Very Computer

1.      Fixing the "To:" line on incoming mail so sylvia's mail client
doesn't get confused, and reversing this for outgoing mail so it looks
like I'm sending from kzin.

2.      Maintaining mailbox consistency-- what if new messages come in
between polls while I haven't read all of what's already been pulled
down, but I have deleted some messages locally (on the home system)?
Simply replacing the local copy with the cumulative contents of my
remote mailbox file wouldn't preserve deletes.  I'd need a way of
appending new mail to the existing local mbox.  File locking might
also be needed so nothing screws up if mail arrives during the download.

3. How to get replies off at all-- I guess this would require using
termtelnet to access the SMTP port on my Internet host and sending
mail there, but I don't know enough yet to figure that out completely.

Is there an easier way that I'm not seeing?  I'd appreciate any
feedback you might have (wild guesses, whatever).  I know this is
possible with SLIP but I'd like to stay with Term if I can.  Thanks,
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I would like to make some local news groups like novanet.support and
novanet.modems on my linux box. If you can help let me know. I would like
them to be setup like usenet groups so when I get usenet access they will
work with rn and nn.

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: I would like to make some local news groups like novanet.support and
: novanet.modems on my linux box. If you can help let me know. I would like
: them to be setup like usenet groups so when I get usenet access they will
: work with rn and nn.
If You use cnews, you can edit the sys file in - let me guess -
/usr/local/lib/new/sys
where there is a list of feeds you send news to.
Add an entry like
!novanet
or
!novanet.support,!novanet.modems
to the export list.
So these newsgroups will _not_ be exported (due to "!") to the feed.

BYe
Andre

BTW, I have a fido link and a uucp link, so my local newsgroups can
have all names, fido groups are prefixed fido. and uucp are prefixed
hp48. (as is my usenet feed)

: : I would like to make some local news groups like novanet.support and
: : novanet.modems on my linux box. If you can help let me know. I would like
: : them to be setup like usenet groups so when I get usenet access they will
: : work with rn and nn.
: If You use cnews, you can edit the sys file in - let me guess -
: /usr/local/lib/new/sys
: where there is a list of feeds you send news to.
: Add an entry like
: !novanet
: or
: !novanet.support,!novanet.modems
: to the export list.
: So these newsgroups will _not_ be exported (due to "!") to the feed.

: BYe
: Andre

: BTW, I have a fido link and a uucp link, so my local newsgroups can
: have all names, fido groups are prefixed fido. and uucp are prefixed
: hp48. (as is my usenet feed)
Ok, the above is right, but forget the "BTW". my fido groups are prefixed,
the others are not. Usenet groups have usenet names of course.
But you can prefix local groups as local.* or, as you want to, novanet.*
Bye
Andre

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Quote:

>1.  Fixing the "To:" line on incoming mail so sylvia's mail client
>doesn't get confused, and reversing this for outgoing mail so it looks
>like I'm sending from kzin.

Quote:

>2.  Maintaining mailbox consistency-- what if new messages come in
>between polls while I haven't read all of what's already been pulled
>down, but I have deleted some messages locally (on the home system)?
>Simply replacing the local copy with the cumulative contents of my
>remote mailbox file wouldn't preserve deletes.  I'd need a way of
>appending new mail to the existing local mbox.  File locking might
>also be needed so nothing screws up if mail arrives during the download.

Quote:

>3. How to get replies off at all-- I guess this would require using
>termtelnet to access the SMTP port on my Internet host and sending
>mail there, but I don't know enough yet to figure that out completely.

Quote:

>Is there an easier way that I'm not seeing?  I'd appreciate any
>feedback you might have (wild guesses, whatever).  I know this is
>possible with SLIP but I'd like to stay with Term if I can.  Thanks,

Check it out. It should solve all your problems.

Let me know,

BAJ
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Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!

   Is there an easier way that I'm not seeing?  I'd appreciate any
   feedback you might have (wild guesses, whatever).  I know this is
   possible with SLIP but I'd like to stay with Term if I can.  Thanks,

Well, you could always setup UUCP, which you can use over term.  That
would solve many problems, but requires a UUCP feed.  The other thing
you can do is claim your Linux box as a client of your university
system, and just have it pick up your mail and put it someplace
special, as opposed to actually having it sent to you locally.

I'm not sure what the "right" solution is.

-derek

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