Cc: "xerofoify"
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:53 PM William Park via talk
wrote:
On Tue, Jan 15,
- Original Message -
From: xerofoify via talk
To: Tim Tisdall via talk
Cc: xerofoify
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:53 PM William Park via talk
wrote:
>
> On
You could also consult the PostgreSQL users email forum
pgsql-gene...@lists.postgresql.org
Needs registration, but when I was receiving the forum messages, I noticed that
participants were always promptly helpful to all comers. But sometimes there is
a LOT of email traffic.
I dropped out from
- Original Message -
From: "Karen Lewellen via talk"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:56 PM
Subject: [GTALUG] Web hosting companies providing Linux shell accounts?
Hi All,
The organization for whom I work presently has a shared hosting
account with dreamhost. Recently though
Perfect timing for continuation of this thread.
My new ly builtPC (replacing Windows XP on a ancient Dell) is home and I'm
getting acquainted with a simple standard debian Linux installation that is
all-in-one-partition except for swap.
Now finalizing the partitioning design for the "real"
Many Thanks To Lennart, Bob, Giles and D. Hugh,
All very helpful. Lots to think about.
* * *
* * *
As a result of earlier advice from GTALUG members, I have already prepared two
(2) USB memory stcks with bootable images, for verifying that the fresh PC
build can indeed (at least): 1. boot
Many thanks to so many responders impossible to mention all individually !!
Have duly noted around a half-dozen configuration items of the build recipe,
for review and no doubt at least some already for revision.
All postings greatly appreciated ...
Steve
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2018 at 09:08, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:
Greetings To GTALUG,
At long last I have created a final build recipe for my new desktop PC to
run debian Linux. Replacing an ancient Dell PC running WIndows XP:
a.. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Steve_
Lennart, thanks for reply.
My remarks below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: Lennart Sorensen
To: Giles Orr ; GTALUG Talk
Cc: Steve Petrie, P.Eng.
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker
Recipe;
Greetings To GTALUG,
At long last I have created a final build recipe for my new desktop PC to run
debian Linux. Replacing an ancient Dell PC running WIndows XP:
a.. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Steve_Petrie/saved/#view=krFNNG
The configuration is an Asus LGA1151 socket motherboard with
Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion.
All comments read with great interest.
* * *
* * *
I have been able to use a public-access workstation at my local public library
branch, to download onto my USB hard drive (WD "Elements" model, pre-fomatted
with NTFS):
a.. the three
Replies below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: Russell via talk
To: Antonio Sun ; GTALUG Talk ; Antonio Sun via talk
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - ShippedTo
Canadian Destination ??
On March 3,
-03-03 09:45 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
> Probably�true that dial-up under Linux will be fiddly as heck ...
In my early days of using Linux I had used dial-up for Internet access. I
also wrote information in a book about how I had set things up so I could
refere
Pls. see below.
Steve
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
(905) 847-3253
apet...@aspetrie.net
- Original Message -
From: Antonio Sun via talk
To: GTALUG Talk
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To
, 2018 at 10:25:16AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
> Many thanks to the many helpful responders !!
>
> Too many for me to thank individually ...
>
> 5. Thanks also for the cautionary advice re: dial-up modem on Linux. I did
some research earlier
To
Canadian Destination ??
On March 2, 2018 10:25:16 AM EST, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk"
<talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
>Many thanks to the many helpful responders !!
>
>Too many for me to thank individually ...
>
>* * *
>* * *
>
>Here is
inal Message -
From: Giles Orr
To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To
Canadian Destination ??
On 1 March 2018 at 09:28, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gta
Greetings To GTALUG,
I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian
Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop PC with MS
Windows XP.
* * *
* * *
I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE)
installation DVDs
Warm Greetings To GTALUG,
FYI.
Below is a forward of an email from one of the developers of the DragonFlyBSD
(dfly) operating system.
The PDF at the link target gives a nice one-page graph showing the performance
hits due to fixes for Meltdown and Spectre.
Dfly is not LInux but a highly
Warm Greetings To GTALUG Members,
Just as year 2018 arrived and I prepared to push the Order button, on the
various parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian LInux, replacing an
ancient Dell Windows XP PC, along comes revelation of the Intel Meltdown CPU
bug, to muddy the picture.
My
Brief comments below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: Myles Braithwaite via talk
To: GTALUG Talk
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in
comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for
: Myles Braithwaite
To: GTALUG Talk
Cc: Steve Petrie, P.Eng.
