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[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123]

Yes, it does.  GB is a better choice than GMT because if you have your
hardware clock set to GMT,  you'll automatically display the correct time
when Summertime comes round.



          Bill

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Georgina Joyce wrote:

> Hi
>
> Does the GB refer to Great Britain, or do I need to change GB to Greenwich?
>
>
> Gena
>
> gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan.ac.uk
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of William F. Acker
> WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123
> Sent: 06 February 2001 21:14
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> Subject: Re: More on mail
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>
> Hi all,
>
>      Actually, it would be better for Gena to copy the file rather
> than to link it.  That way, she'd have the correct timezone even when
> the /usr filesystem wasn't mounted.  Just do: cp -p
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB /etc/localtime
> The GB is uppercase.
>
>
>
>           HTH.
>           Bill in Denver
>
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Charles
> Hallenbeck wrote:
>
> > Georgina -
> > While you are tweaking things, you might want to fix your localtime
> > setting. On my Slackware installation there is a soft link from
> > /etc/localtime to the proper location under /usr/share/zoneinfo/...
> >
> > In my case, it was created with this command (as root:
> >
> > ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime
> >
> > but yours would have to point to the correct place for your own
> > location. Sorry I cannot help you with the other stuff...
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Many thanks for those who have helped me set up my mail on my linux box.
> > >
> > > As you can see, I've managed to subscribe on the Speakup list from my
> > > linux box.  I wondered if I could trouble you a little further and ask
> for
> > > help on tweeking the system.  I'd like to automate the process and have
> an
> > > inbox with my other mail folders in /home/Gena.
> > >
> > > I've installed mutt but can't point to my mail files.  However, I'm
> going
> > > to spend some time on the manual which is bound to give me some tips.
> For
> > > the time being, I'll use pine.
> > >
> > > Could someone tell me how I can get pine to save an inbox with my other
> > > mail files?  So that when I connect, fetchmail collects my mail and it
> is
> > > stored on this machine in my inbox.
> > >
> > > As root, can I run an automated script that makes a ppp connection and
> > > fetches Gena's mail and then disconnects?  If so, how would I do this?
> > >
> > > AH, Just has a message that pine couldn't open a temp file for the spell
> > > checker.  Ummm do I need to reate one?  How do I tell pine about it?
> > >
> > > Sorry for any typos.
> > >
> > > Gena
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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