Re: ACCMAIL FAQ QUESTIONS
Hello Ricky Lomey, Friday, September 5, 2003, 4:26:40 PM, you wrote: RL 2. Is t-mail also able to translate web pages. Say, if I get a page with RL grabpage.org, can I send the text to t-mail to translate into English as RL opposed to a message to somebody? Can it do Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew? Here is a tricky hack: instead of sending message to somebody, send message to yourself. So you get a translation. Aside from t-mail, there is similar worldlingo.com translation service F.e. you mail German text to an address like german-english @ translate.worldlingo.com and you get back an English equivalent. Like any machine translator in this world, it is not perfect. RL Is there a system that can both track pages when they change and RL translate the tracked pages into English and then send the English? I know services offering free tracking (watchThatPage.com, changedetection etc). I know services offering free translation (t-mail, worldlingo) But I don't know about 2-in-1 services. At the same time I see no difficulty to re-send a text you got from watchThatPage to Worldlingo. RL 4. How do you do what I call third party conversion with the PDF RL convertion RL service? It says if the document is on the hard drive it should be sent as RL mime attachment but if it is an E-mail, how do I sent it? Should I just RL forward it as is or save it to the C-drive and then re-attach it? How do RL I RL know whether it should be done to html or text or doesn't it matter? Is RL it RL possible to make a message rule to automatically forward PDF from the RL sender RL to these services each time they arrive in my inbox? A file attached to email can be either a MIME attachment or UUE attachment. To make sure that pdf2txt service gets it in MIME, save it to C-drive and reattach (Of course, I assume you mail program is set to attach files as MIME base 64) Well, if you know how to open message headers, you can bypass this procedure. Open message headers. If you see something like below, it already is MIME base 64, and you do not need to save it to C-drive and reattach. You can just forward it. Content-Type: application/x-msdownload; name=plz_mail_kill.exe Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=plz_mail_kill.ex TVpQAAIEAA8A//8AALgAQAAaAAA Regarding the rule to automatically forward PDF files to pdf2txt service - why not? Technically it is possible. Do you really get so often PDF files? And there is no way to ask the sender to send it as plain text? Well if the sender is a robot, i guess I could understand. BTW, do you know that you can just open PDF doc in Acrobat Reader (freeware), go via menus this way File -- Export Document To Text, provide new doc name, then press OK. Voila - you've done everything locally and quickly. No need to wait for a pdf2txt robot response. RL 5. I understand there is a text to html convertion service but what RL about RL the reverse as I often find html a problem? Again , why not open HTM/HTML file in a browser locally and save it as TXT file? In MSIE it is possible. I think other browsers also allow it. That is for the case you got it as HTML page. But you can order a page from www4mail, grabpage, agora, binky, getweb right as plain text: For www4mail use command get http://etcetera For grabpage - order it with URL: prefix For Binky use command URL -t http://etcetera For agora use SEND command For getweb use GET command -- Best regards, accmailermailto:accmailer AT yandex.ru ~~~ 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 ~
Re: ACCMail FAQ Questions
At 02:04 AM 9/1/03 +0100, Sun Zoom Spark wrote the following: Gerry Boyd, the current ACCMail FAQ maintainer, has already stated that he intends to retire -- in effect he already has retired. I doubt if the FAQ will disappear on 3 September, even from the mit.edu site, but it will of course become outdated -- unless the work is carried on by another person or persons. The documents on expita.com are part of Mr Boyd's own website. I guess they will disappear quite soon. Get them now, while you can. They will remain but just not be undated. In fact, I've marked them as NOT MAINTAINED. I've also shut down the autoresponder so no files will be sent out. -- Gerry Boyd ~~~ 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 ~
ACCMail FAQ Questions
On 29 Aug 2003 at 9:28, Ricky Lomey wrote: What will happen on 3 September as it says the FAQ document expires? I managed to get the documents at work and most at home except http://www.expita.com/howto1.html which I hope grabpage wil still send. The note on the document expiring is on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] These are all good questions which we might have to address collectively. Gerry Boyd, the current ACCMail FAQ maintainer, has already stated that he intends to retire -- in effect he already has retired. I doubt if the FAQ will disappear on 3 September, even from the mit.edu site, but it will of course become outdated -- unless the work is carried on by another person or persons. The documents on expita.com are part of Mr Boyd's own website. I guess they will disappear quite soon. Get them now, while you can. 1. Regarding the King James Bible search, is there also a similar way to search the holy books of other religions? 2. Is t-mail also able to translate web pages. 3. Can one search the Britannica or any other encyclopedia for information on events or people's names or famous people in a way similar to the dictionary described in the FAQ? 4. How do you do what I call third party conversion with the PDF convertion service? 5. I understand there is a text to html convertion service but what about the reverse as I often find html a problem? 6. Where can I find out about the E-mail to snail mail services in different countries? I don't have answers right now to those specific questions. But I do think there is a case for a new edition of the ACCMail FAQ. -- szs `at` szs `dot` net ~~~ 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 ~
ACCMAIL FAQ QUESTIONS
Hi I am retrieving more information from the various services that interest me but I'll start with a few questions. What will happen on 3 September as it says the FAQ document expires? I managed to get the documents at work and most at home except http://www.expita.com/howto1.html which I hope grabpage wil still send. The note on the document expiring is on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. Regarding the King James Bible search, is there also a similar way to search the holy books of other religions? This could work by E-mail if, say, you also want to look up, say, something about a religion that is not necessarily Biblical say something under Jewish because if you can be directed to an engine dealing specifically with this religion, you may get better results. 2. Is t-mail also able to translate web pages. Say, if I get a page with grabpage.org, can I send the text to t-mail to translate into English as opposed to a message to somebody? Can it do Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew? Is there a system that can both track pages when they change and translate the tracked pages into English and then send the English? 3. Can one search the Britannica or any other encyclopedia for information on events or people's names or famous people in a way similar to the dictionary described in the FAQ? What about sites like babynames.com? Grabpage told me how to do behindthename but I am not sure how to do babynames.com 4. How do you do what I call third party conversion with the PDF convertion service? It says if the document is on the hard drive it should be sent as a mime attachment but if it is an E-mail, how do I sent it? Should I just forward it as is or save it to the C-drive and then re-attach it? How do I know whether it should be done to html or text or doesn't it matter? Is it possible to make a message rule to automatically forward PDF from the sender to these services each time they arrive in my inbox? 5. I understand there is a text to html convertion service but what about the reverse as I often find html a problem? 6. Where can I find out about the E-mail to snail mail services in different countries? I found one for Armenia and Iran but the one for the U.K. mentioned in the FAQ document seems to be no longer in existence. Ricky ~~~ 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 ~
