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Hello Wayne - 

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WC> There's a prompt screen on opening MM for both save
WC> messages and read bulletin and all too often I'd hit enter
WC> twice both opening MM and deleting unsent messages :-( I
WC> grew annoyed at having written extensive texts,
WC> inadvertantly deleted them before uploading only to find
WC> the cluster unrecoverable due to having been overwritten. 

This was my first reason to abandon MM. Happened to me once too
often. 

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WC>> Still haven't figured out what Verizon mail wants for
WC>> authentication in SMTP despite many attempts. I've got to
WC>> figure out what file defines what is in the mail.conf file
WC>> and what Verizon's SMTP wants for authemtication. 

Some want "username{at}domain.com" as the username but the prompt
states to enter just the "username". Some use "mail.domain.com"
for both POP3 and SMTP servers. Famvid wants
"username{at}pop3.domain.com" for POP3 now. It was the more
logical "pop3.domain.com" but SMTP is just "smtp.domain.com".
Before this they used "mail.domain.com" for both POP3 and SMTP.
You have to ask or try all the variables till one 'clicks' and
when they decide to change these they don't bother to tell
anyone in advance either. :-\ 

I also think that the standard port numbers for POP3 and SMTP
are sometimes changed. I don't recall right now what they are
but I seem to recall mention they _can_ be other than the
'standard' ones? 

RJT>> Somebody in the echo probably uses them. 

WC> I've made two fido inquiries so far, no joy. Need to
WC> inquire in the alt.os.slackware.linux newsgroup. 

Ask Verizon if possible? 

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WC>> Soon as X-Windows flies I'm nuking the old Slackware
WC>> release and upgrading to 8.1 

BasicLinux version 2.0 will be based on SlackWare v7.1 when
finished. 

WC> I'm just snagging it off the net. There's a new "Victor"
WC> release linked to the Basic Linux site that occupies under
WC> 350 meg full install for a 486 with 16 meg RAM. A Canadian
WC> offers his particular "Victor" release shipped 15 dollars
WC> U.S. with manual. 

That's 'Vector' with an "e". I never asked Steve why he linked
to that particular mini-install but I'm guessing he thinks it's
a good one? 

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WC> I keep hearing you NEED to know VIM or VI, all but one
WC> extranious command the same, in a rescue situation as that
WC> may be the only editor available on rescue disks. 

I _used_ to hear that VI was a requirement but not as often
anymore. The SCO editor looks just like MSDOS EDIT and there
are several for Linux that are somewhere between VI and EDIT.
All are quite small and could fit on rescue disks. 

WC> Fortunately I've retained the ramdrive Basic Linux so I can
WC> muck about with the hard drive version in hda2 or my old
WC> release of Slackware in hda4. I really, short of a total
WC> disk failure, don't see three partitions corrupting or
WC> failing at the same time. 

It is nice to have _something_ that can get you back online
when your main system goes down and BasicLinux can execute
without a hard drive. :-) 

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