Re: [NF] Do you prefer Digest Mode?

On Jun 15, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > That's strange! You sent the identical reply on Tues. - although it was from > your other email account. While this reply reached the List only Today! He sent it from an address that wasn’t subscribed to the list, so it

Re: [ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

On Jun 7, 2017, at 2:16 PM, John Weller wrote: > I got it OK and I'm not on gmail. Good to know! I just re-enabled all accounts that were locked due to excessive bounces. I’m hoping that this will now go through successfully to them. -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime

Re: [ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

On Jun 7, 2017, at 10:57 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > Ii was seeing how it counted emails. One post to ProFox resulted in almost > 200 emails. With the average volume we have, that would end up costing over > $3000 a year! So I guess I need to find another SMT

Re: e: [NF] PyQT for desktop applications

On Jun 6, 2017, at 11:28 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > I was surprised years ago (and somewhat still am) with how low the bar got > set on what was an acceptable UX on a website. Much of that would have NEVER > been tolerated in a desktop app.

Re: [ADMIN] Changed List E-mail Address

On Jun 7, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Gene - FYI - I filter my emails simply by "profox" being within the email > address. If you had done it the same way - instead basing it on the Entire > email addy - then you would Not have had the problem that occurred

Re: [ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

On Jun 7, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > > Quick test... Ii was seeing how it counted emails. One post to ProFox resulted in almost 200 emails. With the average volume we have, that would end up costing over $3000 a year! So I guess I need to find anothe

[ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

Quick test... -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: [ADMIN] Changed List E-mail Address

On Jun 6, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > I noticed that just today some E-mails from the list have not been > getting routed to my ProFox folder. The culprit is that the To address has > changed from > profox@leafe.com > to

Re: [NF] PyQT for desktop applications

On May 29, 2017, at 7:50 AM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > > I'm getting ready to do some Python learning on PluralSight.com > and the dude mentioned PyQT for desktop > applications. > > Ed & Paul (and others) -- your thoughts on that? Was

Re: [ADMIN] Spring Cycling for Charity

On May 18, 2017, at 9:26 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > I feel for you Ed. My knee and my back certainly do. Thanks. > Guess I'll wreck my > kidneys/liver with all the naproxen and acetaminophen I take. The Louis CK bit I linked to in the blog post is so true:

[ADMIN] Spring Cycling for Charity

Sorry to say, but it ain’t happening this year. Or next. If you’re so inclined and financially able, please continue to donate to good causes, but I won’t be raising money with my rides any more. If you’re interested in the reason why: https://blog.leafe.com/inevitable/

Re: [NF] C#: Single inheritance

On May 18, 2017, at 6:33 AM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > > Maybe it was Python learning. I did start reading a Java book but I don't > think it was that. Wherever it was, I recall reading that the classes listed > earlier (left) had dominance over those listed after,

Re: [NF] Microsoft Surface Pro 3 for sale -- what's a good fair price?

On May 3, 2017, at 3:10 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > > Thoughts? This message had been caught in a spam filter. Sorry for the delay. -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept)

Re: Friday Poll: What framework(s) do you use?

On Nov 4, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > Built my own. Couldn't afford the commercial ones and no client was willing > to pay. Codebook was (still is) free. -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Speeding up a Powershell script

On Oct 21, 2016, at 1:53 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > >> +1. It's like the UberNerds who want to obfuscate just for the "fun" of it >> to be UberNerds. I felt similar about RegExp. > > Regexes can be great, but I resist the temptation to make long regexes. > That gets

Re: [ADMIN] Help me raise money for MS Research

On Oct 1, 2016, at 5:39 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Ta-da! The finish line: > > https://twitter.com/EdLeafe/status/782342161631027200 Thanks for posting these updates. I had been hoping to write about the weekend, but I've been so busy that I only finished it today:

Re: M$ giving more support to dbf?

On Sep 10, 2016, at 6:39 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote: > Resurrect Visual Foxpro, please! Make it 64-bit at least! :) Well, Paul McNett and I *tried* to do that when we created Dabo, which does pretty much everything that VFP does, but with an open license and a future path

Re: Development platform/language

On Jul 29, 2016, at 5:54 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > In the past a lot of discussion has focused on Python, and there's always > Ruby, etc., and I'm impressed with XOJO...what I've seen so far. Of course > Microsoft is still a player, but other than Visual Foxpro, what is the

Re: API to find the size of an entire folder structure?

On Jul 30, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Joe Yoder wrote: > Thanks - I suspected that. This is one area where I suspect Linux has an advantage. Looks at all the different ways to approach it: http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles/22.html -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime

Re: updating 2 forms

On Jul 6, 2016, at 2:09 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > This tip below reminds me of that phrase years ago by Ed or Ted or somebody > else that said "program to the interface, not the implementation." I know I've said it, and I know Ted's said it, and so have many

[ADMIN] Results of the Tour de Cure ride

Yes, I'm still alive! ;-) I rode the full 103-mile course on Saturday, and wrote about it in my blog: http://blog.leafe.com/index.php/2016/05/16/the-second-century/ I did record the ride, but Runkeeper seemed to have a brain fart at the beginning of the ride. For some reason it didn't record a

[ADMIN] 5 days to go!

