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    Troubling message from Fink (re: gcc)

    The package you're going to install seems to query the gcc version and issue the warning when the version doesn't match. You might get more info about that if you contact the package maintainer. Your options are either to ignore this warning or to use the GCC 2.95 (sudo gcc_select 2). I would...
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    Startup program execution under other username

    You can use the su command to run any program under somebody else's permissions. I didn't try it, but the following should work for you: su boss open /Applications/iTunes.app For details, use info su from the command line. Hope this helps :)
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    kill and mails

    OK, so how about posting such a mail (including headers) here so that we can see where it originates?
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    kill and mails

    Let's say your script is called /usr/local/bin/script and this is the command you put into your crontab, then just change the command in your crontab to read as: /usr/local/bin/script >/dev/null 2>&1 which suppresses any output your script generates. This will prevent cron from sending any...
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    That pic in the URL box

    Put the following into the <head> ... </head> section of your HTML files: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/uri/of/your/favicon">
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    modssl+apache : https is hanging !?

    And not to forget: Have a look into the Apache error_log file :)
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    Launch X11 application

    The X11 app requires the DISPLAY environment variable to be set appropriately. Open xterm in X11 and check with echo $DISPLAY how this variable is set. You must set it globally (in environment.plist) so that your Cocoa program inherits it. For details about environment.plist look here...
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    [HOWTO] - SSH Tunneling for Mac Users

    For example, the e-mail server in the internal network is at 111.222.24.25. It is, however, not reachable via ssh because by purpose it doesn't have a default route. The firewall will only let ssh pass through to the 111.222.24.77 machine. If I want to access my company e-mail from home I would...
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    [HOWTO] - SSH Tunneling for Mac Users

    @michael: Thank you for this great HOWTO. @dlloyd: That's correct, as long as you can reach the system you specify in the -L expression from the system you ssh to.
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    Remote HTTP Authentication via PHP

    Yes, this is possible. It is all about HTTP headers. You must transmit an appropriate Authorization header. Reference: http://frontier.userland.com/stories/storyReader$2159
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    Mail.app and IMAP

    Yes, there is, in Panther Mail in the Mailbox menu and (as far as I recall) in the context menu if you ctrl-click the folder. Currently, I don't have my PowerBook with me, but I will look it up later.
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    Mail.app and IMAP

    I am happily using Mail with my IMAP server (Courier IMAP on Linux, SSL encrypted, MD5 challenge-response authentication). Saving attachments works perfectly. Regarding your 'deleted items' folder, have you tried to select it and then to choose "Use this mailbox for... deleted messages"...
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    Hex reader in OSX?

    Yes, that's how it works :)
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    Escape character in Sed

    The character you specify after the sed s command is the separator character. Using the / is not mandantory. If you prefer the pipe character | as separator you can simply write s|bob|"$VAR"|g.
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    Mail duplicating messages

    The file is located in your 'POP-jnewbie@mail98.pair.com' subdirectory.
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