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From: kentkar@shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: help with isc 3.2
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.141853.4605@shambala.uucp>
Date: 17 Jun 91 14:18:53 GMT
References: <1991Jun14.223443.9297@lgnp1.ls.com>
Reply-To: kentkar@shambala.UUCP (Kent Karrer)
Organization: The Conscious Interlude
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In article <1991Jun14.223443.9297@lgnp1.ls.com> phil@lgnp1.ls.com (Phil Eschallier) writes:
>i am looking for a few, hopefully simple, answers to some question about
>the isc 3.2 (2.1) package.
>
>i recently purchased isc workstation developer (2 user) package ... i
>installed it on my machine and came up with few problems.  like i said,
>this is isc's workstation developer with 10 or so ssu disks (including
>the security fixes).  here are my questions:
>
>	1. when trying to configure a serial port for bi-directional
>	   modem usage, i kept getting "INIT respawning too rapidly".
>	   yet the exact same config works under ms-dos and xenix --
>	   am i doing something wrong??  if i install fas 2.08, will
>	   the problem be solved??  i was able to use the lines to
>	   call out on but incoming calls just didn't want to work.

I ran into the same problem the first time I installed my ISC software. It's
been quite a while but I recall that the manual addressed this problem
specifically. I applied the fix that the manual suggested and the problem
was cured.

>	3. is isc's sendmail worth anything??  when invoked it would just
>	   hang, even when trying use the test mode (sendmail -bt) ...
>	   i plan to replace the sendmail with sendmail 5.65b+IDA but i'd
>	   like to be able to get the machine up and running for a few
>	   days and not be under the gun to replace software.  i am sure
>	   a number of folks out there will say "just get smail 3.1" but
>	   i would like to use sendmail -- just my preference.

I never could get the sendmail that came with ISC to work correctly. A good
friend eventually provided me with a copy of smail and I have been working
well since.
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