Mom says, Avoid all caps

2001-07-20 Thread Dan Knight
, including our Best of Show award to a couple new upgrades from Sonnet. I'm looking forward to getting home Sunday afternoon. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Machttp://lowendmac.com/ publisher, Digital-Views.com http://digital-views.com

Small list change

2002-03-18 Thread Dan Knight
up one list to try it, and the person who asked for it reports that it works just fine. If your email client supports it, this may help you follow some of the threads, especially on the busier lists. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http

Mom says Please vote

2002-03-27 Thread Dan Knight
Heaven, the pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ, etc. I urge all of you to take a few minutes and share your opinion of the site's your familiar with -- and maybe discover some new ones. http://lowendmac.com/botmw/020326.html Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http

One more addition to list FAQs

2002-03-28 Thread Dan Knight
when their content filters quarantine list messages. - - - -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Mediocrity thrives on standardization

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-08 Thread Dan Knight
Centris 610 but wouldn't give it a second thought on my Q950 or 840av. Even though Born Again allows it, I'd hesitate to run 8.1 on any '030 machine slower than the IIfx. But it's your call. There is no objectively right or wrong answer. Can you stop baiting the list now? Dan Knight, president

Notes from Low End Mac

2002-07-08 Thread Dan Knight
funds via PayPal, please reference [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net I was to learn later in life that we tend

lemlists.com

2002-07-12 Thread Dan Knight
. Whether we go through with mailboxes or not, we will be working with Coleman Web to set up the Low End Mac List Server in coming days. I'm guessing this project may take several months of programming and debugging to get things just right. I'll keep you posted. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb

Update on lemlists.com

2002-07-19 Thread Dan Knight
, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not reply to me or to the list. We hope to have things up and running in a few days. Dan Knight, listmom, publisher of Low End Mac -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Addressing digest problems

2002-07-22 Thread Dan Knight
Maclaunch is aware of the problems we've been having with digests -- but hasn't heard back from Communigate yet. Until then, I've adjusted digest size downward on the less busy lists, from 20 messages max. per digest to 10 or even 5. Hope this gets things moving again. -- Dan Knight

lemlists.com progress

2002-08-02 Thread Dan Knight
function to open our test mailbox. But we're working on it -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Computers are like air

Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-21 Thread Dan Knight
! -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think

Re: Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-23 Thread Dan Knight
://lowendmac.com/macdan/02/0922dk.html -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Atheism is a non-prophet organization. -- Quadlist

Warning messages from list server

2002-10-14 Thread Dan Knight
, and we will release it as open source once it's up and running. But until we can manage things like reading incoming email and sending it out again, managing subscription requests, etc., we're stuck with the current setup. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http

Notes from the listmom

2002-10-14 Thread Dan Knight
In response to some recent issues, I've added the following paragraphs to the list FAQs: What about anti-spam services? We already take the steps necessary to keep spam off our lists. Whatever filtering you do with your email software and your email service is up to you. That said, we take

Notes from the list mom

2002-10-26 Thread Dan Knight
retailing cameras. On the minus, it will take me away from LEM more hours during the week. With site income where it is, this is a necessary tradeoff. Another plus: I won't have to work Saturdays. I can have my weekends back. :-) -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http

Re: MIssing Quadlist Digests

2002-10-28 Thread Dan Knight
A big thank to kristoff for redirecting copies of the digests I needed! Y'all are great! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http

Top vs. Bottom Posting

2002-11-13 Thread Dan Knight
One of my pet peeves -- and something a lot of you have probably received a note about -- is people who quote the entire original message right down through the footer. The header. The ads. Everything. I go through each digest, scrolling past screen after screen of quoted material. It's too

Re: Mac II Needs Adoption

2002-11-23 Thread Dan Knight
PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb

Re: Mac II Needs Adoption

2002-11-25 Thread Dan Knight
Sque writes: Dan Knight wrote: This is a semi-automatic message from Dan, the listmom. And no one is singled out. Just another glitch in the mail server or is it just shaking itself to peices? A few times a year the AppleScript that extracts singles messages from a digest grabs the digest's

Mom on confirmation messages, SpamCop, servers

2002-12-07 Thread Dan Knight
suggest a good hosting service that will let us sell email addresses at reasonable annual rates, sell online space to users, etc., I'd be happy to hear more -- please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (If that doesn't work due to SpamCop, try [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb

Making choices

2002-12-11 Thread Dan Knight
of these businesses, you might want to tell them why. What goes around comes around. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Life is too short to use

Low End Mac, MacZone, list error messages

2002-12-13 Thread Dan Knight
lists as a conversation starter. It was intended as an update on our current circumstances since these email lists are intimately bound to Low End Mac. Please, lets not get into debates about religion, politics, and free speech. That's beyond the scope of these lists. -- Dan Knight, president

System 7.1.1 slowness?

2002-12-30 Thread Dan Knight
sure it's the same, and rerun your tests. I suspect you'll find 7.5.5 a little faster, but probably not enough so to make any real world difference. Also, you'll probably find best results at 128k or 256k. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http

Great uses for old Macs

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Knight
should include minimum and recommended hardware requirements and OS requirements. Discuss this on the lists -- and if you'd like to write an article on one of these topics or something else of this type, email me at my listmom address. Thanks! -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc

Read the FAQs and archives

2003-02-12 Thread Dan Knight
the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Unix for stability. Macs for productivity. Windows for solitaire. In other words, Mac OS X

Re: Just in case you haven't seen it: (was Re: Read the FAQs and archives)

2003-02-23 Thread Dan Knight
smoothly. I will be making a few changes to these policies and posting them on LEM. I will confer with the nannies about whether we should make them public or not, since this directly impacts their volunteer efforts. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http

