Re: Meeting reminder

2002-11-14 Thread Adrian Stacey
Michael Beattie wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:48:46PM +1300, Chris Hellyar wrote: I've got the front porch for it already, and a nice shady courtyard if the sun is too hot :-). Hmm. I have all of that except the porch oh, and the server isnt really that grunty. I'll go one

meeting: the day after...

2002-11-14 Thread nordkyn
Just arrived at home from the meeting, before I hit bed I want to thank everybody for your kindness. Gentoo seems interesting I might give it a try next time I decide to rebuild my system from the ground up. Cheers -- Delio

OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
Hi, My apologies for the OT. I was hoping someone can shed me some light into this. Is there anyone that uses this ADSL/Router and uses application that runs on H.323, which in this case MSN Messenger? I am having trouble using voice chat and file transfer. Neither incoming nor outgoing of

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Jonathan Viney
Hi, As far as I know you can't use MSN voice and/or file transfer through most adsl modems in NZ. It is to do with the way microsoft has designed MSN. I *think* that you are still able to receive incoming files and/or voice chat but not initiate connections. Cheers, Jonathan -- Jonathan Viney

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Bjorn Nilsen
With ADSL routers it either works or it doesn't, but what you could do is port forward all ports to your windows box then it may work. From a security point of view this is a very stupid idea so best that you ignore it. I do have another solution which will also bring this back on topic. The

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
Hi Jonathan, didn't know you're on the list too. A friend is using the Asus AAM6000EV ADSL/Router. He's able to use file transfer, either initiating or receiving, without problem. On Neuron too. Should I look into for some hope? Huan At 00:37 15.11.2002, you wrote: Hi, As far as I know

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
I tried port forwarding but no joy. Even did a stupid move as to disabling the IP Firewall, but no joy either. Setting up another boxen sounds like a good idea. But due to $$$ and space restriction, not viable for me yet. Any other takers? Huan At 01:06 15.11.2002, you wrote: With ADSL

Re: Did we ever decide......

2002-11-14 Thread Overview Presentations
From Leo (Nick read the bottom line) We talked about an other installfest and did nothing well almost. Last night had a meeting about it after the main meeting. Decision start up the Installfest list a special list of willing and unwilling personal. Who will make the next Istallfest work

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Chris Bayley
Is the advice http://nzadsl.co.nz/howtos/Alcatel/alcatelpinholing.html any use to you in this regard ? : ) Chris Huan Yee Chew wrote: Hi, My apologies for the OT. I was hoping someone can shed me some light into this. Is there anyone that uses this ADSL/Router and uses application that

Re: Did we ever decide......

2002-11-14 Thread Ben Devine
I am interested in helping... But had to leave before installfest meeting. |Ben ___Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com<-Original Message-> ---From Leo (Nick read the bottom line) ---

OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Ben Devine
Hi list,... Just wondering if anyone knows of any good pop-mail accounts NONE WEB BASED!!. As I just realised you see a stingy ad at the bottom of my message and apparently in churns out hTML messages which i hate getting myself. I am willing to trade e-mail address. Mine is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Slides from last night (Gentoo)

2002-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
If anyone is remotely intereted the slides are here: http://www.rout.co.nz/gentoo/ Next week I can make some CD's of the sources for a typical install, which will save anyone who wants to build a gentoo system from a lotta downloading. (It won't re-download a file if it is already on board your

Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread newslett
Try hotpop.com. They are very good and ad free. I have had a hotpop account for about 5 years without trouble. They ocassionally email you ads but that's it. I have gotten about 3 ads in 5 years so I guess that isn't so bad!! =) Cheers Jason Ben Devine wrote: Hi list,... Just wondering if

Re: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Tomo Brown
Hi List Users, Yeah I use Orcon its a free pop3 email and you also getfree web hosting 10 Mb But better hurry because there going fast ;-). Good Luck :-) Tom Brown To infinity and beyond !

