Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great features. Congratulations. John Gilpin. Quanta Treasurer. - Original Message - From: David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:01 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Robert Newson
Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... There is an issue in particular with NTL which is causing havoc. The root cause is spam, and many ISPs inept efforts at pre-filtering. I remember chaos at Demon a few years ago, when someone decided to put them on a blacklist because one of their customers had an

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 at 09:47:54, John Gilpin wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great features. Congratulations. My main problem with the Quanta site is that every time I have looked on it, mainly for future events I think, it has been out of

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 at 14:41:06, Robert Newson wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dilwyn Jones wrote: One of my contacts using freeserve,co,uk is having terrible trouble. Approximately 50% of her emails get filtered out somewhere in transit. That is curious. My old email address[1] was with

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Malcolm, I also find it better to get *every* email. Better as get it rejected from the ISP. Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email A good way of getting rid of spam if you are

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Geoff, This raises the point that I raised in my last personal statement. Two members of the present committee are retiring and unless Quanta gets new blood on the committee - and there are only 10 nomination days left - then it could be too small to be viable. Seems to be the most

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
A good way of getting rid of spam if you are getting a lot of it, although after the event, is to use a webmail service to look at what your ISP has waiting for you on their email server. You can then delete it there, before you download. I have found that to be effective. Although it

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great features. Congratulations. My main problem with the Quanta site is that every time I have looked on it, mainly for future events I think, it has been out of date, often by over a year. I have simply given up looking there now,

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
I shall watch the show calendar with renewed interest Geoff. I wonder if Quanta will pay committee expenses if one decides to attend? John Gilpin. - Original Message - From: gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users]

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: You could always download the headers of all messages without downloading the bodies. (The pop3 TOP command sends the message header along with the first n (specified) lines of the message - if specified as 0, only the header is sent.) This is actually not too