Don't virtually all computers have 4 com ports, usually 2 external and 2 internal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawes, Stephen" <Stephen.Dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: RE: Oh how i wish Ok, Krister, it seems like you are still getting the run-around here. All Chuck, Toby and Luke could say is go ahead and ask. But to give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they did not see your questions in your note. If they did however, it is answers like they gave that only lead to unnecessary stress and confusion. So for my take on your note! Question 1: How do I know how many serial ports I actually have on my computer? Answer: The simplest answer is to do a physical look at the box and count how many serial ports you have. The problem with this simple answer is that, although the ports may physically be there, they are not necessarily activated. This is something that is usually handled in the bios settings. Once the port is turned on in the bios, you can then see it from within your operating system. Remember that ports start counting from 0 in Linux, and not 1 as is the norm in other operating systems. So, ttyS0 is the same as com1 ttyS1 is the same as com2, ..., in the other operating systems world. Question 2: How do I set up additional email accounts? Answer: Note, that in my restating of your question, I did not include the distribution. This is because I believe that my answer will be distribution independent. The simplest way to create additional email accounts is to add a new user to the system for each email account you wish to have. So for example, you may already have an email account named Krister, and want to add one called junkmail. To do this, just add the user junkmail to your system and you are off to the races. In RedHat, you would do something like: usradd junkmail Make sure to set a password for the junkmail account and the rest is history as they say. So, I hope that this helps, and is note to confusing. At least I think that I answered your initial questions instead of doing nothing more then make you send another message in increasing frustration. Steve Dawes Phone: (403) 268-5527 Email: SDawes at calgary.ca NOTICE:: This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