In 5 days I'll be attempting to cycle the 103-mile course [0] for the Tour de Cure, a cycling event to raise money for research into a cure for diabetes. This past Saturday I rode in the Shiner GASP [1] as a training exercise. It was a little over 48 miles, and even with a strong headwind

Re: [ADMIN]

On Apr 15, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Andrew Stirling wrote: > Ed, what team are you in? I don't think its Rackspace Riding independently, as I left Rackspace nearly two years ago, and IBM doesn't have a team in the San Antonio event. -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report --

[ADMIN]

As promised, I'm not letting my missing my ride last fall stop me! I'm registered to ride in the 2016 Tour de Cure, which is a cycling event designed to raise money to help research for a cure for diabetes. The ride will take place on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

Re: [NF] cloud

On Apr 3, 2016, at 4:09 AM, profox wrote: > Is it possible to run cloud on a local server? Or is it just a web service? My job is writing cloud software; specifically, the 'Nova' compute portion of OpenStack. Yes, you can run cloud, including OpenStack, locally, as

Re: [NF] Microsoft turns over a new leaf, and announces new Embrance, Enhance & Extend policy!

On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > The new MS is announcing MS for All! Built native Android apps on > Windows! Build IOS apps on Windows! Host Linux on Azure! > > Lots! of! Exclamation! Points!!! > > I don't think they're getting out of the Windows PC or

Re: Jeff Johnson

On Jan 30, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > It's with deep sorrow I report that Jeff Johnson passed away this past > Tuesday. He will be truly missed. Yes, he will. I only knew him tangentially until a decade or so ago when he started the Southwest Fox conference. I

Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon

On Jan 28, 2016, at 7:53 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > >> Sad news indeed but he did make a big mistake with his predictions >> about the severity of the Y2K problem despite selling a lot of books >> about it! > > He laughed all the way to the bank I'm sure about the

Re: [NF] Why OpenSource .NET?

On Jan 29, 2016, at 4:34 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > Why open source .NET? I did a quick look, but it wasn't mentioned in the article Stephen posted. What is the licensing for .Net? Being open source doesn't mean jack if it isn't also licensed in an open manner.

Re: Norton will not let me send EXE - Need help fast

On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > It appears my response was snipped by the server, just as it did with Paul. Did you trim out the quoted footer text? If the server sees that, it assumes that everything after that is garbage. -- Ed Leafe ---

Re: [ADMIN] Whitelist Request for IP Address 104.236.203.188

On Jan 14, 2016, at 5:49 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > >> So, Verizon seems pretty unjustified. > > Then at least they're consistent. Oh, snap! -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept)

[ADMIN] Fwd: Whitelist Request for IP Address 104.236.203.188

Hey people: tried to reach out to Verizon, and they basically told me to piss off. So if you have a Verizon email account (and probably reading this from the archives), please contact Verizon and ask them to reconsider. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: whitel...@verizononline.net >

Re: [ADMIN] Whitelist Request for IP Address 104.236.203.188

On Jan 14, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Sadly, it's a pretty common issue to have email sent directly from an > IP address range designated as "dynamic" get blocked by various spam > filters. But that's the thing: it isn't a dynamic address. It's part of a block of

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: > > Having checked the archive this morning: > > I don't subscribe to profox, only profox-tech, and I have not received any > emails from that list since January 8. I have received those SENT on Jan 8 to > the other

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: > Other folks using other email providers have reported they aren't getting > profox-tech either. It's therefore unlikely to be a problem at the receiving > end. And there may be several more people who also aren't getting

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > Damn! OK, added some debug stuff to the logs. Maybe that will yield another > clue. Aha! Another clue... -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > OK, that was a helpful clue. I think I found where the profoxtech mails were > getting stuck. Let's see if this makes it through. Nope, that didn't work. Trying again… -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > Nope, that didn't work. Trying again… Damn! OK, added some debug stuff to the logs. Maybe that will yield another clue. -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/pl

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > Aha! Another clue... I think that did it! Can any profoxtech subscriber confirm? -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept) applic

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: >> Aha! Another clue... > > I think that did it! Can any profoxtech subscriber confirm? Nope - progress, but not enough. One more try and then I'll have to return to this tonight. -- Ed Leafe --

Re: Not getting any mail

On Jan 12, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > I see the posts at the leafe.com archives, but haven't seen an email > since Friday. > > I suspect this is a GMail filtering thing, but they're not showing up > in the Spam folder as they usually do, and GMail doesn't have a

Re: Not getting any mail

On Jan 12, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Edward Leafe <e...@leafe.com> wrote: > It looks like an issue on Digital Ocean's side of things (they are my new > hosting company). Here's a record in my mail log: > > Jan 12 09:00:41 mailserver postfix/smtp[6542]: 23400126E19: > to=<

Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers

On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > I suspect that since this is one of the very Last 2 e-mails I received from > the forum on Friday - that maybe the Server Move didn't go so well. The emails are coming through the list (check the archives), but there