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in
comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for
Google/Android.
Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote
Please see my comments below.
With apologies for wordiness ...
Steve
- Original Message -
From: o1bigtenor via talk
To: Alvin Starr ; GTALUG Talk
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was
Learn Swift for Apple/iOS.
Pls. see comments below.
- Original Message -
From: o1bigtenor via talk
To: D. Hugh Redelmeier ; GTALUG Talk
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn
Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.
Try LinuxQuestions.org ??
I'm not yet actively using this LQ resource (it's not a journal), but I do plan
to use it (in addition to consulting the GTALUG forum :), once I get to
installing debian Linux on my build-it-myself PC.
The occasional emailed LQ e-newsletter I receive, does seem a bit
Greetings To R360,
>From someone who worked as independent contract software engineer for 30
>years, retiring early in the year 2002.
At that time major financial companies used large IBM mainframes extensively.
They simply wouldn't trust anything else.
The COBOL language often so disparaged
Many awesome tips posted to this thread !!
The one about the two-phase TTL change (not included in this reply) has been
added to my DNS bag of tricks.
* * *
* * *
My personal experience -- you can go through a lot of pain and anguish on the
way to finding good Internet hosting service
Greetings To GTALUG,
- Original Message -
From: "Anthony de Boer via talk"
To: "Alvin Starr via talk"
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] From BTRFS to what?
Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
On 09/05/2017 09:42 AM,
Warm greetings to GTALUG,
Comments below.
(apologies for the messy format -- due to ancient Microsoft Outlook
Express...)
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 7:04 PM
Subject: Re:
als on Linux command-line -- any interest?
| From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org>
vi skills are pretty basic to using Linux. But I don't have them and
I've survived. I've used UNIX and then Linux as my primary OS since
before vi existed. Still, I recommend
Warm Greetings To GTALUG,
>From a Windows XP "orphan" and Linux newbie :)
Lately I haven't had much to say on this GTALUG email forum. No pressing issues
needing help right now. Not pushy enough to waste GTALUG bandwidth with general
musings.
However, in response to William Park's
Warm Greetings To GTALUG,
There is a Toronto-based non-profit ISP -- Toronto Free-Net
http://www.torfree.net/ that provides a free limited dial-up ISP service, and
inexpensive dial-up and faster services.
I use torfree as my backup dial-up ISP, in case my paid dial-up ISP has a
service
I just ordered 2x:
WD 1TB Elements Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 Model WDBUZG0010BBK-EESN
Black
@ $69.99 each (save $30 off regular price)
From www.newegg.ca
Sale ends tomorrow.
Steve
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On Thu, Feb 2, 2017, at 11:01, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
6. Includes a custom-designed and compact, easily-attached retro-fit
"grip" for the portable HDD, the grip eliminates all cable
strain on the
USB-A connector, yet is small enough so that the portable HDD,
toget
Please see below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Stewart C. Russell via talk"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and
Recommended Backup Software)
On 2017-02-02
Please see below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Galea via talk"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and
Recommended Backup Software)
On 02/02/17 16:54,
Warm Greetings To The GTALUG Community,
Portable Backup Drive -- A deeply interesting subject !!
* * *
* * *
I would suggest a NAS box just because you can stick it in a corner
and
just about everything you will want to backup will connect to the
network.
Or even backup over wifi.
Sounds
Hello Dave,
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Cramer via talk"
To: "GTALUG"
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 8:04 PM
Subject: [GTALUG] looking for a secondary mx service
I have 4 domains that I need a secondary mx service for.
Suggestions?
Not
Greetings To GTALUG Talk,
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Browne via talk"
To: ; "Myles Braithwaite" ;
"GTALUG Talk"
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] curious...
Greetings To GTALUG Members,
Having gratefully received an avalanche of helpful postings from GTALUG
members, and based on that advice, I provide below a summary of the revisions
to the original specification of components, for the new desktop PC.
Please find attached a PDF summary of the
Hello Alvin,
Please see my comments inline below.
Steve
apet...@aspetrie.net
- Original Message -
From: "Alvin Starr via talk"
To: "James Knott" ; "GTALUG Talk"
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG]
It may be worth looking into getting the drive fixed.
I believe that Memofix(http://www.memofix.com/) will repair tape
drives.
Thanks for the tip !! I see they are a Canadian firm, so no
border-crossing complications.
