I got a 3com 2976. Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Saqib Shaikh" <sshaik at essex.ac.uk >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 06:48:18 +0100 >Subject: Re: net access under Linux progress and questions >i am considering buying a pci modem, which one did you get? >saqib >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt at megsinet.net >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 5:06 AM >Subject: net access under Linux progress and questions >> Hello all, >> For those who are interested, I have a progress report and a few >questions. To make a long story short, I finally managed to locate some >documentation for the pctel modem driver under linux (how about that). It >turns out that my type of pctel modem is not supported by the driver (it >only seems to support 2 main types). After not much thinking, I went this >morning to buy a rather expensive (but probably worth it) pci hardware >modem. Since this morning, I managed to set up ppp, and can dial my ISP. I >can telnet, ftp, use lynx and the works (or so it seems). The only thing I >can't do is send or receive e-mail. Could someone please let me know how to >get started with sendmail/fetchmail? I don't want anything fancy, just to be >able to get mail from and send mail to my ISP'S mail server. Sendmail itself >appears to be installed correctly since I can send mail to user at localhost >without a problem. Also, I noticed that when I'm using lynx off-line and >type a url, it doesn't bri! >> ng up my ppp script to dial my ISP. How do I fix that. Thanks for any >help in advance. >> Greg >> P.S. So far, I like the way linux handles internet as opposed to >windblows. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
