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Frequenty Asked Questions

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E-mail

How do I access the rest of my home directory via the IMAP server, right now I can only access the subfolder ~/mail?

How do I add the Institute's global address book to my email client?

How do I attach a file to an e-mail message?

How do I change my Reply-to address in pine?

How do I compose an email in a different language?

How do I configure my email client from Housing?

How do I create sub-folders (nested folders) in Thunderbird?

How do I decode a base 64 encoded 'attachment' that is embedded in a mail message?

How do I forward my mail?

How do I let people know that I'll be on vacation?

How do I open up an e-mail attachment with a .max extension?

How do I set my backspace key?

How do I setup my account to forward mail to another location, but keep a copy of the message here too?

How do I train SpamAssassin to improve its recognition of spam (unwanted mail) and ham (desirable mail)?

Is there a way to filter my incoming email to remove junk-email or spam?

Network

How do I connect my laptop to the network?

How do I connect to the Mathematics network from off campus? Telnet doesn't seem to work.

How do I copy files from the Mathematics Network to another location, ftp doesn't seem to work.

Unix

How can I lock my screen? When I click on the lock button, nothing happens.

How do I change my shell?

How do I change my unix password?

How do I determine the filetype of an unknown file?

How do I get more information on how to use a command/application?

How do I kill a hung process?

How do I make an archive of many files or a directory?

How do I mount a floppy or CD-ROM?

How do I retrieve lost or deleted files?

How do I set my backspace key?

How do I switch the Ctrl and CapsLock keys on my keyboard?

Is there a machine where can I run computationally intensive jobs?

Is there an Institute Letterhead that I can use?

What do I do if my screen is frozen?

Printing

How do I check the status of my print job?

How do I find out where my printouts are going to? or Nothing is printing

How do I print a PDF that opens within a web browser (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox)?

How do I print from pine?

How do I print from the Windows Citrix client?

How do I print multiple pages per sheet?

How do I print my file containing foreign characters? When I print it, it comes out garbled.

How do I set/change my default printer?

Browser

How do I print a PDF that opens within a web browser (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox)?

How do I run Internet Explorer and Outlook Express at the same time?

How do I setup a home page in the School of Mathematics?

How do I start Netscape orMozilla when it is stating that my 'profile is in use'?

In Adobe Acrobat or acroread, when I click on a link in a PDF file I get the error: 'Web Browser has not been specified. Do you want to configure the Weblink Preferences?'

What do I do if my screen freezes up when viewing a pdf from mozilla?

When I click on a link in Thunderbird, I get the error: 'Error: The browser specified in Preferences ->Preferred Applications does not exist'

Why is Netscape reporting error: Netscape is unable to use the mail server because you have not provided a username. Please provide one in the Preferences.

Why isn't my Netscape or Mozilla starting up?

Miscellaneous

How can I type accents with my keyboard?

How do I burn a CD or DVD?

How do I change my password on the Windows Citrix client?

How do I change the screen resolution?

How do I create a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file from a dvi or PostScript file?

How do I load Auctex in Xemacs?

How do I mount a floppy or CD-ROM?

How do I mount my usb key?

How do I open a file that is in MacBinary format on a Windows or Unix machine?

How do I open up a BinHex file?

How do I print a PDF that opens within a web browser (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox)?

How do I sync my Palm Pilot? (Does not apply to SunRays)

How do I use the 6-in-1 card reader on the linux machine?

How do I view files on my USB storage media?

How do I view Microsoft Office files?

I get the error message 'You are not running a GNOME compliant window manager' whenever I log in.

Is there an Institute Letterhead that I can use?

What do I do if my screen freezes up when viewing a pdf from mozilla?

Why is my application is not starting up on Windows?

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