I will investigate further.
On 08/09/2016 09:35 AM, Steve Petrie, P.E
Greetings To GTALUG Members,
A setback has occurred in my project to acquire a new Linux PC.
On the Windows XP PC that is going to be replaced by the new Linux PC,
the DDS-3 DAT SCSI tape drive has died, that does backup duty for the
HDD. Died too soon by only a couple of months -- !@#$%^&*(!!
Hello Hugh,
Thanks for your message.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "D. Hugh Redelmeier"
To: "Russell Reiter" ; "GTALUG Talk"
Cc: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
Sent: Saturday,
Hello Russell,
Thanks for your message.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Russell Reiter"
To: "GTALUG Talk" ; "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 4:53 PM
Subject: Re:
rday, July 30, 2016 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Mon 25 Jul 2016 10:47 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
I have almost no Linux / Unix experience.
After reading this thread for awhile I feel like I need to be some
kind of
rday, July 30, 2016 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC
On Sat 30 Jul 2016 01:26 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
Maybe I'm just a Nervous Nellie, but I would rather try first to get
the
Linux PC to work with a dial-up modem, so I can continue t
Hello Christopher,
Thanks for your message.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Browne"
To: "GTALUG Talk" ; "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 1:06 PM
Subject: Re:
rday, July 30, 2016 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
<talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
snip
I cannot speak to whether or not it is actually supported but I can
tell you
that you can i
sday, July 28, 2016 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Thu 28 Jul 2016 13:51 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
I would need two portable backup hard drives (one on-site and one
off-site). I estimate a cost of $375 for a SCSI controller ca
sday, July 28, 2016 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
| From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org>
| - Original Message - From: "Russell Reiter"
<rreite...@gmail.com>
| > The hylafax si
To Replace Win XP
PC;
On 28/07/16 01:50 PM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
Interesting. And encouraging. Maybe I can hold out a while longer,
and keep using dial-up with the new Linux PC, postponing the extra
expense of DSL versus dial-up. I pay today $15 / mo. (+taxes) for
dial-up ac
;
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:50:00PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via
talk wrote:
Mainly because I use dial-upon the Win XP system, and I don't want
the
hassle of changing it to use
;
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:51:33PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via
talk wrote:
"Easy, fast, reliable" sounds pretty tempting to me.
I thought all modern t
;
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:49:29PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via
talk wrote:
The first big porting task will be to convert my Outlook Express mail
folders (2.38 GB) to Thunder
ent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Jul 28, 2016 1:48 PM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk"
<talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:
However, I received (26 July 2016) a very disappointing quotation
from
NCIX. Hugely
Thanks to GTALUG Members,
for the last series of emails I fetched on this thread.
Many useful ideas and much interesting info. Copious snippets have been
carefully collected into a text file.
* * *
* * *
I have reviewed the quotation I received from NCIX, and can report:
1. Contrary to my
uot;Steve Petrie, P.Eng." <apet...@aspetrie.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Jul 26, 2016 9:27 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk"
<talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:
| From: "Steve Petrie, P
sday, July 26, 2016 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
| From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org>
| I donlt really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC
up
| and running, so I can get back to the
Hello Stan,
Thanks for your response.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Stan Witkowski"
To: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:02 AM
Subject: GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE
sday, July 26, 2016 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Jul 26, 2016 9:39 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk"
<talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:
Hello Russel,
I get nervous when I read "standoofs, odd screws, little odds and
en
Hello Lennart,
Thanks for your response.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: "Lennart Sorensen via talk"
To: "Loui Chang"
Cc: "GTALUG Talk"
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:35 AM
Subject: Re:
t;
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:39:25AM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via
talk wrote:
I get nervous when I read "standoofs, odd screws, little odds and
ends"
In my experien
sday, July 26, 2016 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
Sent from mobile.
On Jul 26, 2016 9:41 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk"
<talk@gtalug.org>
wrote:
Hello Loui,
Thanks for your response.
Perhaps for a modest pr
day, July 25, 2016 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
<talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Warm Greetings To GTALUG,
BACKGROUND -- BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC
I'm working to replac
Warm Greetings To GTALUG,
Please forgive the long email. -- have to provide some background.
BACKGROUND -- BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC
I'm working to replace an old Dell Windows XP SP3 PC with a new PC, booting
Debian Linux 8 as the primary OS, with Win 7 set up to run under
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