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keesan
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response 75 of 124:
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May 9 00:22 UTC 1999 |
Procomm seems to use ANSI as a default. The problem is apparently a missing
procomm .kbd file, whatever that is, in the version of it that somehow created
itself in another place on my computer when I put procomm on the path and ran
a batch file. I have no idea where this place is. The original version access
without the batch file works fine.
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drew
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response 76 of 124:
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May 10 00:22 UTC 1999 |
In addition to #74 - and probably because of it - I found 135 brandnew items
upon entering BBS.
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keesan
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response 77 of 124:
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May 10 21:04 UTC 1999 |
I fixed my Procomm problem by discovering a few pcplus files lurking in the
WP directory and deleting them. It now works even with pcplus on the path,
which Jim thought had been the problem. I am attempting to figure out what
is on my computer and what it does so I can learn to transfer all the useful
stuff to another computer before the last 1.4M fills up with files. (First
thing to do is eliminate Windows 3.1 and four viewer programs based on it.)
All sorts of files lurking in odd places, some came with, some added later.
The new computer is half the size and four times the HD size, and the old one
about the size of a PS/2 386 tower but on its side.
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vanders
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response 78 of 124:
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May 11 11:28 UTC 1999 |
Unfourtunatly, i'm forced to use Windows Telnet, as my employers would not
be impressed if i started downloading & installing files onto their computers.
If i could, i'd get a nice SSH client & make use of my other shells. But i
can't. *sigh*
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drew
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response 79 of 124:
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May 12 19:46 UTC 1999 |
Mail from my current ISP is bouncing. The message I get back says:
Hi. This is the NetZero mail server.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<drew@cyberspace.org>:
204.212.46.130 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 553 <drew@cyberspace.org>... One generation passeth away,
and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Giving up on 204.212.46.130.
Huh!!??
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dang
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response 80 of 124:
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May 12 19:48 UTC 1999 |
This is a message from Grex's spam filter. Talk to Marcus about it,
maybe he can tell you how to get it through. I'd guess that this
particular message resembles closely a common spam message. Try
changing the subject line.
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drew
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response 81 of 124:
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May 13 20:24 UTC 1999 |
Changing the subject does not work. Perhaps all mail from this site is
rejected automatically? Seems logical - it is effectively possible for anyone
to get an account and be active without passing any kind of ID check - if only
for just enough time to spew out a single burst of spam.
Still, the message says "host doesn't like *recipient*...", and I recall a
file successfully making it here from there.
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mdw
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response 82 of 124:
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May 14 00:09 UTC 1999 |
None of grex's anti-spam checks look at *just* the subject value, and
actually, very few pay any attention to the subject value except for
logging purposes.
The "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever." messages indicate a mail configuration error in
the server. There is almost certainly nothing you, as a user, can do
about this problem, because it has nothing to do with any part of your
mail. Changing the subject line will definitely have no effect, because
this error is generated before grex ever sees your mail. Legitimate
mailers that properly follow the guidelines of RFC 821 and RFC 1123 will
never encounter this problem. Spam mail packages (and other PC based
mail packages) frequently encounter this problem when talking directly
to grex, for various obscure technical reasons.
You have the following options:
(1) don't use this vendor for email.
(2) if you must use this vendor for email, don't forward mail from it
to grex.
(3) if you must use this vendor, and want email forwarding to work
you will need to get their postmaster or system adminstrator
to contact postmaster@cyberspace.org .
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blight
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response 83 of 124:
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May 14 04:06 UTC 1999 |
Is Grex having problems with the mail que? For about three
days whenever I try to use Pine to check my mail I get the
message "cannot open folder /var/spool/mail/blight --no such
folder." I sent myself some mail from another email account
and Pine is still unable to find my mailbox. The only things
I have changed are that I'm now using secure shell to login
instead of ordinary telnet and I changed my shell from
csh to bash. What can I do about this?
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aruba
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response 84 of 124:
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May 14 13:09 UTC 1999 |
That's the wrong name for your e-mail file; it should be
/var/spool/mail/b/l/blight
You can tail that file to get your latest messages. For a longer term
solution, though, I'm not sure.
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ryan
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response 85 of 124:
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May 14 13:27 UTC 1999 |
This response has been erased.
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remmers
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response 86 of 124:
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May 14 16:24 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:83 - Your MAIL environment variable is supposed to be the full
path of your system mailbox, which in your case is
/var/spool/mail/b/l/blight, as Mark pointed out. I have a vague
recollection, which could be mistaken, that secure shell doesn't set
this variable properly. If that's the problem, then you can fix it by
adding this line to your .profile file:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/b/l/blight; export MAIL
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blight
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response 87 of 124:
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May 15 08:58 UTC 1999 |
RE: resp:86 - Apparently the problem was the missing mail environment
variable. I added that line to my .profile file and everything seems to
be running fine now.
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rtg
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response 88 of 124:
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May 19 14:38 UTC 1999 |
for the past two days, I haven't been able to get backtalk to respond. I can
bring up the' conference entrance' page, but I get no response from any
buttons. Has anyone else noticed this, or have I somehow buggered up my
netscape options? Funny, I can browse other sites successfully...
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jep
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response 89 of 124:
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May 19 14:42 UTC 1999 |
I've seen this happen recently. I created a WWW page on Geocities, but
whenever I access it, their pop-up banner comes up, and that disables
all ability for me to click on buttons on Grex. It also disables my
ability to click on other windows. Exiting Netscape doesn't fix the
problem; I have to reboot my machine to be able to use my mouse within
Netscape after this happens. I've been avoiding Geocities since I
discovered this problem, obviously.
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omni
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response 90 of 124:
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May 19 14:53 UTC 1999 |
Dialing in in -3000 and -5041 is a little challenging.
The modem answers then promptly dumps the call.
Hence, my appearance in Backtalk.
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toking
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response 91 of 124:
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May 19 16:49 UTC 1999 |
I've noticed the can't click stuff thing in netscape, but have
absolutely no idea what to do about it
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ryan
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response 92 of 124:
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May 19 22:10 UTC 1999 |
This response has been erased.
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hhsrat
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response 93 of 124:
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May 20 01:53 UTC 1999 |
Re all the netscape problems: Re-booting your computer usually solves
that problem for me, I usually notice the problem after visiting a
geocities site, which makes me think that Geocities is using
(espicially) bad java. (any java is bad, but this is /exceptionally/
bad java)
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remmers
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response 94 of 124:
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May 20 12:41 UTC 1999 |
No problems with Netscape in Backtalk here. But then, I never go
anywhere near Geocities.
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toking
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response 95 of 124:
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May 20 14:34 UTC 1999 |
sometimes I'll start netscape and that's as far as it gets...
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ryan
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response 96 of 124:
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May 20 21:55 UTC 1999 |
This response has been erased.
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gull
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response 97 of 124:
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May 20 23:21 UTC 1999 |
Sounds like a Netscape for Windows bug.
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void
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response 98 of 124:
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May 21 00:14 UTC 1999 |
i currently use netscrape with windoze 98, and i haven't had the
mouse problem at geocities. i simply minimize the ad banners as they
pop up, and when they're done loading i close them. that way i can
look at whatever i want to see at geocities with minimal bother from
pop-up ads.
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keesan
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response 99 of 124:
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May 21 13:20 UTC 1999 |
I don't see ads on geocities with lynx, except for ads for geocities.
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