Hi Does the GB refer to Great Britain, or do I need to change GB to Greenwich? Gena gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan.ac.uk http://www.visson.freeserve.co.uk Mobile Telephone Number 07951 196268 -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 Sent: 06 February 2001 21:14 To: Speakup Mailing List Subject: Re: More on mail Hi all, Actually, it would be better for Gena to copy the file rather than to link it. That way, she'd have the correct timezone even when the /usr filesystem wasn't mounted. Just do: cp -p /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB /etc/localtime The GB is uppercase. HTH. Bill in Denver On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Georgina - > While you are tweaking things, you might want to fix your localtime > setting. On my Slackware installation there is a soft link from > /etc/localtime to the proper location under /usr/share/zoneinfo/... > > In my case, it was created with this command (as root: > > ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime > > but yours would have to point to the correct place for your own > location. Sorry I cannot help you with the other stuff... > > Chuck > > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Many thanks for those who have helped me set up my mail on my linux box. > > > > As you can see, I've managed to subscribe on the Speakup list from my > > linux box. I wondered if I could trouble you a little further and ask for > > help on tweeking the system. I'd like to automate the process and have an > > inbox with my other mail folders in /home/Gena. > > > > I've installed mutt but can't point to my mail files. However, I'm going > > to spend some time on the manual which is bound to give me some tips. For > > the time being, I'll use pine. > > > > Could someone tell me how I can get pine to save an inbox with my other > > mail files? So that when I connect, fetchmail collects my mail and it is > > stored on this machine in my inbox. > > > > As root, can I run an automated script that makes a ppp connection and > > fetches Gena's mail and then disconnects? If so, how would I do this? > > > > AH, Just has a message that pine couldn't open a temp file for the spell > > checker. Ummm do I need to reate one? How do I tell pine about it? > > > > Sorry for any typos. > > > > Gena > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (84% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
