There are 14 messages totalling 537 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics
2. Cuban Accmailers
3. Suggest on accmail issue format (2)
4. Help required for InterBot
5. how to decode base64 format
6. Jaws, pbspeak and other helps for the blind (2)
7. The ... Smart engines (2)
8. Looking for a computer fax program
9. *NO* replies from www4mail servers - Part II
10. FAQ to all new subscribers?
11. how to dload binary files from Lynx
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 06:01:01 GMT
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Subject: FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:22:55 -0800
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cuban Accmailers
Accmailers,
Found out what happened to our Cuban accmail addresses.
================================================
Dear Sirs:
We were all affected by a temporal "blackout" in our national
Internet host during the first days of this week. Seems that we're
back again.
Thanks for your concern.
Frank
Havana; Cuba.
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Good to know that this isn't a permanent condition. A big thanks to
"Frank" for the message.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 22:17:27 +0700
From: Khoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suggest on accmail issue format
Dear Accmailers,
Would you please send the AccMail digest (the index) as message body, not as an
attachment.
It'll help me browse through dozens of accmail issue easier !
Thanks.
Nguyen Ho Nhat Khoa.
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:43:10 +0500
From: Rajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help required for InterBot
Hi!
I used InterBot for searching WWW, searching files for FTP etc via email.
Now when I upgraded to Win 98 (from Win 95) I find that the Service Files
of InterBot don't work - that is, while the email addressing etc is OK, the
body is left blank. I, therefore, downloaded another copy of ibl.exe (the
InterBot program), re-installed it, but with similar results. The Service
Files themselves look OK to me.
This was a wonderful program but now it has stopped working except for
those Service files which only need the To: and Subject: lines. Is it a
problem with Win 98 or is there a Win-98 compatible version of InterBot
that I need to use? Where does one get up-dated service files? (I have
never really got an answer to that last question!)
If anyone has used InterBot and knows what is the problem, please advise at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Any help will be appreciated.
Rajan
12-3-99
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 03:02:57 -0400
From: chiriko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to decode base64 format
Hy everybody .
I got an exe file from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] , send me in
three parts , each one base64-encoded . Does any one know how to decode
it ? What is the right extension ( I mean filebase64.??? ) for
base64-coded files ? If any could give a clue ( a url could be useful
too ) I would appreciate it .
Thanks .
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:32:57 +0000
From: Hugh Sasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Jaws, pbspeak and other helps for the blind
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Gerald England wrote:
> Apologies if this is a little off-topic for this list
E-mail often has a more accessible interface than the
2 main WWW browsers, one reason I put work in on Agora.
>
> I have a friend who is blind
>
> He is seeking some unbiased opinions on the
For the biased opinions I have a list of
suppliers of blindness related things
and links to other lists like it at
http://www.eng.dmu.ac.uk/~hgs/blind/
For unbiased opinions look at the organisations
of/for the blind on the same page...
> programs by the names of Jaws and PBspeak.
PW Webspeak.
>
> and details of any mailing lists
> where there is discussion of these matters
BLIST -- The comprehensive list of blindness related
lists is at:
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html
>
> Please reply privately to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC'd to you.
>
> Thanks
> Gerald
>
> Gerald, Christine and Craig England,
Hugh
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:27:30 -0000
From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Jaws, pbspeak and other helps for the blind
Gerald England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> I have a friend who is blind
> and he has been looking at various programs
> that read computer screens
...
> If anyone, especially the blind users of this list
> could pass me any information as to where
> to find out more about these programs
Taken verbatim from a different source ...
"
In January BBC Education demonstrated a new program they
have written called 'Betsie'. It takes a Web page and
formats it so that it will work with screen readers -
including moving the navigation bar (the list of links
at the side of the page) to the bottom. It does a great
job.
Now Betsie has been released for Website adminstrators
to use for themselves ... Anyone who uses a screen
reader is invited to try it out ... you can look at the
BBC Betsie site now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/
And if you run your own site, consider using it too!
"
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Rick
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 23:56:17 +0600
From: "wendell w. solomons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The ... Smart engines
Greetings Friends!
Among smart engines available now are those which go through
WWW ad sites and bring back ads that fit your criteria. Yes,
exciting!
Yet, wait a while ...
You'll see AdHound at <http://sar.adone.com/cgi-bin/adhound>
Someone with skills and facilities could help hack this valuable
search engine (or one offering similar intelligence agent facilities)
and make it useful for the list.
Traveller, there is no path, ++
++ Paths are made by walking. ++
++ -Antonio Machado
++
++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] . fax(941)874124 . wendell w. solomons
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:58:59 -0800
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The ... Smart engines
At 11:56 PM 3/12/1999 +0600, wendell w. solomons wrote the following:
>Among smart engines available now are those which go through
>WWW ad sites and bring back ads that fit your criteria. Yes,
>exciting!
>
>Yet, wait a while ...
>
>You'll see AdHound at <http://sar.adone.com/cgi-bin/adhound>
>
>Someone with skills and facilities could help hack this valuable
>search engine (or one offering similar intelligence agent facilities)
>and make it useful for the list.
