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5 | <guide link="/doc/en/faq.xml"> |
5 | <guide link="/doc/en/faq.xml"> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
7 | <author title="Previous Chief Architect"> |
7 | <author title="Previous Chief Architect"> |
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38 | please contact either an author or a member of the documentation team. |
38 | please contact either an author or a member of the documentation team. |
39 | </abstract> |
39 | </abstract> |
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41 | <license/> |
41 | <license/> |
42 | |
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43 | <version>2.15</version> |
43 | <version>2.16</version> |
44 | <date>2005-04-16</date> |
44 | <date>2005-06-05</date> |
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45 | |
46 | <chapter> |
46 | <chapter> |
47 | <title>Featured Questions</title> |
47 | <title>Featured Questions</title> |
48 | <section> |
48 | <section> |
49 | <title>Getting Started</title> |
49 | <title>Getting Started</title> |
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124 | <li> |
124 | <li> |
125 | <uri link="#firewall">How do I use emerge from behind a |
125 | <uri link="#firewall">How do I use emerge from behind a |
126 | firewall?</uri> |
126 | firewall?</uri> |
127 | </li> |
127 | </li> |
128 | <li> |
128 | <li> |
129 | <uri link="#unison">Can I rsync from another operating |
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130 | system?</uri> |
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131 | </li> |
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132 | <li> |
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133 | <uri link="#manualdownload">I have only slow modem connection at home. Can |
129 | <uri link="#manualdownload">I have only slow modem connection at home. Can |
134 | I download sources somewhere else and add them to my system?</uri> |
130 | I download sources somewhere else and add them to my system?</uri> |
135 | </li> |
131 | </li> |
136 | <li> |
132 | <li> |
137 | <uri link="#distfiles">.tar.gz sources for installed software are |
133 | <uri link="#distfiles">.tar.gz sources for installed software are |
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150 | <title>Usage</title> |
146 | <title>Usage</title> |
151 | <body> |
147 | <body> |
152 | |
148 | |
153 | <ul> |
149 | <ul> |
154 | <li> |
150 | <li> |
155 | <uri link="#rootssh">I have installed openssh on my box, but can |
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156 | only log in as root - my normal user account doesn't work.</uri> |
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157 | </li> |
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158 | <li> |
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159 | <uri link="#rootX">I can start X applications as root only</uri> |
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160 | </li> |
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161 | <li> |
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162 | <uri link="#intkeyboard">How do I set up an International Keyboard |
151 | <uri link="#intkeyboard">How do I set up an International Keyboard |
163 | Layout?</uri> |
152 | Layout?</uri> |
164 | </li> |
153 | </li> |
165 | <li> |
154 | <li> |
166 | <uri link="#rootdns">DNS name resolution works for root only.</uri> |
155 | <uri link="#rootdns">DNS name resolution works for root only.</uri> |
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190 | <ul> |
179 | <ul> |
191 | <li> |
180 | <li> |
192 | <uri link="#filecorruption">ReiserFS and filesystem corruption issues -- |
181 | <uri link="#filecorruption">ReiserFS and filesystem corruption issues -- |
193 | how to fix'em, etc.</uri> |
182 | how to fix'em, etc.</uri> |
194 | </li> |
183 | </li> |
195 | <li> |
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196 | <uri link="#metalogd">Metalogd doesn't log in real time!</uri> |
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197 | </li> |
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198 | </ul> |
184 | </ul> |
199 | |
185 | |
200 | </body> |
186 | </body> |
201 | </section> |
187 | </section> |
202 | <section> |
188 | <section> |
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209 | </li> |
195 | </li> |
210 | <li> |
196 | <li> |
211 | <uri link="#releases">How often are new releases made?</uri> |
197 | <uri link="#releases">How often are new releases made?</uri> |
212 | </li> |
198 | </li> |
213 | <li> |
199 | <li> |
214 | <uri link="#addfaq">How can I add a question or answer to this |
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215 | FAQ?</uri> |
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216 | </li> |
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217 | <li> |
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218 | <uri link="#beeping">My speaker beeps like crazy while compiling |
200 | <uri link="#beeping">My speaker beeps like crazy while compiling |
219 | Mozilla. How do I disable console beeps?</uri> |
201 | Mozilla. How do I disable console beeps?</uri> |
220 | </li> |
202 | </li> |
221 | </ul> |
203 | </ul> |
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231 | <uri link="#resources">Where can I find more information about Gentoo |
213 | <uri link="#resources">Where can I find more information about Gentoo |
232 | Linux?</uri> |
214 | Linux?</uri> |
233 | </li> |
215 | </li> |
234 | <li> |
216 | <li> |
235 | <uri link="#buycd">Can I buy a CD of Gentoo Linux?</uri> |
217 | <uri link="#buycd">Can I buy a CD of Gentoo Linux?</uri> |
236 | </li> |
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237 | <li> |
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238 | <uri link="#mailinglist">Why, when I hit reply to a post on a Gentoo |
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239 | mailinglist, does my answer only go to the original poster and not the |
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240 | entire list?</uri> |
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241 | </li> |
218 | </li> |
242 | <li> |
219 | <li> |
243 | <uri link="#help">This FAQ hasn't answered my question. What do I |
220 | <uri link="#help">This FAQ hasn't answered my question. What do I |
244 | do now?</uri> |
221 | do now?</uri> |
245 | </li> |
222 | </li> |
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656 | appropriately. |
633 | appropriately. |
657 | </p> |
634 | </p> |
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659 | </body> |
636 | </body> |
660 | </section> |
637 | </section> |
661 | <section id="unison"> |
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662 | <title>Can I rsync from another operating system?</title> |
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663 | <body> |
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665 | <p> |
