Re: Very important issue has come to my attention!!
ON Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:55:35 AM, you wrote: PW In the Phone book my listing is first initial, last name. No address, Google PW comes up with a map to my house. eRumors is full of it on this one. This is the PW equivalent of the reverse lookup that law enforcement uses and is wrong. Hi Paul, I can't comment on your specific situation or the US laws ( I'am European). The thing is that I lot of things are possible on the Internet. Reverse look-up of pone numbers has been with us since almost the start of the Internet. Mapping/Routing software will show you maps of were ever you want to go. What I wanted to point out that anyone could and SHOULD check a message for validity before sending it into a mailing list were it is completely off topic. It is exactly this sort of behavior that has people sending emails around warning for bugs, FBI investigations and Bill Gates giving out free money. -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cora McGuffy Spottsworth might, and probably would, recline on tiger skins in the nude and expect Sidney to drink champagne out of her shoe, but she would never wear high heels on the links or say Tee-hee when she missed a putt. ==P.G Wodehouse - FEET OF CLAY == Using The Bat! v1.62h on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
SOT: mail servers
Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP among its supported O/Ss. (Seems to be getting tougher and tougher to send mail: first my ISP prevented me from using its SMTP server because my domain was not registered through them, and now some companies that use lookups are rejecting my mail because I'm using my web host's SMTP, which is listed as an open relay. Thus, my need for my own SMTP, and this request for opinions.) -- JN Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 12:39:02GMT -0600 (which was 1:39 PM where I live) Joseph N. wrote and made these points on the subject of SOT: mail servers: JN Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail JN servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP JN among its supported O/Ss. JN (Seems to be getting tougher and tougher to send mail: first my ISP JN prevented me from using its SMTP server because my domain was not JN registered through them, and now some companies that use lookups are JN rejecting my mail because I'm using my web host's SMTP, which is JN listed as an open relay. Thus, my need for my own SMTP, and this JN request for opinions.) I'm pretty sure Mercury works on XP even though it doesn't say so. -- Best regards, David Member of E-mailaholics International PGP Key at http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCC7E7664 Even experienced public speakers get butterflies. The trick is to make them fly in formation. Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600Service Pack 1 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
I used Postcast for a while, it works as expected. There are few annoyances, like e-mail now really going out when you scheduled it to go out. It is able to handle quite a bit of e-mail volume. You can also hook it up to a database and keep a serious log of your operations. I installed it on an W98 box and it hogged resources at some points in time and slowed things, don't know if it was 98 or Postcast at fault. Roberto Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:39:02 PM, you wrote: Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP among its supported O/Ss. (Seems to be getting tougher and tougher to send mail: first my ISP prevented me from using its SMTP server because my domain was not registered through them, and now some companies that use lookups are rejecting my mail because I'm using my web host's SMTP, which is listed as an open relay. Thus, my need for my own SMTP, and this request for opinions.) -- Roberto Machorro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://machorro.net/roberto/ Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
I forgot to say that Postcast is Free and free. Roberto Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:39:02 PM, you wrote: Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP among its supported O/Ss. (Seems to be getting tougher and tougher to send mail: first my ISP prevented me from using its SMTP server because my domain was not registered through them, and now some companies that use lookups are rejecting my mail because I'm using my web host's SMTP, which is listed as an open relay. Thus, my need for my own SMTP, and this request for opinions.) -- Roberto Machorro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://machorro.net/roberto/ Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:39 PM, you wrote: JN Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail JN servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP JN among its supported O/Ss. I have XP home and I'm using Mercury32 just fine! I tried Postcast, but it hung my system too much, was too much of a resource hog. -- Paul Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:22:26 PM, Paul wrote: On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 1:39 PM, you wrote: JN Mercury does not include XP among its supported O/Ss. I have XP home and I'm using Mercury32 just fine! I'll second the motion -- I'm using Merc32 on XPPro with no problems. -- Dave Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Wrapping and horizontal scrollbars
