Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread John Robinson
I can check my email in a wifi hotspot for I use POP mail and I don't have to use a logon or password since it is delivered to me. I don't know how I would feel about giving out those items where someone could be picking up the packets that I SEND OUT. You can certainly use your computer

[MacGroup] Re(2): Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Thanks, John. Tuesday, March 2, 20106:50 AMJohn robinsonprof...@insightbb.com I can check my email in a wifi hotspot for I use POP mail and I don't have to use a logon or password since it is delivered to me. I don't know how I would feel about giving out those items where someone could be

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Lee Larson
On Mar 2, at 6:50 AM, John Robinson wrote: I can check my email in a wifi hotspot for I use POP mail and I don't have to use a logon or password since it is delivered to me. If you are using POP and not POPs, this is one of the worst because your user name and password are repeatedly sent

Re: [MacGroup] network? question

2010-03-02 Thread tom guenthner
System PreferencesSharinguncheck (file sharing) On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Stephen Ellis wrote: So, How do you turn off file sharing? Steve On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:05 PM, John Robinson prof...@insightbb.com wrote: Harry, I see this all the time when I travel, amazes me how some

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread John Robinson
Lee, I love it when you join in and give us the rest of the story, our own Paul Harvey. I hope I can ask questions going down the list, I'll use a brown color. On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Mar 2, at 6:50 AM, John Robinson wrote: I can check my email in a wifi hotspot

Re: [MacGroup] network? question

2010-03-02 Thread David Harker
All you should have to do to prevent someone from seeing your drive while using wifi, is to password your filesharing. you do not need to resort to having to use ethernet cables and a router. i travel all the time and have always seen others on the network where i log in from, and not many have

[MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
so how do you password your file sharing? Tuesday, March 2, 201012:46 PMDavid harkerkawika...@gmail.com All you should have to do to prevent someone from seeing your drive while using wifi, is to password your filesharing. you do not need to resort to having to use ethernet cables and a router.

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Dan Crutcher
I believe that file sharing is automatically password-protected. That is, if you turn file sharing on in your Sharing preferences, anyone accessing your computer would, without your doing anything else, have to enter your User name and password to be able to get to anything on your computer

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread David Harker
This apple article should explain it to you. http://support.gateway.com/s/Manuals/Desktops/e4100/9528610.pdf Configure the user and group accounts with appropriate access privileges On 3/2/10, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@me.com wrote: so how do you password your file sharing? Tuesday, March

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread John Robinson
Dan, It that is the case, how can I see the files of another Mac, how could my friend see the pictures inside the computer of her friend down the hall? John On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: I believe that file sharing is automatically password-protected. That is, if you

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Neal Hammon
This topic of sharing your computer files is a very interesting subject. Most people, it would appear, don't want other people looking at their files. Me, I couldn't care less. If anyone is having trouble getting to sleep, please feel free of log in on my computer, and start reading my

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Marta Edie
Neal, I am with you. I have long ago established that we have no privacy anymore, also that anybody wanting to know something about me would find it out, no matter how I tried to keep it secret, especially those who would do me harm, defile my good name or carried a grudge against me.

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread Lee Larson
On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:47 AM, John Robinson wrote: What is the difference between a POP and a POPs? I guess the s stands for secure but how do you get to that, by using an ISP that allows for SSL? Regular POP sends everything, including passwords, across the Net in clear text. POPs encrypts

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread John Robinson
Well Marta, I for one love your input and you'll never know how many people I tell about you, everyone needs a Superhero. John On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Neal, I am with you. I have long ago established that we have no privacy anymore, also that anybody wanting to know

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): network? question

2010-03-02 Thread John Robinson
Lee, Just got home and have not yet digested your knowledge but I had to say a heartfelt thanks, my you are so kind and so good at having the answers to the difficult ones. John On Mar 2, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:47 AM, John Robinson wrote: What is the

Re: [MacGroup] face book.com

2010-03-02 Thread Marta Edie
Bill, this is something else.We might resign ourselves to terchnology's DARK AGES again.We shall die quickly as we talk to doctors over the net who don't know who we are anymore than the man in the moon, while we lie in a hospital bed , pay godly sums for this service while death creeps