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needed to find an email on my dovecot imap software

goal: find files 1 from 2010 - ie older than 400 2 with "scallix" in the file name 3 with 1738 in the file contents 1. i used http://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html?m1=06&d1=01&y1=2010&m2=2&d2=15&y2=2012 to calculate the mtime 2. i used http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/file-creation-date-in-linux-473684/ to tell me about mtime 3. i used http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/106032/how-to-grep-tricks-linux-users to look at combining grep with find 4. result: find . -mtime +400 -name "*scallix*" -exec grep 1738 '{}' \; -print

how to tether blackberry 9360 to mac os 10.6

how to tether blackberry 9360 to mac os 10.6 with Fido 1. pair the devices using bluetooth - google that if it is isn't done 2. call fido and make sure you have the 500MB plan and tethering is enabled 3. in network preferences you should have a new network device under Airport and above Ethernet called Bluetooth DUN 4. choose bluetooth dun 5. leave telephone number blank, account name = fido, password = fido 6. click advanced 7. set vendor to research in motion and model to blackberry ip modem (GSM) and APN to internet.fido.ca 8. click ok and click connect 9. surf away!