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The Rain Users FAQ
1) Faq's on Faq's
1.1) What is a FAQ and where can I find more of them?
2) System Questions
2.1) What are the local dialin numbers?
2.2) What are some phone numbers I can call for support.
2.3) How much disk space can I use?
2.4) Why can't people outside rain finger me?
2.5) The system keeps asking for my Login and Password, but won't let me
in.
2.6) I receive these weird f's when I log in. What are they?
2.7) What are the addresses and domain names needed for PPP or SLIP setup?
2.8) How long is the idle timer set for?
2.9) Who is RAIN?
3) Web Questions
3.1) How do I set up a Web page so everyone can see it?
3.2) How can I add a counter on my home page?
3.3) How can I read my counter without accessing my own page?
4) Mail Questions
4.1) How do I set up a mail filter?
4.2) How do I auto-forward my mail from rain?
4.3) How can I let people know I'm going to be away from my account for a
while?
5) Usenet Questions
5.1) How can I change my news server?
5.2) How do I change the editor in tin?
6) FTP Questions
6.1) How do I set up an FTP directory.
6.2) How do I print a message to people when they first enter my ftp site?
7) Other stuff I have not organized yet.
7.1) IRC stuff.
FAQS ON FAQS
1.1) What is a FAQ and where can I find more of them?
A FAQ or Frequently Asked Question is a valuable tool for every net user.
There are FAQs on almost any subject you can think of. In fact, there are
even FAQs for subjects you don't want to think of! Almost every FAQ is
posted periodically to the newsgroup 'news.answers'.
You can also find FAQs by going here.
SYSTEM QUESTIONS
2.1) What are the local dialin numbers?
Santa barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Montecito
(28.8) 805-882-2260 (14.4) 805-899-8600
Ventura, Ojai, Camarillo, Oxnard
(28.8) 805-650-5379 (14.4) 805-650-5354
Fillmore, Santa Paula
(14.4) 805-659-1209
Thousand Oaks, Simi, Moorpark, Agoura Hills, Canoga Park, Conejo Valley,
Northridge, Newbury Park, West Lake Village
(28.8) 805-230-2300
2.2) What are some phone numbers I can call for support.
You are likely to receive a response more quickly if you post your question
on the rain.local.help newsgroup. If they are unable to help you there try
posting it to an appropriate newsgroup. If you are still unable to find an
answer then you may wish to try these other options.
* Email: help@rain.org
Phone Numbers:
Rain Membership Services (805) 899-4695
Office Hours: Tue-Fri 12noon-4pm
Account and Billing Questions (805) 967-1050
Camp Internet and Non-Profit Agency Information(805) 967-RAIN
Business Services (805) 899-8699
Direct Faxes (805) 967-2420
Or you can write to RAIN at
RAIN NETWORK
POST OFFICE BOX 2683
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93120
2.3)How much disk space can I use.
Rain has a disk limitation of 3 MEGS per person. If you exceed this you
will be notified by a small prompt to your screen. You must remove the
extra files within 1 week. To see how much disk space you must free, type
'quota' at your shell prompt.
There is a 5 MEG ceiling at which time you will no longer be able to place
any more files in your directory and you will receive another message
indicating this. You must remove some files before you can place any new
files in your directories.
2.4) Why can't people outside rain finger me?
Due to outside abuse and for security, the finger deamon on RAIN has been
disabled. Users on RAIN are able to finger each other, but users outside
the system will receive the message: "Finger: Connection Refused."
2.5) The system keeps asking for my Login and Password, but won't let me
in.
You _must_ be dialing the West Lake Village/Ventura numbers. ;) There have
been numerous problems with the connection from WLV/V to Santa barbara. The
problems lie outside of RAIN and so we must be patient when these problems
arise. You may wish to call one of the Santa barbara numbers in the
meantime.
The message you receive when you finger help@rain.org is incorrect. You
will always receive the message "Invalid Login" when the system is busy or
if you mistyped your username or password. If there is a long delay before
you receive the message, the system is probably heavily loaded. The T1 link
may be down between your server and RAIN but it is rare.
2.6) I receive these weird f's when I log in. What are they?
Sometimes when you log in you might see something similar to this:
f~f~ff`f`fxfxfx`f~`x~fxfxfxx`f~ffffffx~~fxx
It is a speed negotiation between Rain's modem and yours. To solve this
problem try and lock the baud rate on your modem. Most terminal programs
have an option to lock the speed rate and once you locate it and set it you
should no longer get the weird characters.
2.7) What are the addresses and domain names needed for PPP or SLIP setup?
For more information on how to setup your SLIP/PPP account see the .txt
files in /home/u1/ftp/pub/win or /home/u1/ftp/pub/macintosh
domain name rain.org
address 198.68.144.2 and 198.68.144.10
NNTP or news news.rain.org
SMTP or mail mail.rain.org
POP server rain.org
POP user nameyour login id
2.8) How long is the idle timer set for?
About 12 min. If that's not long enough you can setup PING( SLIP/PPP), but
please don't over use it. Let's keep the modems open for the other 3000
users here on Rain.
2.9) Who is RAIN?
