Re: more newbie questions


Subject: Re: more newbie questions
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 00:30:25 MDT


On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Mari Masuda wrote:

> 1) In MacOS there is a keyboard preference so that the function keys (F1, F2,
> F3, etc.) are the default instead of having to hold down the "fn" key at the
> same time. Can I set up the same behavior in Linux?

        This is window-manager dependent. You'll have to consult the KDE
        documentation.

> Using F12 to emulate the right mouse button is kind of a pain when the two
> keys used for this behavior are located as far apart as physically possible
> on the keyboard.

        FYI, I don't use the "fn" key for function keys. (I don't use
        KDE.)

> Before I installed YDL I used to telnet/ssh into my provider and read my mail
> via pine. My provider does not allow people to use their mail server as an
> SMTP host in order to prevent spammers from using it.

        Your provider really should allow you, a paying customer, to
        use their SMTP server for outgoing mail.

> I noticed that KMail has a "use sendmail" option to send outgoing mail, which
> I would like to use; I just want to be able to send mail out to the internet
> from my local machine, which is connected to the internet over a DSL line
> (non-static IP). I do not need to be able to receive mail locally. Can
> someone give me a general idea of what I need to set up in order for this to
> work?

        You simply have to have sendmail installed and running. Note,
        however, that some ISPs block outgoing sendmail.

        - Paul



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