Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 14 Aug 2008 to 15 Aug 2008 - Special issue (#2008-514)

2008-08-19 Thread Chris Dunford
Where are Outlook Express messages and folder info located? Search the old drive for all the .PST files. .PST files are Outlook, not Outlook Express. Express files are *.DBX. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 14 Aug 2008 to 15 Aug 2008

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
.PST files are Outlook, not Outlook Express. Express files are *.DBX. Going from one flavor of Outlook to another can be a real mess. MS offers little compatability and little help. Different versions of Outlook do different things. Sometimes the best solution is to take emails through a

Re: [CGUYS] is it RAID?

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
Stick and move, Tom...you post only part of my msg avoiding the meat. So, here is one more try to get an answer from you. I think you read only part of what is posted so it does not disturb your faith. RAID mirrors only protect against one type of failure (drive failure). This is the least

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 14 Aug 2008 to 15 Aug 2008

2008-08-19 Thread Chris Dunford
.PST files are Outlook, not Outlook Express. Express files are *.DBX. Going from one flavor of Outlook to another can be a real mess. MS offers little compatability and little help. Different versions of Outlook do different things. Well, I guess you could argue that point of view, but I

[CGUYS] Moving Outlook Express Messages to Windows Mail

2008-08-19 Thread Rosenberg, Alan [USA]
Thanks to all who offered suggestions. There's a concise and completely accurate description of how to move messages stored in OE6 format to Windows Mail when OE is not available on http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (disclaimer -- I have no interests in this site or its owner). Here's the process:

Re: [CGUYS] is it RAID?

2008-08-19 Thread mike
And still no answer...shocking. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stick and move, Tom...you post only part of my msg avoiding the meat. So, here is one more try to get an answer from you. I think you read only part of what is posted so it does not

Re: [CGUYS] What we actually get for our money...

2008-08-19 Thread b_s-wilk
Naiveté is the attitude that the government is bad or can't do things right. It's neither all bad nor all good--depends on the people involved in that government, the strengths of checks and balances, and open media/press to report on it. Of course I remember fruitcake JEdgar Hoover's spying,

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Verizon Online Terms Of Service

2008-08-19 Thread Tony B
Actually, Verizon was one of the first to cave. They deleted all their binary newsgroups a while back. A real hit for their customers, as it was one of the best free servers around. The list has been slow a couple days, with only the occasional note coming through, check your spambox. But you

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Verizon Online Terms Of Service

2008-08-19 Thread Brian Jones
Could it be music, movies, video game DVD's, etc.? Sounds like they want to sniff your data stream (and make you agree to it). - Brian - Original Message - From: b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Besides child pornography, which can be very subjective, what are they looking for? Does

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Verizon Online Terms Of Service

2008-08-19 Thread mike
Why couldn't they do it before? On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Brian Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Could it be music, movies, video game DVD's, etc.? Sounds like they want to sniff your data stream (and make you agree to it). - Brian - Original Message - From: b_s-wilk [EMAIL

[CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
p.s. I haven't received any CGUYs posts since Sunday at midnight. The archives and cguys.org include posts from yesterday and today. I have email today from friends and other subscriptions. Is it my email, ISP, or AOL? Ghosts? thx We are still here and chattering away. Monday and today have

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Ver

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
4. Modifications to AUP. We have added language to our AUP making clear (a) that we may monitor our subscribers' compliance with our Terms of Service and AUP; and (b) that we have the right, but not the obligation, to pre-screen, refuse, move or remove any content available on the Service

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread b_s-wilk
Tom Piwowar escribió: p.s. I haven't received any CGUYs posts since Sunday at midnight. The archives and cguys.org include posts from yesterday and today. I have email today from friends and other subscriptions. Is it my email, ISP, or AOL? Ghosts? thx We are still here and chattering away.

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread mike
Not going to fool me! I won't set them off! On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:13 PM, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the key words that set off an ISP to block email? * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread John DeCarlo
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:13 PM, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the key words that set off an ISP to block email? The real question is, what kind of uneducated users block mailing lists that they subscribed to as spam?

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
What are the key words that set off an ISP to block email? Avoid the word Betty. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] What we actually get for our money...

2008-08-19 Thread Jeff Wright
The public-private partnerships that created satellite communications were necessary advancements that couldn't have been done at the time [or now] by private corporations. Same for Arpanet and the Internet. Same for the monopolies that exist in cable and telco broadband that allow them to

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Sign up for a gmail account. They seem to have fairly accurate spam filters. For some reason only the Rev has ever landed in my spam folder from this list and that was only once or twice. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the key words that set off

[CGUYS] drive sled question

2008-08-19 Thread rlsimon
they sell drive sleds (inserts so you can stick a 2nd ide drive in the dock of an ibm laptop ...ultrabay 2000) ...there are 2 formats of these sleds ...one is plastic and has no bottom (??air circulation) ...the other is plastic and has a metal housing ...which is better? cost similar...

Re: [CGUYS] No Ghosts (Maybe Spooks)

2008-08-19 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Whoops that must have been a day when I had spam for lunch. :-) Stewart At 08:17 PM 8/19/2008, you wrote: Sign up for a gmail account. They seem to have fairly accurate spam filters. For some reason only the Rev has ever landed in my spam folder from this list and that was only once or

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Ver

2008-08-19 Thread Brian Jones
Doesn't the right, but not the obligation, to free them from this burden? - Brian - Original Message - From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Ver 4. Modifications to AUP. We have added language to our AUP making

Re: [CGUYS] What we actually get for our money...

2008-08-19 Thread Eric S. Sande
Same for the monopolies that exist in cable and telco broadband that allow them to set rates based on whatever they can get away with instead of letting the market determine rates with competition, or providing quality broadband service [and choice] without gouging the customers, as it is

Re: [CGUYS] What we actually get for our money...

2008-08-19 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I believe that Murphy was the one who said the chances of the toast falling on the floor butter side down is in inverse proportion to the cost of the carpet. Stewart At 09:15 PM 8/19/2008, you wrote: I am not a financial analyst but I know how to bet on whether the toast falls on the floor

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Verizon Online Terms Of Service

2008-08-19 Thread b_s-wilk
Actually, Verizon was one of the first to cave. They deleted all their binary newsgroups a while back. A real hit for their customers, as it was one of the best free servers around. There are a lot of good newsgroups at alt.binaries. Lists I see in my client go from 3d.bryce to zines. This

Re: [CGUYS] Important Information Regarding Changes to Your Verizon Online Terms Of Service

2008-08-19 Thread Tony B
I only know what I've read, as I don't live in Verizon territory. http://www.giganews.com/verizon-sprint-special.html According to a recent announcement, Verizon will stop providing access to alt.binaries newsgroups on their internal Usenet systems as of June 24, 2008. Sprint will stop providing