Random Notes from the List Mom

2003-02-23 Thread Dan Knight
the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient

Re: ADB Optical

2003-03-06 Thread Dan Knight
Mouse-in-a-Box USB/ADB and ranges in price from about $18 to $30 online. This is the only modern optical mouse I've ever heard of that uses ADB, and based on my experience with other Kensington mice, it should be a winner. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http

Bugbear virus and LEM lists

2003-03-10 Thread Dan Knight
lists. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net In a world without walls or fences, who needs windows or gates? -- Quadlist is sponsored

Missing Quadlist digests

2003-03-12 Thread Dan Knight
this is the end of these problems. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Please have your pet peeves spayed or neutered

Re: Missing Quadlist digests

2003-03-14 Thread Dan Knight
Dan Knight writes: Due to some unforseen circumstances and the need to move the LEMlists server to a new location, I've missed some digests over the past weeks. If anyone on the list can redirect or forward copies to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'd be most grateful: A big thanks to the four members

Notes from Mom

2003-03-14 Thread Dan Knight
, the list mom and nannies will act in accordance with our Rules of List Management. This page also defines terms (ban, block, flame, troll, etc.) and lists the responsibilities of subscribers. The rules are posted at http://lowendmac.com/lists/rules.html -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb

Re: Hard Drive in a Quadra

2003-03-30 Thread Dan Knight
shorten its life? Also possible. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Bill Gates was so impressed by the iMac that they were going

Re: Hard Drive in a Quadra

2003-03-30 Thread Dan Knight
this disk. The Mac OS was installed on a Power Mac, and whoever did so didn't select the option to install a universal or FAT system that can support both Quadras and Power Macs. It has nothing to do with the variety of SCSI being used. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http

Re: May be off topic...

2003-06-08 Thread Dan Knight
On 6/5/03 3:30 PM, Dave Lee posted: sheesh, and the guy is *proud* of being rude! What is it with the list nanny's treating off-topic questions with rude answers?? I think the members of this list are perfectly capable of fielding those questions without your help, thanks. And it's *not* rude

SpamEnder and LEM mailing lists

2003-06-28 Thread Dan Knight
On 6/27/03 3:30 PM, Cam Clark posted: In an effort to eliminate unsolicited e-mail, I have installed SpamEnder. You must REPLY to this e-mail, without modifying the subject line, so that SpamEnder will release your original message to my Inbox. Upon my approval, future e-mails you send to me will

Re: Quadra840av Speed Freak

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
or 8.x, which might have improved graphics support. Pure conjecture, but a possibility. -- Dan Knight, president/\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Cobweb Publishing, Inc. \ / No HTML/RTF in email http://cobwebpublishing.com X No Word docs in email http://lowendmac.com / \ Respect

Notes from the List Mom

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
have very big plans for the list software, but the only way it's going to happen is if I can cut out at least one day a week from my part time job. Signing up for LEMlist or lowendmac.net services is one way you can help that become a reality. Thanks for your support! Dan the listmom -- Dan

Low End Mac's Financial Crisis

2003-08-14 Thread Dan Knight
for the above, go to http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0814.html Thank you for your ongoing support of Low End Mac. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http

Update on LEM finances

2003-08-25 Thread Dan Knight
The Mac community has been more than generous in its support of Low End Mac. In ten days, we have lined up a buyer for our TiBook, have some promising leads for selling our two 333 MHz Rev. D iMacs, and have received donations covering over $5,000 of our roughly $6,000 debt load. For the first

Notes from the list mom

2003-09-12 Thread Dan Knight
the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. http://cobwebpublishing.com http://lowendmac.com http://digital-views.com http://digigraphica.com http://lowendpc.com http://reformed.net Unix for stability. Macs for productivity. Windows for solitaire. In other words, Mac OS X

[q] Challenge and Response Clarification

2004-11-19 Thread Dan Knight
blocked from posting to the list. If the situation is not resolved quickly, the subscriber will be banned. The burden should be on the spammers, not innocent list members. Note that this applies specifically to list messages, not to individual correspondence with list members. Dan Knight

[q] new email for list mom

2005-10-12 Thread Dan Knight
in the headers and footers. Reminder: Be sure to mention which list(s) you're on when corresponding. With 30 lists, there's just no way I can dig through them all looking for your subscription. Dan the List Mom -- Dan Knight, president /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Cobweb Publishing, Inc

[q] Fraudulent request from List Mom

2005-11-07 Thread Dan Knight
appreciate the notes of encouragement, but the posting was fraudulent. Someone spoofed my return address, and we are investigating. Dan Knight, List Mom, LEM Lists -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

[q] New Low End Mac email lists

2006-01-20 Thread Dan Knight
We've created some new email lists, but they're different from the old ones. We're using Google Groups, which means you can sign up, change your status, and read postings using your browser. I hope to eventually move other lists to Google Groups as well. The Macintel list, which covers all

[q] Moving to Google Groups

2006-01-27 Thread Dan Knight
] will be the posting address. I'm updating the Vintage Macs List FAQ to reflect these changes. I look forward to seeing most of you there next week. Dan Knight, listmom -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

[q] Moving to Google Groups

2006-01-30 Thread Dan Knight
are building helpful Mac communities, so we try to avoid divisive issues. -- Dan Knight, president /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Cobweb Publishing, Inc.\ / No HTML/RTF in email http://cobwebpublishing.com X No Word docs in email http://lowendmac.com / \ Respect Open

[q] Vintage Macs list on Google Groups

2006-02-22 Thread Dan Knight
Members of the Compact Macs, Quadlist, and Vintage Macs list on Maclaunch, This is the final message posted to these lists. These lists have been replaced by a unified Vintage Macs list on Google Groups that covers all 680x0-based Macs. The Vintage Macs list FAQ has been updated to reflect