Re: [tlug] Parallel port driving me nuts

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:06:43 -0400, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote to
tlug@example.com:

> Shit, I remember a time, early in my Linux career, when I
> *reinstalled* Red Hat because my PCMCIA NIC would not work. Turned out
> that the DHCP server's ethernet cable was a bit loose...

Reminds me of the first time I installed ZoneAlarm on a PC here. I had
(short-term!) memories of the stupid computer being able to access the mail
relay before installing ZA, but as soon as ZA was installed there was no way
it could get out to tcp port 25. I put that down to yet another piece of
shitware and uninstalled ZA. Still no can do... Damn it must have left
something in there. So I reformatted the drive and reinstalled Windows.
Still no can do. Aaarghhh!!

Turns out I'd blocked access to port 25 on the mail relay when I erected the
firewall...

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