From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 09:20:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA25944 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 09:20:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA25936 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 09:20:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-114.laker.net [208.0.233.14]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id MAA30831; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:20:32 -0500 Message-Id: <199811091720.MAA30831@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "pat.groce@state.sd.us" Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:18:47 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: unix is a problem: free bsd doesn't help Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:01:11 -0600, pat.groce@state.sd.us wrote: >We had been running freebsd for 4 years to handle our internet email. Last >week the hard drive crashed on the system. I had a tape backup of important >files so i reinstalled using the new freebsd 3.0 version. Anyone with the requisite knowledge to System Admin a unix system WOULDN'T have switched versions of the OS while recovering from a hardware induced crisis. >My experience was utter horror and despair! The new version have several >problems - my ethernet card wouldn't work - until we turned the port on our >cabletron switch to 10 mbps instead of auto negotiate. I tried compiling new >versions of majoirdom to get the listservs running - but all it gave me were >cryptic errors. Sendmail keeps giving me an error: Your horror and despair were the result of you shooting YOURSELF in the foot. Fire yourself and as you go out the door, tell your former boss to hire a computer professional, i.e., anyone who's entire resume/career is based on Microsuk's products is incompetent, like you. >sendmail[131]: NOQUEUE: low on space (have 0, SMTP-DAEMON needs 101 in >/var/spool/mqueue) > >and countless other errors. I have to shutdown the system every 10 hours and >restart it just to telnet to it. >To hell with FreeBSD. We are replacing all of the systems with NT versions >of sendmail. And it works great! I neat little GUI makes sendmail and the >Exchange listservs easy to manage.The software may cost more, but in terms >of staff time, we're saving thousands, not to mention all the frustration. Actually, South Dakota could save money by firing your incompetent ass. >I read all the news on how unix is going to give microsoft a run for the >operating system market. I don't believe it for a second. You gotta be smarter than the technology to use it!! Please pass this on to your boss. He may like to hire a real professional. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message