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666 | There's a program called unison that works under both UNIX and Win32, available |
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667 | from <uri>http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/</uri>. |
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668 | </p> |
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669 | |
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670 | </body> |
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671 | </section> |
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672 | <section id="manualdownload"> |
638 | <section id="manualdownload"> |
673 | <title> |
639 | <title> |
674 | I have only slow modem connection at home. Can I download sources somewhere |
640 | I have only slow modem connection at home. Can I download sources somewhere |
675 | else and add them to my system? |
641 | else and add them to my system? |
676 | </title> |
642 | </title> |
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723 | </section> |
689 | </section> |
724 | </chapter> |
690 | </chapter> |
725 | |
691 | |
726 | <chapter> |
692 | <chapter> |
727 | <title>Usage</title> |
693 | <title>Usage</title> |
728 | <section id="rootssh"> |
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729 | <title> |
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730 | I have installed openssh on my box, but can only log in as root - my normal |
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731 | user account doesn't work. |
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732 | </title> |
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733 | <body> |
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736 | This is most probably because your user account doesn't have a valid shell |
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737 | specified. Check for your user entry in <path>/etc/passwd</path> and see if it |
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738 | ends in /bin/bash (or any other shell). If it doesn't, you must set a shell for |
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739 | the user. This is done using the usermod command, like this: |
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740 | </p> |
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741 | |
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742 | <pre caption="Using usermod"> |
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743 | # <i>usermod -s /bin/bash myuser</i> |
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744 | </pre> |
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745 | |
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746 | </body> |
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747 | </section> |
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748 | <section id="rootX"> |
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749 | <title>I can start X applications as root only.</title> |
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750 | <body> |
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752 | <p> |
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753 | Your <path>/tmp</path> directory has the wrong permissions (it needs the |
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754 | sticky bit set). Type the following as root: |
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755 | </p> |
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756 | |
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757 | <pre caption="Changing /tmp permissions"> |
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758 | # <i>chmod 1777 /tmp</i> |
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759 | </pre> |
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760 | |
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761 | </body> |
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762 | </section> |
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763 | <section id="intkeyboard"> |
694 | <section id="intkeyboard"> |
764 | <title>How do I set up an International Keyboard Layout?</title> |
695 | <title>How do I set up an International Keyboard Layout?</title> |
765 | <body> |
696 | <body> |
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767 | <p> |
698 | <p> |
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884 | to the corruption. |
815 | to the corruption. |
885 | </p> |
816 | </p> |
886 | |
817 | |
887 | </body> |
818 | </body> |
888 | </section> |
819 | </section> |
889 | <section id="metalogd"> |
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890 | <title>Metalogd doesn't log in real time</title> |
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891 | <body> |
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893 | <p> |
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894 | Metalog flushes output to the disk in blocks, so messages aren't immediately |
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895 | recorded into the system logs. If you are trying to debug a daemon, this |
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896 | performance-enhancing behavior is less than helpful. When your Gentoo Linux |
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897 | system is up and running, you can send metalog a USR1 signal to temporarily |
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898 | turn off this message buffering (meaning that <c>tail -f |
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899 | <path>/var/log/everything/current</path></c> will now work in real time, as |
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900 | expected) and a USR2 signal to turn buffering back on again. If you want to |
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901 | disable buffering permanently, you can change METALOG_OPTS="-B" to |
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902 | METALOG_OPTS="-B -s" in <path>/etc/conf.d/metalog</path>. |
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903 | </p> |
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905 | <pre caption="Turning metalog buffering on/off"> |
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906 | <comment>(To turn the buffering off)</comment> |
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907 | # <i>killall -USR1 metalog</i> |
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908 | <comment>(To turn the buffering back on)</comment> |
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909 | # <i>killall -USR2 metalog</i> |
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910 | </pre> |
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911 | |
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912 | </body> |
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913 | </section> |
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914 | </chapter> |
