Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Help... Message-ID: <5533@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 25 Sep 89 23:10:51 GMT Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 45 First, I wish to say that I, too, appreciate very much Avadie's and Ali's help. Despite all NeXT support claims, user managers at universities tend not to have a lot of time---even after payment of $1,000 per box (10%-15%). Without their help on this net, I'd be pretty lost. Second, can someone help with these questions, please? (1) Can I turn the printer off in 1.0? Is there a way to do so from a terminal? (2) I am hooked up to a non-NeXT network (ucla.edu). I am able to telnet and ftp, but all attempts at mail fail miserably. Even mailing something to myself using my internet number fails (i.e. with an address like ivo@128.97.74.50). The return message announces: Host mailhost not found for mailer ether. To the best of my knowledge, I have my router and addresses set correctly, too. What am I doing wrong? Where do I find what I should be doing in the docs? I have searched for "mailhost" in all docs, and couldn't find it. Third, I want to mention that despite no such information in the manuals, the 1.0 Terminal does a much improved VT100 emulation. Also, I like the slick printing feature (1up, 2up...) in all applications. Finally, let me cast my vote on netinfo. I spent today recreating 1.0, since my last version---after deletion of the /me account and some fiddling around with hostnames and groups---would just refuse to start up netinfod. (nibindd was running). Nothing I could think of would allow me to restart netinfo, so that I could see what was wrong in the first place (no bootup error, either). Please, NeXT, allow us a way to save the entire NetInfo environment to one file (I've tried copying old /etc/netinfo/local.nidb, but that completely screwed up the bootup), so that users can experiment with changes, and, if they fail, that the old state can be restored painlessly. Without a much more user-friendly (clearer and more warnings, not more menu-like) interface, niload and nidump as well as the oldstyle /etc files are of crucial importance to my mental health. Without them, I'd be really lost. Please keep an ASCII translation system around. /ivo welch iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu