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Re: [Wlug] MTA for laptop?

by Charles R. Anderson

Sendmail? Just use sendmail's default config, with no smart relay host. By default, it will use DNS MX records to determine the SMTP server to send to. You might want to use a BIND cacheing nameserver, too, so you can look things up while you are disconnected from the net (put 0.0.0.0 in /etc/resolv.conf). This will work anywhere that doesn't filter outbound SMTP connections. You can probably script something that will check for a network connection and force sendmail's queue to send when you connect. If you must use a smart relay host for SMTP outbound in certain places, then you can probably hook something into the DHCP client (use dhclient with it's dhclient-script hooks) to modify sendmail's configuration based on where you are connected. You'd need to change the "DS" line in /etc/sendmail.cf and then restart sendmail. I don't think you can fiddle with the smart relay host dynamically though. On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 11:33:52AM -0400, Chuck Homic wrote: chuck> Hey, guys. Got a flame war question for y'all, I guess. chuck> chuck> What's a good (or the best?) MTA to have on my laptop. Here's chuck> what I'd like to be able to do: -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

Sept. 25, 2002

MTA for laptop?

by Chuck Homic

Hey, guys. Got a flame war question for y'all, I guess. What's a good (or the best?) MTA to have on my laptop. Here's what I'd like to be able to do: - Queue outgoing mail while offline, send while online (automatically, if possible... like, "Hey there's a network connection! I'll send all my queued mail!") - Automatically figure out the right way to send stuff based on the current network config. (If I'm at my office, it should use my local office SMTP server... at home, my cable provider.) - Bonus points if it attempts to deliver directly to hosts that will accept it, before falling back to my provider's SMTP. - Extra bonus points if it remembers what hosts won't accept mail directly from me and uses my provider's SMTP for those messages by default. I probably have other demands, but that's all I can think of for now. Maybe like if I'm on a dial up link, it would send small mail first? Stuff like that. Any ideas? -Chuck

Sept. 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter Pipeline Networking

by Thomas Carey

Sept. 24, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter Pipeline Networking

by Michael Frysinger

> MF>we now do tech support for everyone ? :) > > it's good PR... <g> thnk about it... you want a (reasonably) straight > answer, but you don't want to be paying through the nose to be put on > hold. who would YOU talk to? i would have helped them too, i just found it humorous. -mike

Sept. 23, 2002

Practical replacements for Project.

by Keller, Tim

I recently purchased the codeweavers office suite and I'm really happy with it. Stat office did everything I needed except for two apps, Outlook and Project. Outlook works perfectly under it (as you can see) but I haven't found a suitable replacement for project. Does anybody have any suitable work arounds or solutions to getting it to work with project. (I've attempted an install but get stone walled with errors and have logged a ticket) Thanks, Tim.

Sept. 23, 2002

usb question

by Wes Allen

Hi all. MY usb ports used to work under linux in my HP notebook, it would hot-plug and everything. Now, it detects the devices I plug in, tries to register them, and then they disappear. I can acutally watch this with usb view. Any ideas what might be causing this? Wes

Sept. 23, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter Pipeline Networking

by William Smith

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Michael Frysinger wrote: MF>we now do tech support for everyone ? :) it's good PR... <g> thnk about it... you want a (reasonably) straight answer, but you don't want to be paying through the nose to be put on hold. who would YOU talk to? MF>> The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! this bugger took forever for me to download (31.2k dialup connection. long story.) for Win* and Linux. well-worth the download, i think. i've been using it since a few days after it was released... -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Sept. 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Slight O/T: Preferred Registrar?

by William Smith

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Theo Van Dinter wrote: TVD>On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 09:13:25PM -0400, Michael Kingsbury wrote: TVD>> Who's the preferred name registrar now a days? TVD> TVD>I use OpenSRS (or a friend who's a reseller for them anyway), two TVD>thumbs up. make that FOUR thumbs up (Theo's two plus my two).... :) i use the same registrar Theo does (oddly enough at his recommendation). TVD>Register.com has annoyed me by sending "Your domain will be expiring TVD>soon, renew now!" postal mails, in a nasty slamming attempt since I've TVD>never used register.com. Thumb down. i get these too. i give two thumbs down on them.... 8\ -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Sept. 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Slight O/T: Preferred Registrar?

by RB

I've been happy with www.gandi.net. About $12 a domain, no hassles, excellent service. - Rob On Friday 20 September 2002 09:30 pm, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 09:13:25PM -0400, Michael Kingsbury wrote: > > Who's the preferred name registrar now a days? > > I use OpenSRS (or a friend who's a reseller for them anyway), two > thumbs up. > > I used Dotster without any complaints a year or two ago, one thumb up. > > Register.com has annoyed me by sending "Your domain will be expiring > soon, renew now!" postal mails, in a nasty slamming attempt since I've > never used register.com. Thumb down. > > Network Solutions has given me nothing but problems, not to mention that > their policies all suck. Two thumbs down. -- -= rb(a)millbury.net =-

Sept. 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Slight O/T: Preferred Registrar?

by Gary Hanley

I was "given" namesbeyond.com when I grabbed hanley.net via snapnames.com on one impulsive spring day. I really can't say they are good ot bad not having a whole lot of experience with registrars...but I haven't had any problems with them. However, I am confused as to why there are so may registrars and how they all make money. -- Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kingsbury" <mike(a)beakerware.net> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: [Wlug] Slight O/T: Preferred Registrar? > Who's the preferred name registrar now a days? > > -mike > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Sept. 21, 2002