[ql-users] Dodgy disks [OT?]

2006-01-21 Thread P Witte
Ive had a hell of a time recently. My W2k installation crashed at the most inopportune time possible and nothing would induce it to run again. I couldnt even repair or re-install Windoze, although checking the disk on another machine didnt reveal any problems. I didnt want to wipe the disk for

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: >> You could always download the headers of all messages without >> downloading >> the bodies. (The pop3 TOP command sends the message header along >> with the >> first n (specified) lines of the message - if specified as 0, only >> the >> header is sent.) > This is actually

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
Geoff seems to be painting a picture of me burning the midnight oil every night at the keyboard. This may be true on odd occasions but as a general thing, this is not the case. I receive great support from all sorts of people, some known to you - John Mason is and has been a great pillar of str

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
I shall watch the show calendar with renewed interest Geoff. I wonder if Quanta will pay committee expenses if one decides to attend? John Gilpin. - Original Message - From: "gwicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [ql-u

Re: [ql-users] C1 Pascal manual, Xchange 3.90M

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
OK, I changed the updates390m_doc slightly in the zipfile to reflect what Marcel has just said. I've also sent a copy to Ralf to use if and when further updates occur. Please note that Ralf has issued a small update to S_Edit again. S_Edit is now at v2.26 release 63. Dilwyn Jones > | Unfortu

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>>Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great >>features. >>Congratulations. > My main problem with the Quanta site is that every time I have > looked on > it, mainly for future events I think, it has been out of date, often > by > over a year. > > I have simply given up looking

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> A good way of getting rid of spam if you are getting a lot of it, > although after the event, is to use a webmail service to look at > what > your ISP has waiting for you on their email server. > > You can then delete it there, before you download. > > I have found that to be effective. Althoug

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> You could always download the headers of all messages without > downloading > the bodies. (The pop3 TOP command sends the message header along > with the > first n (specified) lines of the message - if specified as 0, only > the > header is sent.) This is actually not too difficult to do from

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
Again, Tony, points noted. The Quanta site IS being worked on, but then so are other things considered to be just as important. John Gilpin. - Original Message - From: "Tony Firshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [ql-

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: "David Tubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:01 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago... > To the King of Ur > > Great web page, most informative and comprehensive. > > Quanta should learn ! > A fair com

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Geoff, > This raises the point that I raised in my last personal statement. Two > members of the present committee are retiring and unless Quanta gets new > blood on the committee - and there are only 10 nomination days left - then > it could be too small to be viable. Seems to be the most imp

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread gwicks
On this subject I have had good experiences using Norton anti-spam. In December I received almost 70 spam emails a day. Norton correctly identified over 95% of these and put them in a spam folder. It is only very rarely that a genuine email ends up in the spam file. I don't know how these progr

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Ralf Reköndt
Hi Malcolm, I also find it better to get *every* email. Better as get it rejected from the ISP. Cheers...Ralf R. - Original Message - From: "Malcolm Cadman" Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email > A good way of getting rid of spam if you are get

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Email seems to work so well for the greater part one hesitates to >>blame the >>system. >Do they pattern match emails (i.e. look at it, that's spam, add it to >the list and stop every copy of that email) or simply decide

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 at 05:46:20, Tony Firshman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 at 10:30:35, Dilwyn Jones wrote: >(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > >>How do these ISP spam filterings work? > >My main strategy though is to regularly Google for "firshman.co.uk" Whoops - I was

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 at 14:41:06, Robert Newson wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Dilwyn Jones wrote: > >> One of my contacts using freeserve,co,uk is having terrible trouble. >> Approximately 50% of her emails get filtered out somewhere in transit. > >That is curious. My old email address[1] w

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 at 09:47:54, John Gilpin wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great features. >Congratulations. My main problem with the Quanta site is that every time I have looked on it, mainly for future events I think, it has been out of

Re: [ql-users] Dodgy Email

2006-01-21 Thread Robert Newson
Dilwyn Jones wrote: ... > There is an issue in particular with NTL which is causing havoc. > The root cause is spam, and many ISPs inept efforts at pre-filtering. > > I remember chaos at Demon a few years ago, when someone decided to put > them on a blacklist because one of their customers had an

Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago...

2006-01-21 Thread John Gilpin
Quanta has noted both the quality of the site and its great features. Congratulations. John Gilpin. Quanta Treasurer. - Original Message - From: "David Tubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:01 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Today 20 years ago.