Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:35:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike A. Harris" Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" To: Gene Buckle cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] New newsgroup creation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Your mom. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Gene Buckle wrote: > > I prefer mailing lists to news for everyday reading anyways. That way > > I don't miss any posts, and don't have to rely on my newsserver > > keeping a bunch of old messages. Wish I knew how to use the > > ".forward" mail mechanism though. Got procmail, and a setup file for > > it, it looks simple enough, but don't know how to use .forward. :o( > > > Mike, just make sure the .forward file is in your home directory, it's > world readable, and it contains the email address you want to forward to. How does that make my mail go through procmail to be filtered and sorted? Ie: [.forward] #what do I put in this file to make each incoming message get filtered #through procmail so that I don't have to read makemoneyfast scams and #idiot mail. Also to sort incoming mail into different folders. > > Hope someone starts up the comp.os.* heirarchy so we're not stuck with > > alt.*. What C compiler & assembler is OpenDOS compiled with? I hope > > it is one that I have! In fact, I hope it is one that I have, and > > that it is called DJGPP! > > Turbo Cv2,v3, BCC v2,v3.1, Watcom C v7, 3 versions of MASM, 2 version of > TASM...and a partridge in a pear tree..... _Really_!?!? Cool! I've got BC 3.1, 4.0, TASM 3.1, 4.0. I guess I should be ok then eh? What compiler are the binaries caldera will be shipping compiled with? Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris My dynamic address: http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT sympatico DOT ca mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca DJGPP is a FREE 32 bit protected mode C compiler for MS-DOS