Hi TBUDL, One thing I'm not too happy about is the wrapping. Personally I'd prefer not to use the auto-wrap feature, as its a bit of a pain when you have to go back and edit text you've written. However there seems to be no alternative. Turning it off produces that nasty horizontal scrollbar when you start typing long sentences, which is a big no-no for me anyway. Is there anyway to have standard text wrapping that doesn't actually split the text but just makes it looks so (ie. the horz scrollbar never appears) ? This also happens if you select the View-Original Text option when replying to messages. All the best, Aidan McKenna. (author - Table Tennis Pro - www.grassgames.com) Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
how to install AVG .bav for multi-user network
Hello tbudl, I have a small network with five workstations, happily using TB for several years. Recently we've installed AVG Antivirus and have found out that a plug-in exists for TB. I am wondering how to install it. Here's our situation. One workstation (let's call it Frank) contains all mail folders and acts as a TCP/IP or Dial-out Server. The other workstations are set up in TCP/IP Workstation mode. Each workstation points to a copy of thebat.exe that physically exists on Frank. When you launch TB from workstation George, it reaches across the network and reads thebat.exe from Frank into George's RAM. I'm not sure, but I believe each workstation must have its own registry entries for TB. (???) So, here's the question. Do I need to install the AVG plug-in separately for each workstation? Or do I only need to install it on Frank? -- Best regards, Lee Using The Bat! v1.62i on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: SOT: mail servers
Thanks to all who responded. JN Anyone here care to venture an opinion on Merak and Postcast mail JN servers? Anyone have another to recommend? Mercury does not include XP JN among its supported O/Ss. -- JN Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
I saw some mail in the archives about people having problems with JPEG image attachments. Did anyone have a solution for this? I'm finding that about 50% of the attachments are unreadable though The Bat, but if I look at the same email in Outlook, it's OK. And is there any way to set it so that the Delete and Next button goes to the next in date/time sequence within thread? Thanks! - Sheeb Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
Hallo Bedlam, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:52:21 +0800GMT (26-3-03, 23:52 +0100, where I live), you wrote: B I saw some mail in the archives about people having problems with B JPEG image attachments. Did anyone have a solution for this? I've never had a jpeg attachment that couldn't be viewed when I received it with TB. B I'm finding that about 50% of the attachments are unreadable though B The Bat, but if I look at the same email in Outlook, it's OK. Then you've either got a mangled TB configuration or you've got an abundance of Outlook users as contacts who're sending you attachments in proprietary formats (MS Outlook is known to do so.) There's a free program called fentun (www.fentun.com) that can be used to view these attachments. B And is there any way to set it so that the Delete and Next button B goes to the next in date/time sequence within thread? No. -- Groetjes, Roelof Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Wrapping and horizontal scrollbars
Hallo Aidan, On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:38:53 +GMT (26-3-03, 17:38 +0100, where I live), you wrote: AM Is there anyway to have standard text wrapping that doesn't AM actually split the text but just makes it looks so (ie. the horz AM scrollbar never appears) ? No. At least not in the current version. Keep in mind that if you'd send a message without wrapping, your contacts would see your lines as the same long lines as TB would show them. TB shows you exactly how the message will be sent, that's to make life easier. -- Groetjes, Roelof Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
Roelof wrote: RO Hallo Bedlam, RO On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:52:21 +0800GMT (26-3-03, 23:52 +0100, where I RO live), you wrote: B I saw some mail in the archives about people having problems with B JPEG image attachments. Did anyone have a solution for this? RO I've never had a jpeg attachment that couldn't be viewed when I RO received it with TB. B I'm finding that about 50% of the attachments are unreadable though B The Bat, but if I look at the same email in Outlook, it's OK. RO Then you've either got a mangled TB configuration or you've got an RO abundance of Outlook users as contacts who're sending you attachments RO in proprietary formats (MS Outlook is known to do so.) RO There's a free program called fentun (www.fentun.com) that can be used RO to view these attachments. B And is there any way to set it so that the Delete and Next button B goes to the next in date/time sequence within thread? RO No. No, the problem is specific to JPEG files. At least one sender, from whom I've had several unopenable attachments, is a Mac/Eudora user. I believe that there have been other people on this mailing list who have had similar problems with JPEG, but I didn't see a solution mentioned anywhere? Has anyone who had the problem solved it? - Sheeb Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
Hallo Bedlam, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:44:56 +0800GMT (27-3-03, 0:44 +0100, where I live), you wrote: B No, the problem is specific to JPEG files. At least one sender, B from whom I've had several unopenable attachments, is a Mac/Eudora B user. I believe that there have been other people on this mailing B list who have had similar problems with JPEG, but I didn't see a B solution mentioned anywhere? Has anyone who had the problem solved B it? Can you save the file? If so can you rename it so that it has the correct file extension? IIRC the problem was that the file extension wasn't recognized correctly, because the sending mail client added Mac specific info. -- Groetjes, Roelof Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