The Regional Alliance
for Information Networking Central Team
Timothy Tyndall Network Director
Marcy Montgomery Business Services Director
Silvia Tyndall Director of Education
Kamran Mobran Assistant to the Director
barbara Lilly Member Services Coordinator
Cora Rubio Member Services Manager
Lev Mallanger Community Development Manager
Koral Tylor Network System Administrator
Kurt Albershardt Network Technical Operations Mgr
Mr. Steve Network System Manager
Mason Lyte Marketing & Design Consultant
WEB QUESTIONS
3.1) How do I set up a web page so everyone can see it?
If you are using an DOS SLIP/PPP account, create your page with htmwritter
which can be found in /home/u1/ftp/pub/win. Save your page as 'index.html'
Now start up your ftp program and create a directory named 'public_html'.
Change your directory into your newly created 'public_html' and then copy
your 'index.html' over by pressing on the arrow button pointing toward the
'public_html' directory. That's it!
If you are using a SHELL account, create a directory within your home
directory named public_html. Place your index.html file, and other html
files in that directory. Now you need to change the permissions on the
directory and the html file so it is world readable by typing the following
from with in the public_html directory:
chmod a+r *
chmod a+x .
chmod a+x $HOME (Not sure if this is required, but just to be on the safe
side.... )
3.2) How can I add a counter on my home page?
You can make a counter on your page with the statement
<(!)--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counterord"-->
without the ( ) arround the exclamation mark.
An example of its use:
You are the <(!)--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counterord"--> to access this page
Would look like this:
You are the 16th to access this page
I have noticed that this way does not count hits by the lynx browser.
3.3) How can I read my counter without accessing my homepage?
I have only recieved information on how to do this with your shell.
Place this line in your .login.
echo `grep (uname) /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/access_count | cut -f2 -d' '`
Replacing (uname) with your username. This search expression has worked for
some on multiple pages, showing numbers from right to left in the order
they were accessed.
MAIL QUESTIONS
4.1)How do I setup a mail filter?
If you are using a WINDOWS SLIP/PPP account, I highly recommend the PEGASUS
mail reader. It has a simple to use mail filter built in.
If you are using a SHELL account, read the Filtering Mail FAQ on
news.answers. I'm in the process of making a shorter step-by-step version
for us here at RAIN. You can mail me with questions in the meantime.
4.2) How do I auto-forward my mail from rain?
Create a file named .forward with your favorite editor.
Place the address you wish to have your mail sent on the FIRST line. (ie:
grapple@other.account)
IF you wish to have a copy remain here at RAIN you would do this:
\grapple, grapple@other.account
Make sure that file is placed in your home directory.
4.3)How can I let people know I'm going to be away from my account for a
while?
At the shell prompt type 'vacation' and follow the on screen instructions.
When you return, simply type 'vacation' again to disable the program.
***WARINING***
If you subscribe to mailing lists, useing vacation could be a bad idea.
You may wish to unsubscribe to the list before you leave if you REALLY
want to use this program. You could, however, set up a procmail filter
to send messages to people but not to the list. See the Filtering Mail
Faq for more information.
USENET NEWS QUESTIONS
5.1) How can I change my news server?
WARNING: Please note that most other news servers will be extremely slower
than news.rain.org because they are not local. You will also not be able to
access the rain.local newsgroups.
If you are using a SLIP/PPP account, you will want to change the setting
NEWS or NNTP in your newsreader from 'news.rain.org' to whatever news
server you want. (ie:news.zippo.com)
If you are using a SHELL account, place the following line in your .cshrc
NNTPSERVER news.zippo.com
You must now type 'source .cshrc' for the changes to take effect. If you
only want the change to be temporary you can type:
'setenv NNTPSERVER news.zippo.com' at your shell prompt.
This will connect you to the news.zippo.com mailserver.
5.2) How do I change the editor in the tin newsreader?
If you are using csh, change the 'setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/vi' to
setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/pico
Or if you wish to use Pine instead, just replace 'pico' with 'pine'
ANONYMOUS FTP QUESTIONS
6.1) How can I set up an anonymous FTP directory?
Mail stevem or koral and ask to have a directory made for you. The
directory will be created in the directory:
/home1/ftp/pub/Your_user_name.
Due to past abuse of anonymous uploading to RAIN, uploads are no longer
allowed. The file space used here is part of your 3 MEG limit here on RAIN.
6.2) How can I print a message to people when they first enter my FTP site?
Create a file named .message in your FTP directory. Place what you want
your guests to see in that file. Make sure the file is world readable by
typing 'chmod a+r .message'.
OTHER STUFF
Please note that the items below are not fully covered. Why are they here?
Because it is easier for me to keep track of them here than to have 15
scraps of paper floating about my desk. ;)
7.1)INTER RELAY CHAT
WINDOWS SLIP/PPP users should grab MIRC from ???
http://www.sbcomp.com.mirc.index.html
some servers are irc.portol.com 9998, irc.cris.com,irc.winternet.com,
irc.cdc.net
SHELL users should grab the irc program from my ftp site.
The RAIN FAQ is maintained by gRaPpLe