Re: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread newslett
Yup, I have an orcon account too, in fact my list email address is one. Yup, they are very good and I have several free host sites with them as well. Cheers Jason Tomo Brown wrote: Hi List Users, Yeah I use Orcon its a free pop3 email and you also get free web hosting 10 Mb But better

Re: Slides from last night (Gentoo)

2002-11-14 Thread Ben Devine
___Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com<-Original Message-> ---If anyone is remotely intereted the slides are here: --- ---http://www.rout.co.nz/gentoo/ --- ---Next week I can make some

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
I've done everything on that guide. No joy. I'm still open to ideas and suggestions. Huan At 08:04 15.11.2002, you wrote: Is the advice http://nzadsl.co.nz/howtos/Alcatel/alcatelpinholing.html any use to you in this regard ? : ) Chris Huan Yee Chew wrote: Hi, My apologies for the OT. I

Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
Check out www.subdimension.com . They support Pop. Huan At 08:41 15.11.2002, you wrote: Hi list,... Just wondering if anyone knows of any good pop-mail accounts NONE WEB BASED!!. As I just realised you see a stingy ad at the bottom of my message and apparently in churns out hTML messages which i

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Bjorn Nilsen
Have you tried looking for new firmware, better support for H.323 may be in a newer release. On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 10:57, Huan Yee Chew wrote: I've done everything on that guide. No joy. I'm still open to ideas and suggestions. Huan At 08:04 15.11.2002, you wrote: Is the advice

Re: OT: SpeedTouch Pro with H.323

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
I've emailed Alcatel. But I doubt I won't hear from them so soon. I've checked my firmware. It's version 3.281. Slightly newer than what's mentioned on www.nzadsl.co.nz I have no way of finding out if this firmware fully supports H.323 either. Huan At 11:14 15.11.2002, you wrote: Have

gentoo livecd

2002-11-14 Thread Paul
for those interested in a look I have the livecd of gentoo of course its not optimised .. I was wondering there are a few stage3 isos for most stuff eg athlon / p3 4 .. etc they're relatively small .. ie around 84MB each .. starter for 10 is there any penalty in going straight to stage 3 .. ie

Re: Slides from last night (Gentoo)

2002-11-14 Thread Rik Tindall
Thanks Nick for a very informative and comprehensible presentation. The Linus video was suitably humbling too I thought. Where would the world be without geeks at this point? - Original Message - From: Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:58

CLUG Meeting Notes 14th November 2002

2002-11-14 Thread Nick Elder
CLUG Meeting Notes 14th November 2002 Contents: Meeting report Door taking-funds balance Meeting was opened at 7:30PM by Nick Elder as evening chairman. 55 present. Venue Sydenham Community Association Hall. General Business: The issue of our email list off topic postings was raised.

Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Follower
Have you considered an IMAP account instead? If so try http://www.fastmail.fm/, in addition to IMAP the best thing about them is that they have a one-time-payment only (about $US15 I think) account that I actually paid for! While they have advertising tags on the free account you can set it to

POP vs. IMAP - Was Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Huan Yee Chew
While we're at the topic. Can anyone shed some light as to POP vs. IMAP? Huan At 13:56 15.11.2002, you wrote: Have you considered an IMAP account instead? If so try http://www.fastmail.fm/, in addition to IMAP the best thing about them is that they have a one-time-payment only (about $US15 I

Re: POP vs. IMAP - Was Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Yuri de Groot
While we're at the topic. Can anyone shed some light as to POP vs. IMAP? Different protocols. pop downloads the entire inbox to your mail client. an imap client allows you to browse the subject lines without downloading the emails to your client. imap also allows you to set up folders on the

starting mozilla mail without Navigator

2002-11-14 Thread Isaac Devine
I have used this to start mail from xterm, Other (un)useful commands found with --help xterm$ mozilla --mail -- Isaac Devine We are ready for any unforeseen event which may or may not happen. -Dubya

Re: Slides from last night (Gentoo)

2002-11-14 Thread Nick Elder
On Nicks page: http://www.rout.co.nz/gentoo/img6.html there is an IRC network named. I think it is meant to be or is now the open projects network. ie irc.openprojects.net port 6667 The Gentoo channel ( #gentoo ) certainly seems to be well supported with whopping 370 people in there

Re: Slides from last night (Gentoo)

2002-11-14 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:32:38PM +1300, Nick Elder wrote: On Nicks page: http://www.rout.co.nz/gentoo/img6.html there is an IRC network named. I think it is meant to be or is now the open projects network. OpenProjects renamed themselves to FreeNode recently. See their FAQ for further

Re: POP vs. IMAP - Was Re: OT: Good, Free, POP accounts.

2002-11-14 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:00:35PM +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:06, Huan Yee Chew wrote: While we're at the topic. Can anyone shed some light as to POP vs. IMAP? With pop you download the current contents of you mailbox to your PC thus emptying it. With IMAP