The blog is fixed. The power was out.... I wasn't in but this is what I heard. I may move the site to a host in toronto since this is the 2nd time this happened in a year... -- Darcy Whyte Inventor, Artist *Darcy [ at ] Siteware [ dot ] com* rubber-power.com <http://www.rubber-power.com> Squirrel Rubber Band Plane! endlessLift.com <http://www.endlesslift.com/> Aviation Art Mambohead.com<http://www.mambohead.com/> Art+ incandescent.ca Energy generalSocial.com<http://www.generalsocial.com/> Social Network Theory Siteware.com <http://www.siteware.com/>: Software Service Since '88 | Canada | N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4" | 613-563-3634 (by appointment) Please reply instead of starting a new email. On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] net>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 05:55:53PM -0500, John C Nash wrote: > > Tried to thank Darcy, but some glitch along the way.: > > Bogons... I had trouble posting to his blog site the other day and had > to email him... So that email should work... > > > This is the mail system at host mail.ncf.ca. > > > > I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not > > be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. > > > > For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> > > > > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can > > delete your own text from the attached returned message. > > > > The mail system > > > > <darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com>: host smtp.easydns.com[64.68.200.52] said: 554 > 5.7.1 > > <darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com>: Relay access denied (in reply to RCPT TO > command) > > > > > > > > Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.ncf.ca > > X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 2086D93E06 > > X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca > > Arrival-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:41:14 -0500 (EST) > > > > Final-Recipient: rfc822; darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com > > Original-Recipient: rfc822;darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com > > Action: failed > > Status: 5.7.1 > > Remote-MTA: dns; smtp.easydns.com > > Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 <darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com>: Relay access > denied > > > > > > Part 1.2 > > Subject: > > Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Outreach help > > From: > > John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> > > Date: > > Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:41:11 -0500 > > To: > > Darcy Whyte <darcy [ at ] siteware [ dot ] com> > > > > I actually suspect problem is not computer but connection/setup to > Rogers cable modem. > > Possibly new version of Thunderbird needs a tweak. My neighbour often > gets very nervous > > that she is "stupid" (her word), but in the 3 years she's had this > machine, all the issues > > have been ones that were poorly presented or explained interfaces or > messages, or genuine > > bugs. And in this Linux is much better than Windoze, but we've still > some miles to go. > > > > However, your offer very much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > JN > > > > PS. It might be that the issue would identify itself as she boots up, > and could be > > diagnosed over the phone. However, my experience is that folk look in > the wrong places for > > the log messages. > > > > > > On 01/30/2012 03:28 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote: > > > > Have her bring it to my lab. I'm at 2 Daly, Room M70 but email first > to make sure I'm in. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Darcy Whyte > > > > Inventor, Artist > > > > *Darcy [ at ] Siteware [ dot ] com* > > > > > > > > rubber-power.com <http://www.rubber-power.com> Squirrel Rubber Band > Plane! endlessLift.com > > > > <http://www.endlesslift.com/> Aviation Art Mambohead.com > > > > <http://www.mambohead.com/> Art+ incandescent.ca > > > > <http://incandescent.ca/> Energy generalSocial.com < > http://www.generalsocial.com/> Social > > > > Network Theory Siteware.com <http://www.siteware.com/>: Software > Service Since '88 > > > > | Canada | N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4" | 613-563-3634 (by > appointment) > > > > > > > > Please reply instead of starting a new email. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca > > > > <mailto:nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>> wrote: > > > > > > > > As part of my efforts to widen the community, I've been setting > folk up with > > Ubuntu for > > > > email and text processing etc. One of the people is my next-door > neighbour, who I > > actually > > > > lent an old Compaq laptop with Lucid (10.04LTS). The payback is > she looks after > > our condo > > > > unit for us when we are away. Currently we're in Arizona until > mid-Feb, and in a phone > > > > conversation (we also phone to keep in touch) she mentioned it > is "not working". > > > > > > > > If there's anyone in Sandy Hill willing to take a look (either > it's simple, or the > > Compaq > > > > has given up and gone to old-laptop heaven), perhaps they could > get in touch with me > > > > off-list and we'll arrange intro. > > > > > > > > Best, JN > > slainte mhath, RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ < > hpv.tricolour.net> > <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer > bike! > Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% > Vote! -- <greenparty.ca > >_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >