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Setting up an IMAP server
I would like to set up an IMAP server. Dovecot looks easiest by Courier is also possible. Presnet setup: fetchmail -->exim4 -->procmail---> var/mail/user --> kmail, filters ---> /home/user/Mail folders. This would probably be OK if I stay logged into KDE. I might prefer not to always keep KDE running, ho... 26 Jun 2008 16:41

Diskless Mythbuntu to Debian
Is it possible to install diskless Mythbuntu to Debian? Tero M�ntyvaara -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org ... 26 Jun 2008 10:29

Strange NFS behaviour
I have just finished putting together a nfs server. and I am getting some strange results whilst testing it. I have a partition with a directory video with permissions set to chown video.movies user alesx is a member of movies. on the nas box I can cd to the directory and create files. on a remote machin... 17 Jul 2008 00:23

Strange directory in home
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 08:49:22PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 13:48:59 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: Lately,I've been noticing a strange directory popping up in my home directory. It's called "file:" and has subdirectories of home , home/frank , and Desktop with Desktop empt... 26 Jun 2008 05:21

syslog
Hi I am looking at aggregating my syslogs, I have had a quick look at the available packages. syslog-ng dsyslog rsyslog I am wondering what other people are using. I am favouring rsyslog basically because it has a postgres module, but I am not sure yet if I want it in sql yet, I am think 1 server with text... 27 Jun 2008 07:00

A newbie question about competing libs
When I tried to build some application which requires the latest version of some other lib, first I installed that required lib from source into /usr/local/lib and ldconfiged. Older version of that lib which was installed from package remains at /usr/lib. Then I tried to build target application, I got a lot of "... 26 Jun 2008 22:51

X apps don't launch from Xterm
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir(a)cohens.org.il> wrote: What is the output of the following two: echo $DISPLAY As noted: $ echo $DISPLAY 0:0. xlsclients $ xlsclients xlsclients: unable to open display "0:0." What scripts might be monkeying with xauth? -- No no n... 1 Jul 2008 12:19

Increase of un-usable PDF usage.
Over the past few mouths I've received more unusable PDFs then I've ever received usable PDFs. Well maybe that's an exaggeration, but it still doesn't excuse the large number of broken documents in this format I've received. I have asked senders to choose a better format, but they keep coming. Many sites that h... 2 Jul 2008 08:48

mounting external hard drive at boot up
Hi, i have a card reader in my computer, but want to mount my external hard drive at boot-up. Sometimes the external hard drive is on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdf... So what is the best way to: - either make it only use one of these paths? - Tell which one it is on and if it is the external hard drive? - How do I mo... 26 Jun 2008 20:48

Cups: Quota limit reached
Hi, With my new server installation of Etch I've got a problem with cups. I have 2 printers (HP DeskJet 3650 and a Samsung LaserJet 2010-ML). When I try to print a test page I get an error message Quota limit reached. With my previous server everything works/worked fine. I tried using my old configuration fi... 25 Jun 2008 18:06