B user. I believe that there have been other people on this mailing B list who have had similar problems with JPEG, but I didn't see a I think the relevant discussion was called Mangled attachments, and it had something to do with blank lines appearing in the email source. I don't know if there was a permanent solution, although I think forwarding the email to oneself often seemed to work. Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
the enclosed file problen
Dear TBUDL, I have a problem on the thebat! which i have used for long time without any problem, I moved my own mail server to a new one, and ms outlook works fine with this server, but I can not open most of attachments coming from this sever if i use thebat! mail software. the files size seems being changed. but thebat! works fine with others mail server. I try to change most of thebat setting with it offer but scan not resolve the problem. Can any one help me? thks -- Best regards, ZHOU WEI Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Wrapping and horizontal scrollbars
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Aidan, @26-Mar-2003, 16:38 Aidan McKenna [AM] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: AM One thing I'm not too happy about is the wrapping. Personally AM I'd prefer not to use the auto-wrap feature, as its a bit of a AM pain when you have to go back and edit text you've written. AM However there seems to be no alternative. ... snip Actually, there is an alternative. You can go to the other extreme and get used to the Ctrl-Shift-F keystroke. What's that for? Turning Auto-format on and off. It is a complement to auto-wrap and fixes the go back and edit issues completely. Don't leave it turned on, because it screws up lists and assumes that any text without a clear blank line is part of the previous paragraph, but it certainly makes editing existing text a breeze. Other than that, you also have Alt-L for on-the-fly paragraph formatting. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1rc1-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE+gkbiOeQkq5KdzaARAlK/AJ9/R98r0/UQR49DqrFyQaLyMCpxdQCdHPF6 EAPD+XuXOUMpi+U+jD88hNk= =QQXF -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re:Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 5:44:56 PM, Bedlam wrote: B No, the problem is specific to JPEG files. At least one sender, from whom I've B had several unopenable attachments, is a Mac/Eudora user. I believe that there B have been other people on this mailing list who have had similar problems with B JPEG, but I didn't see a solution mentioned anywhere? Has anyone who had the B problem solved it? I have a correspondent who uses Mac Eudora, and I often (but puzzlingly not always) have to use a utility to decode the files from binhex. A free product that lets you do that is available at http://www.funduc.com/decext.htm The binhex encoding wouldn't be limited to JPEG files, but maybe it's worth a shot? -- Sean Using The Bat! v1.62i on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Address Book Question
Is there an easy way to have all the addresses in all messages in a folder added to the address book automagically,. by use of a macro or some other form of voodoo?? Thanx!! .jim. Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: how to install AVG .bav for multi-user network
Hello Lee, On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:22:13 -0800 GMT (27/03/03, 05:22 +0700 GMT), Lee Gibbon wrote: So, here's the question. Do I need to install the AVG plug-in separately for each workstation? Or do I only need to install it on Frank? I would think it goes to Frank. Try it out: put it into Frank:\theBat\ and then see if you can use the Add... function in TB's anti-virus menu. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. (Ambrose Bierce) Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Address Book Question
Hello Jim, On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:56:18 -0500 GMT (27/03/03, 09:56 +0700 GMT), Jim Riccardi, Jr. wrote: Is there an easy way to have all the addresses in all messages in a folder added to the address book automagically,. by use of a macro or some other form of voodoo?? Thanx!! Both. 1.) Create a manual filter that adds addresses to the AB. Set the filter criterion to presence of @. Manually re-filter the folder. 2.) Take a spoonful of dried spider legs, mix with lemon grass that was cut on a new moon. Fry gently in guano sauce and sprinkle over your monitor. Caveat: works only with 17 LCD monitors. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Newbie query: Attachments and Navigation
Hello Bedlam, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:52:21 +0800 GMT (27/03/03, 05:52 +0700 GMT), Bedlam wrote: I saw some mail in the archives about people having problems with JPEG image attachments. Did anyone have a solution for this? I'm finding that about 50% of the attachments are unreadable though The Bat, but if I look at the same email in Outlook, it's OK. I am not aware that a solution has been offered (no bugfix has been announced), but I haven't received a problematic JPG file for a long time. I haven't searched for and tried one of the old ones now, though. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Wanted: $10,000 reward. Schroedinger's Cat. Dead or Alive. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: the enclosed file problen
