[last modified: 1996 January 21]

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I've saved some panix.answers by a cast of thousands of satisfied customers here and copied them over to my web directory for all to enjoy. These pages might evolve, as the title suggests, into a FAQ or two. Right now it's a demonstration of how verbose the headers are in USENET and how poorly WWW browseres handle whitespace.

disclaimer: this document represents the views of panix management, staff and users. however, this representation may not be truthful. for official information, ask to see a `terms of service' contract.

frequently asked questions and answers

news questions and answers

  1. attribution.html for quoted text.
  2. how to crossspost
  3. expiry of news
  4. lost post: where is the post i was working on ?
  5. newsfeeds: where does news come from ?
  6. newsgroups where to find a list of groups we get and don't get.
  7. news editor: how to set this.
  8. mail to news gateways.
  9. synchroniozing your .newsrc while using multiple news hosts.
  10. reading panix news from a remote host
  11. the gnus faq (in progress)

mail questions and answers

  1. elm and filter
  2. elm: headers
  3. elm: save sent mail
  4. elm: set signature for both local and other mail.
  5. newmail: how to be notified of incoming mail without biff.
  6. procmail: how to sort and colate incoming mail.
  7. skim mail headers
  8. smtp mail hacking info
  9. mail forwarding
  10. set mail editor
  11. mail headers
  12. pine: headers bad news.
  13. popserver
  14. mail: pop

    www questions and answers

  15. panix.html.faq.txt
  16. getlogs
  17. comment html form demo
  18. email.html demo
  19. email aruba.html demo
  20. perl and your web page
  21. email panix.html demo
  22. www paths also see `charlotte'.
  23. www pricing
  24. setting a lynx startup page
  25. lynx via telnet
  26. index.html: a sample home page.

network and internet questions and answers

  1. ip lookup
  2. ip to text name translation
  3. traceroute is not a toy.
  4. ip authentication
  5. slipknot
  6. tia (not thanks in advance)
  7. forwarded domain service
  8. domains name service
  9. mactcp
  10. tcp/ip
  11. port map

misc. questions and answers, mostly about unix

  1. bombing
  2. running scripts on panix
  3. anonymous posting
  4. x on panix
  5. cd history
  6. ^l spoiler
  7. mac scsi
  8. perl
  9. cursor keys
  10. dictionary on the net
  11. emacs: set mark
  12. faq index (you're looking at it now).
  13. finger
  14. pfinger: panix finger
  15. finger long island
  16. finger newmail see more recent pfinger info.
  17. how many panicians ?
  18. killing ps
  19. load: is panix too busy to get the mail ?
  20. man (): an advanced guide to reading man pages.
  21. man page to postscript
  22. modem terbo, 28.8. or v34 ?
  23. motd via email
  24. multiple accounts
  25. nlast: who logged in, when and from where, and for how long.
  26. panix staff: who are they ?
  27. phone numbers for panix
  28. phone tricks:
  29. plan
  30. postal rates
  31. set path (two words).
  32. set term (two words).
  33. setuid (one word).
  34. understanding file and directory listings
  35. shell
  36. skey a bellcore product to hide your passwd when telnetting into panix.
  37. stderr how to redirect errors.
  38. how to switch logins without losing the modem connection
  39. tar: the archive
  40. terminfo
  41. symbolic links e.g. charlotte
  42. view files
  43. wakeup would you like a wake up call ?
  44. what shell do panicians use.
  45. denial_of_service by users, not root
  46. uploading
  47. dial in

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  1. hacker barbie
  2. cel. phone
  3. a sample motd
  4. i386s are real Suns
  5. panix orders isdn