From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 23:34:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA23221 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:34:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA23214 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA26535; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:32:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Andy Pendry cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stop sendmail echo to screen In-Reply-To: <3433868E.1C50@cableinet.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Andy Pendry wrote: > I use uemacs to edit files on my freeBSD 2.1.5 mail server. > > When editing files, sendmail and popper displays any email activity an > ruins my editing session. > > How can I stop it being verbose, and is there a better editor available > for freeBSD? Some shells will announce mail, as well as the program ``biff''. Discontinue use of the programs and hopefully they will shut up. > I usually telnet into the freeBSD box from a Mac, and I can't get the > keyboard mapped correctly to include F keys etc. Any advice? Use a better Mac telnet client? Even NCSA Telnet I can crash reliably with pine. Try doing `;tt' from the Index screen -- instant lockup. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major