820 | </chapter> |
915 | |
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916 | <chapter> |
821 | <chapter> |
917 | <title>Development</title> |
822 | <title>Development</title> |
918 | <section id="reportbugs"> |
823 | <section id="reportbugs"> |
919 | <title>Where can I report bugs?</title> |
824 | <title>Where can I report bugs?</title> |
920 | <body> |
825 | <body> |
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940 | <uri link="/proj/en/releng">Release Engineering Project</uri> page. |
845 | <uri link="/proj/en/releng">Release Engineering Project</uri> page. |
941 | </p> |
846 | </p> |
942 | |
847 | |
943 | </body> |
848 | </body> |
944 | </section> |
849 | </section> |
945 | <section id="addfaq"> |
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946 | <title>How can I add a question or answer to this FAQ?</title> |
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947 | <body> |
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948 | |
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949 | <p> |
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950 | Submit a new bug over at <uri>http://bugs.gentoo.org</uri> and add it to the |
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951 | "Docs-user" product, "Gentoo Linux FAQ" component. |
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952 | </p> |
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953 | |
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954 | </body> |
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955 | </section> |
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956 | <section id="beeping"> |
850 | <section id="beeping"> |
957 | <title> |
851 | <title> |
958 | My speaker beeps like crazy while compiling Mozilla. How do I disable console |
852 | My speaker beeps like crazy while compiling Mozilla. How do I disable console |
959 | beeps? |
853 | beeps? |
960 | </title> |
854 | </title> |
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1015 | </p> |
909 | </p> |
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1017 | <p> |
911 | <p> |
1018 | You can also find fresh CDs from various resellers listed on our <uri |
912 | You can also find fresh CDs from various resellers listed on our <uri |
1019 | link="/main/en/where.xml">Get Gentoo!</uri> page. |
913 | link="/main/en/where.xml">Get Gentoo!</uri> page. |
1020 | </p> |
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1021 | |
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1022 | </body> |
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1023 | </section> |
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1024 | <section id="mailinglist"> |
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1025 | <title> |
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1026 | Why, when I hit reply to a post on a Gentoo mailing list, does my answer |
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1027 | only go to the original poster and not the entire list? |
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1028 | </title> |
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1029 | <body> |
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1030 | |
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1031 | <p> |
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1032 | The mailing list administrators have decided to go with minimal munging |
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1033 | (altering of mail headers), which means that they have decided against |
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1034 | altering headers to have replies go to the mailing list. There are various |
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1035 | reasons for this. For example, if a subscriber has a full mailbox, the |
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1036 | entire list receives notice of this every time that something is posted. |
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1037 | </p> |
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1039 | <p> |
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1040 | Most GUI based mailers have a "reply to all" function. This will ensure that |
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1041 | your reply goes to the mailing list as well as the original poster. Most |
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1042 | users of text based emailers already know the methods to use, but if you |
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1043 | don't, in Pine, there is a "reply to group" option. Setting Mutt to reply to |
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1044 | the list is covered in the unofficial documentation at |
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1045 | <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=1085">forums.gentoo.org</uri>. |
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1046 | </p> |
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1047 | |
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1048 | <p> |
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1049 | Some list members do not like this method, but it was very heavily |
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1050 | discussed when it went into effect, with arguments on both sides. |
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1051 | Eventually the list administrators decided to keep it this way. Discussing |
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1052 | it on the mailing list will sometimes bring a polite explanation and other |
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1053 | times a rather brusque comment to check the archives. Although the |
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1054 | administrators regret the inconvenience that it may cause some users, it is |
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1055 | felt that at present it is preferable to the alternative for several |
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1056 | reasons, many of these covered |
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1057 | <uri link="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html">here</uri>. |
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1058 | </p> |
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1059 | |
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1060 | <p> |
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1061 | (There are other eloquent arguments in favor of munging, and yes, the list |
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1062 | administrators have seen them). |
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1063 | </p> |
914 | </p> |
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1065 | </body> |
916 | </body> |
1066 | </section> |
917 | </section> |
1067 | <section id="help"> |
918 | <section id="help"> |