Hello Zhou, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:26:44 +0800 GMT (27/03/03, 07:26 +0700 GMT), Zhou Wei wrote: I have a problem on the thebat! which i have used for long time without any problem, I moved my own mail server to a new one, and ms outlook works fine with this server, but I can not open most of attachments coming from this sever if i use thebat! mail software. the files size seems being changed. but thebat! works fine with others mail server. I try to change most of thebat setting with it offer but scan not resolve the problem. This sounds to me that there is something wrong with the server settings rather than with TB. I don't know enough about servers to ask intelligent questions, though. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Everyone needs belief in something. I believe I'll have another beer. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Portability
Hello All, Well, after trying the program called The Batch that was mentioned, I found a big problem with it... It doesn't like going form XP to 98 machines. Anyone else have any suggestions for making a portable version of TB! for use on a USB-Flash drive? In other news, I tried PocoMail PE and would like to report that next to TB! it sucks badly... So bad that I feel it's unusable. -- Best regards, David Member of E-mailaholics International PGP Key at http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCC7E7664 A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. Using The Bat! v1.62i on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Neat forwarding
Did you use a template to do this forwarded text? If so, could you please publish it - it's very neat. Thanks Graeme Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 4:46:46 PM, you wrote: ,--- [ Summary of the eRumor ]--- | | This is a warning that the search engine at www.google.com has a feature | that will map the location of a telephone number. It suggests having | Google remove your number so anyone with harmful motives will not be | able to use the feature against you. | | | The Truth | This is one of those eRumors that focuses on a non-sinister feature of | the Internet and makes it sound sinister. We have not been able to find | any evidence that any law enforcement agency has issued any warnings | about the Google search for phone numbers. | | Google.com is one of the most versatile search engines on the Internet. | One of the features built into Google is the ability to conveniently | look up information from the White Pages of any telephone book. If you | type a name, address, and city of a person with a listed phone number, | you will probably get that person's White Pages listing which includes | the telephone number. As an added feature, Google includes a couple of | mapping services in case you want to look up the location. In the same | way, you can enter the telephone number alone and if it is a listed | number, you'll get the complete listing including the address and, if | desired, the mapping to that address. | | The problem with the eRumor is that it makes it sound as though this is | privileged information, which it is not. It's the same information that | could be gotten from a phone book or directory assistance. It also makes | it sound as though the feature is specifically for the purpose of | entering a phone number and finding a map. It is not. The feature finds | all the listed information about phone number and includes the mapping | if you choose it. | | If, for some reason, you do not wish for your information to be | available through Google, you can, as the eRumor describes, click the | telephone icon next to your information and they will remove you from | their database, but that means very little. The reason the information | is there is because it's public and removing it from Google doesn't | prevent anyone from having it. They can go to the telephone book, | directory assistance, or any of the other pages on the Internet that | have name, address, and telephone information. If you don't want the | information to be public, contact your telephone provider and ask about | an unlisted number or a number that does not list your address. | `- You can read more here: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/google.htm -- If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion. - L. Long E-mail notice for the Sanlam Investment Management Group(SIM) This e-mail, which may include one or more attachments, is strictly confidential and may contain privileged information. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named. If you are not the named addressee you may not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete or contain viruses or other malicious code. SIM therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message nor any loss or damage caused as a result of the recipient being infected with any virus or other malicious code. SIM does not endorse any opinions, conclusions, data or other information contained in this e-mail which is unrelated to the official business of SIM and any such messages shall be construed as having not been issued by SIM. Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re:Neat forwarding
Hello Graeme, Thursday, March 27, 2003, 7:59:48 AM, you wrote: Did you use a template to do this forwarded text? If so, could you please publish it - it's very neat. Thanks Graeme I think he used one of those: http://www.immer-international.de/tb_en/index.html -- Gruß, Jurgen Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition on Win.XP.5.1.2600.SP1 http://www.grid.org/services/teams/team.htm?id=E3ECFC2E-5950-4AF5-A604-140301A81367 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
