There are 13 messages totalling 512 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Altavista is forbidden? 2. Source codes for tar.gz files 3. Upgrade Bios (2) 4. FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics 5. OneLook Dictionary 6. RE-Phrase the Question 7. resolve the "webmaster" or "root" URL 8. Free web sites providers: two more email-only possibilities 9. is there a way an ISP could lose just SOME mail? 10. Who Published 2Show Viewer 11. ms-dos list 12. Adjusting the Corporate Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCMAIL Info (automatically generated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To UNSUBscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get the ACCMAIL FAQ: Send e-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and enter only this line in the BODY of the note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 07:53:28 +0700 From: Eko Priono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Altavista is forbidden? Hi ACCmailers, Does anyone know why Bellanet can no longer access Altavista search? The other www4mail works just fine, also [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:17:22 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > URL : http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&; > text=yes&kl=XX&q=voodo&search=Search > Error 403 - Forbidden - Access to requested page/site is forbidden -- Eko Priono - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ UIN# 43320413 ***** Older PC & DOSnet forum http://www.egroups.com/group/survpc/ * I don't have a solution but I admire the problem. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 06:11:34 +0500 From: "Dr. S K Choudhary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Source codes for tar.gz files Thanks for the info, but I have limited access to the Internet, so I want to use ACCMAIL methods. Any ideas on that ? Sulochona At 02:58 PM 7/16/99 +0300, AdiM wrote: >You should download and use WinZip 7.0. >It can easily extract files from .tar.gz archives. >Just search it on the net and you will find it quickly. >---- >AdiM >-------------------------------------------------------- >SysAdmin, "B.P.Hasdeu" High School Buzau, Romania >School Webpage: http://hasdeu.bz.edu.ro/ >Workplace Webpage: http://hasdeu.bz.edu.ro/~admin >Personal Webpage: http://hasdeu.bz.edu.ro/~adim >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel. (040)38-431179 >ICQ# 39063777 >-------------------------------------------------------- > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCMAIL Info (automatically generated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To UNSUBscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To get the ACCMAIL FAQ: Send e-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >and enter only this line in the BODY of the note: >send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:12:12 -0500 From: Dark Angel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Upgrade Bios Hi dear accmailers, I want to flash my BIOS and my friends told me that i can get the kastest bios upgrade from its site. But i don't know in which site i can get them.! Please help me and write me addresses that i can get them. oh,my BIOS is AWARD 4.5 BUILD 1996-97. Thanks alot. Best regards, ----------------------------------------\ Dark Angel < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | ----------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:29:40 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics FTPMail, Agora, etc. statistics for Sat 17 Jul 1999, posted Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:28:47 GMT Less than 1 hour [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-4 hours None 4-10 hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] More than 10 hours None Response within 4 hours in at least 5 out of 7 recent tests [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't reply to .net or .com addresses. This data is generated automatically around 0600 GMT/BST most days. The performance reported is dependant on many factors and your experience may vary. You can also access this list: On the Web at http://www.netservs.com/mrcool/stats.htm (We recently discontinued the copy available via FTP) Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and say "get file stats.txt" (no quotes) Want this list every day? Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of your message put "join statistics" (no quotes) No liability is accepted for inaccuracies. Mirroring, links to and copying of this entire file (not extracts) is permitted until further notice. Slow downloads? Try Mr. Cool! See http://www.netservs.com/mrcool/ Copyright Net Services 1999. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:55:45 +0300 From: Ibrahim E Abdul-Hafiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OneLook Dictionary Hi Accmailers! Kindly, Does any one know how to use OneLook.com Dictionaries to get the meaning of some Tech. term like ' Data Security' 'Contingency Planning' Thanks a lot. Ibrahim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 12:39:41 +0300 From: Ibrahim E Abdul-Hafiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE-Phrase the Question Dear AccMailer, I use Agora to send to TechEncyclopedia (Glossary) to get meaning of some technical words like Software Engineering : http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.cgi?Software+Engineering I got in replay the following " Software Engineering , There was no exact match" Kindly is any other online Dictionary that can be interrogated by Email to get such definitions ? Thanks in advance Ibrahim E. Abdul-Hafiz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 12:57:13 +0300 From: Ibrahim E Abdul-Hafiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: resolve the "webmaster" or "root" URL Dear AccMailer, I use Agora to send to wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk (Glossary) to get meaning of some technical words like: Data Security : http://www.wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foldoc?query=Data+Security I got in replay the following " The document requested is not accessible currently. ....... The "URL" of the document gives you the name of the machine, so you just have to mail to "webmaster" or "root" at the site concerned. " Kindly How to resolve the "webmaster" or "root" URL ? Thanks in advance Ibrahim E. Abdul-Hafiz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:12:38 +0100 From: Sun Zoom Spark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Free web sites providers: two more email-only possibilities Hello ACCMail ... I have been told about two more free web space providers with an email upload facility. I have checked that the URLs exist, and that you can get to the signup page without accepting cookies. Here they are ... 1. FreeWeb (Spanish) http://freeweb.com.mx/formareg2.html 2. CiteWeb (French-language pages ONLY) http://citeweb.net/citeweb/hebergement/ Are there any ACCMail subscibers who would like to try signing up for one of these using GetWeb? (And telling us what happened!) