This item is for system announcements (new computer equipment on Grex, 
system upgrades, Grex meetings, etc.).  Personal announcements should go 
back in item 2; Grex system *problems* belong in the next item (#4). 

31 responses total.

 12:21am  up 54 days, 10:32,  46 users,  load average: 2.36, 2.29, 2.30
  
very good system announcement, i would say.

  2:49pm  up 74 days, 1 min,  57 users,  load average: 9.57, 5.95, 4.50

        Jinxo

  1:10pm  up 75 days, 22:22,  36 users,  load average: 5.97, 7.10, 6.41

Just got another batch in my inbox, about 150 messages this time, all
identical.  Staff is going to get pretty annoyed with me if this keeps up.
:/

(Or vice versa?)

Have you reported this spam to the ISP of origin?  Is there some way for staff
(grex) to block repeat messages or is this not worth the effort?

I've reported it.  No response yet.  If it keeps up I guess I should call
them up, I can't have my mailbox getting filled up all the time.

That sounds like a mailing list gone haywire.

Can someone again post instructions on how to block mail from a particular
address, using Pine?  Or with a particular subject line, etc.

http://camden-www.rutgers.edu/HELP/Documentation/Unix/S50-1317_email_filter
ing
.html

scroll down to "Filtering through Pine with Procmail "

How to block mail using Pine:

From the main menu,
(1) press 'S' for setup
(2) press 'R' for rules
(3) press 'F' for filters
(4) press 'A' to add a filter
(5) scroll down to "From pattern = <No value set>" and press return
(6) enter the email address (or just the @domain part) of the place you want
filtered and press enter
(7) scroll down past "ACTIONS BEGIN HERE" and you'll see "Filter Action = ";
highlight "() Delete" and press enter
(8) press "E" to exit filters and Pine will ask you if you want to save, so
say yes

THANKS!  I thought I would have to write some sort of script or something.

I just looked in PINE.  S for setup - no R for Rules in this version of Pine
at grex.  C for config gets me to a line Display filter= <no value set>.
How does one filter using grex's version of Pine (somewhat outdated)?

You might be tempted to use Pine's "initial keystrokes" facility to
approximate a filter: do NOT do it.  If no messages match the "select"
criteria, you command will be applied to the *current* message, whichever one
that is (usually the first new message in the box, I think).

i dont think i get this reading and browsing stuff help???

q.

I am getting a *lot* of errors in Backtalk lately.  IE shows me this.  
I get errors reading items, responding to items, sometimes selecting 
the item from the main menu for visiting conferences with new response 
items.  I got this error a couple of times coming into this item to 
post my complaint, but hit "refresh" and eventually got the item on my 
screen.

---

The page cannot be displayed 
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site 
might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust 
your browser settings. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------

Please try the following:

Click the  Refresh button, or try again later.

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is 
spelled correctly.

To check your connection settings, click the Tools menu, and then click 
Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Settings. The settings 
should match those provided by your local area network (LAN) 
administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). 
If your Network Administrator has enabled it, Microsoft Windows can 
examine your network and automatically discover network connection 
settings.
If you would like Windows to try and discover them, 
click  Detect Network Settings 
Some sites require 128-bit connection security. Click the Help menu and 
then click About Internet Explorer to determine what strength security 
you have installed. 
If you are trying to reach a secure site, make sure your Security 
settings can support it. Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet 
Options. On the Advanced tab, scroll to the Security section and check 
settings for SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, PCT 1.0. 
Click the  Back button to try another link. 
 

I am having similar problems with backtalk. 

The reason is that Grex's Internet connection keeps going down.

Ah.  It's good to know that, but I've been getting similar errors for a 
few weeks now.  It seems like it shouldn't be happening so often.  If I 
may ask, what's being done about it?

oh, I've been having other problems with Backtalk.. specifically in 
abalone, not pistachio.  Sometimes the "items with new responses" 
check box is the only one that works, and the others "all 
items", "forgotten items," etc. keep pulling up items with new 
responses.  It's frustrating.

Dunno what to say.  I use netscape (old version 4.7X?) running under
linux behind a firewall using a proxy server (squid) and displaying
and using the keyboard/mouse  on a different linux system with no
problems.  I would be hard pressed to blame it on the server for
the idiotic faults of yer Windoze box. (get a real operating system!)

I haven't seen the problems either, and I am using windoze boxes.
A flakey internet is probably the correct diagnosis.

Uh, tcp corrects errors.  I'd blame it on windoze.

        Haven't you been listening to JP2?  TCP isn't a reliable protocol,
RFCs be damned, because it doesn't do store-and-forward reassembly over most
of the devices used at the physical layer.

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        Damn, I forgot my sarcastic smiley there.

It did when it was first designed.

That was changed to support early wireless networks,
for which that was too difficult.

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