Well I don't know why you want to subscribe to this service, but I'm
not going to bother trying to get the syntax for e-mail only use. This
site requires prior registration. The page you show is the sign-on page
if you are already registered. If it will work by e-mail methods you
should retrieve in Getweb format.
The registration page is here (one very long URL...):
http://sar.classifiedwarehouse.com/cgi-bin/adhound?T=7&P=2&D=&Q=&NEWS=&w
=&rg=META_ALL&cat=&LC=
The page you mentioned has this to say:
Thank you for selecting an advanced feature of the
Classified
Warehouse Web site. To continue, please register.
It's quick,
easy, confidential, and free.
Registering will allow you to:
Use value-added services such as AdHound
Enter into drawings for prizes
Receive e-mails regarding special site events
and new
features
Receive targeted, FREE promotional offers from
Classified Warehouse advertisers
Click here to register for Classified Warehouse.
If you've already registered, type in your e-mail
address and
password below to log-in.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:06:43 -0800
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suggest on accmail issue format
At 10:17 PM 3/12/1999 +0700, Khoa wrote the following:
>Would you please send the AccMail digest (the index) as message body,
not as an attachment.
>It'll help me browse through dozens of accmail issue easier !
This is an option for you the user, not the list.
You can recieve digests either in MIME format (as an attachment) or as
plain text (NOMIME)
So you should change your subscription options by sending e-mail:
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [leave blank]
Body of the message
SET NOMIME
If you saved and read your subscription message, you would see this:
Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options
have been set to "DIGESTS NOACK REPRO NOCONCEAL" rather than the usual
LISTSERV defaults. For more information about subscription options, send
a "QUERY ACCMAIL" command to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[snip]
More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV
reference card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD"
command to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:35:43 -0500
From: Bruce W Bing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for a computer fax program
I am looking for a Fax program that will allow my computer to receive and
send Fax's.
I cannot find a low cost Fax program in the Computer stores for my
Windows 98. I do not want to pay $100 for the " Win Fax" program. Does
anyone know of a Fax program I can buy in Florida ?
Bruce in Florida USA
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:31:30 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: *NO* replies from www4mail servers - Part II
==== YOUR REPLY TO MY MAIL WAS ====
>it's quite a while I try to get files from any of the 3 www4mail servers
>available, but have NEVER got back any sign of life. I think this
situation
>has
>already been dragged on 1 month or slightly less.
I only have problems with unganisha www4mail server and the Healthnet
getweb site.
The other 2 www4mail servers are almost instantaneous for me...
What problems you could be having I couldn't even begin to guess at.
Did you try a really simple request like?
send
<http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/servers.html>http://www.geocities
.com/CapitolHill/1236/servers.html
========= END QUOTED MSG ===============
Yes, Gerry,
I've tried the simplest of the requests I could, but nothing. I even tried to
get my weekly quota and the help file but still no hints of life.
I mean, if ever I did some syntax errors or things like that I would be
getting
at least error messages back (though it's been a lifetime that I've used the
same syntax and once it worked perfectly).
For every request I made till 1 month ago I was always notified at least about
my quota, if files turned out to be not found or unaccessible.
My email software seems to be working good as it used to.
A little thought is crawling somewhere in my mind though, could I have been
put
in sort of a "bad-user" list, kind of banning me access forever? I dunno if
that's likely, though I have never tried to access porno stuff or something
for
example. Nor have I received any communication about that of course.
Thanks for answering, keep guessing though, I need your help bad.
Elek
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:23:52 PST
From: "Jerel D. Arbaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FAQ to all new subscribers?
}Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:11:45 +0200
}From: AdiM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
}Subject: Re: ACCMAIL Digest - 6 Mar 1999 to 7 Mar 1999 (#1999-67)
}
}Hi everyone,
}
}I've seen that some questions keep repeating, probably coming from new
subscribers. I
}suggest that every new subscriber should receive, alltogether with his
subscription
}confirmation or welcome message, the ACCMAIL FAQ.
}Thus, he will already have a lot of answers, and he might save a lot of
Gerry's time.
}
}All the best,
}AdiM
}
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This has been suggested in the past. The only valid reason NOT to do
this, that I can think of, is that many may already have it. The fact
that instructions on getting it appear at the bottom of individual
messages or below the Table Of Contents in digests, appears not to
deflect these questions.
Perhaps if some one posts the following in 8 lines per word format: Read
The FAQ!
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| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jerel.
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:51:39 -0800
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to dload binary files from Lynx
At 05:42 AM 3/9/1999 GMT, Adalbert Goertz wrote the following:
>How can I download/forward binary files from lynx?
>Is there a way to uuencode/mime them first?
If you are using Lynx on a Unix account, then when a binary file is
encountered Lynx will ask the user if they wish to download the file or
cancel. If the user selects 'D' for download, Lynx will transfer the
file into a temporary location and present the user with a list of
options. The only default option is "save file to disk", which is
disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous mode.
After saving the file, use the Unix command "uuencode [ source-file ] "
Then use zmodem, or Kermit, or ftp to download to your PC.
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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