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 00:48:26 PDT From: "Jerel D. Arbaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: is there a way an ISP could lose just SOME mail? On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:52:03 +0200 Massimo Mezzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi Jerel; > Hello, Massimo. > >>}Since last Thursday, I suddenly stopped receiving most of the >mailing >>}list digests for the 6 or 7 lists I'm in - including Accmail. > >>There have been some reports of some normally highly reliable systems >>having outbound DNS problems. This sounds like an example of that. >When >>the DNS fails, you can't get to another system by name, only by >number. >>If the system at the other end is having a similar problem, you will >not >>get the answers, even if it got your message. >>There have been an unusually high number of DNS faults in the past >two >>months or so, and they have been unusually global in nature too. > >that could be the reason, but would it explain the fact that after >three or >four days all the missing mail started to get here, in random order? >It >appears to me that those digests were stuck somewhere in my ISP's >basement... > YES! Most mail systems will queue outgoing mail if DNS lookup fails or the destination is unreachable, for a site dependant amount of time. (2 to 5 days, most commonly) You reported getting a bounce message from one of those timing out in 3 days. Look at the date at the end of each "Received:" header. If the message was stuck some place, that will show where. If the outgoing message was stalled, then the incoming will not show it, in this case. > >>As for an ISP loosing "some" mail, us juno.com users know about size >>limits placed by some ISP's, sometimes reduced without warning. >Large >>digests and web pages can be a problem for us. > >I'm aware of that, but my mailbox has 2Mb and it's hardly ever full, >since >I check my mail several times a day. > >thanks for your help > >Massimo We fight 2 limits: 1 MB box; 60K + headers or 64K total per message. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jerel. --- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:08:50 -0700 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Upgrade Bios At 11:12 AM 7/18/99 -0500, Dark Angel wrote the following: >I want to flash my BIOS and my friends told me that i can >get the kastest bios upgrade from its site. >But i don't know in which site i can get them.! >Please help me and write me addresses that i can get them. >oh,my BIOS is AWARD 4.5 BUILD 1996-97. Slight problem here. Award merged with Phoenix Technologies but has this to say about BIOS upgrades on their web site: "The original manufacturer is the best source of upgrades and assistance. Please contact your system or motherboard manufacturer to determine if BIOS upgrades are available." Now to make matters worse, the BIOS upgrades are not done by Award or Phoenix but by Unicore. The Unicore site uses a form (via frmes) to send information about a particular BIOS upgrade. See http://www.unicore.com/ Withou a browser I don't think you can get the form, The www4mail servers might retrieve it. The only addresses (without using the form) Europe and rest of world Eckehard Kurkowski Unicore Software Inc., Europe Phone: 089-900479-16 Toll Free: 008-0024672-467 Fax: 089-900479-11 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.unicore.com/ Unicore Software, Inc. Sonnenstrasse 26 b 85622 Feldkirchen US 1538 Turnpike St, North Andover MA 01845 Tel 978-686-6468, Fax 978-683-1630 Sales: 800-800-BIOS -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:24:56 -0700 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Who Published 2Show Viewer At 08:54 PM 7/17/99 -0400, Buffalo Bandit wrote the following: > Does anyone know who to contact to get a registered copy of >the DOS 2show viewer? Now named CompuShow Bob Berry of Canyon State Software -- the developer email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:34:46 +0300 From: Bogdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ms-dos list Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:18:24 -0700 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ms-dos list At 07:27 PM 7/16/99 +0100, George Osei wrote the following: >I was subcribed to simtel ms-dos list for a little bit over a year or >two but almost over two months now,i have'nt receive anything from the >server or the list.Anybody has any idea on what is happening or do i have to resubscribe in > case my subscription is missing?Thank you. >Don't know anything about the list because I don't receive it. I did, >however, look at the web page and they don't mention anything about it >not working. The list is fine, I receive the digests every day. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:54:58 -0700 From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Adjusting the Corporate Attitude Accmailers, A person I know is taking upon themselves to start a campaign against "cookies" for email users. Please send a "YES" vote as per the instructions. Maybe another 2400+ will help... At 02:27 PM 7/18/99 +0000, John Walker wrote the following: >Activism does work. > >When Yahoo took over Geocities and attempted to force Netizens to >agree to terms unfavorable to users the word spead on the 'Net. > >Netizens let Yahoo know in no uncertain terms what they thought of >this. > >Within 24 hours the policy was amended. > >This is NOT an isolated incident. > >The figures on email access appear to be somewhere between 10 and 26 >percent of the Internet population. > >Evan at just 10 percent that is 17,900,000 folks. > >That is a real force for change. > >The answer.....organize. > >I am asking a very simple question of Netizens..... > >The question is simple, the consequences for the 'Net....dire. > >Please Vote! > >Do you support the FREE flow of information on the Internet? > >You can record your vote in two ways. > >Log onto http://www.bestnet.org/~jwalker > >and use the poll or > >send a blank email message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with either yes or no in the subject line. > >At 07:42 AM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote: >>The problem with US companies and users is the complete and utter lack >>of knowledge about how many people use email. The point-and-click users >>are so numerous that almost all web designers are clueless about email >>methods. >> >>I have asked several sites to change their policies regarding cookies >>and you should see the answers I receive -- unbelievable... >> >>If they received several thousands of mail messages then it might have >>an effect. However, one or two stray voices are just "blowin in the >>wind" >>-- >>Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >John Walker, Publisher, CSS Internet News >On-Line Learning Series of Courses >http://www.bestnet.org/~jwalker/course.htm > >Member: Association for International Business > > -- Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of ACCMAIL Digest - 17 Jul 1999 to 18 Jul 1999 (#1999-200) **************************************************************
