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From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Help...
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Date: 25 Sep 89 23:10:51 GMT
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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