Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread J. Weaver Jr.
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Phillip Jones wrote: This was the second failure in less than a week. The first time it just quit working. The only cure was unsubscribe from the server in SeaMonkey the go to profile and wipe out anything associated with eternal-september You spent time un

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Philip Chee
On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:47:43 -0400, Phillip Jones wrote: > Philip Chee wrote: >> Is it also irresponsible to be unemployed and so poor that they can't >> even afford the few $ to upgrade their computer (or that the few $ is >> the difference between their kids going hungry)? > I hope your making

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Phillip Jones wrote: > This was the second failure in less than a week. > > The first time it just quit working. The only cure was unsubscribe > from the server in SeaMonkey the go to profile and wipe out anything > associated with eternal-september You spent time unsubscribing, wiping, probabl

Re: email wmv attachment problems

2010-05-26 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Jim wrote: I cannot access wmv attachments to email messages by double-clicking on the attachment icon. Windows Media Player opens up, and , I believe, it says there is a problem with the path, and it cannot be played. I have to detach the wmv attachment to be able to access it. Same problem he

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread Phillip Jones
D. K. Kraft wrote: With patience akin to a cat's, Phillip Jones, on 5/25/2010 4:00 PM typed: I've been working for last half hour to get anything from eternal-september. Now I am getting a can't find LDAP server. I am going to do without USENET. I am tired of having to tear my hair out. Mozilla

Re: Coral IE Tab Stopped Working

2010-05-26 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Sqwertz wrote: Coral IE Tab stopped working when it asked to update itself to 1.85.20100407. I get a chrome://coralietab/... URL in the tab header, a IE logo in the URL bar and the current website (that was diaplying fine in SM), and that's it. The browser screen is blank. It doesn't even have

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread D. K. Kraft
With patience akin to a cat's, Phillip Jones, on 5/25/2010 4:00 PM typed: I've been working for last half hour to get anything from eternal-september. Now I am getting a can't find LDAP server. I am going to do without USENET. I am tired of having to tear my hair out. Mozilla, Netscape. Annexcaf

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread Paul
Phillip Jones wrote: I've been working for last half hour to get anything from eternal-september. Now I am getting a can't find LDAP server. I am going to do without USENET. I am tired of having to tear my hair out. Mozilla, Netscape. Annexcafe, sand msnews Microsoft work fine. Works great

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Paul
Frog wrote: I seem to remember making a change in about:config, some many years ago, that caused the predecessor versions of SeaMonkey to appear on the net as if were Firefox or Internet Explorer--how far out in left field is my memory? If I remember correctly on this subject--can this change

Re: MP3 Helper App Missing - more

2010-05-26 Thread Paul
JohnW-Mpls wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2010 14:42:53 -0600, Paul wrote: JohnW-Mpls wrote: Turns out "Helper Applications" in the restored SM does not include an mp3 type either. Well, over a month ago in Windows, I changed my default for mp3 files from QuickTime Player to Windows Media Player. H

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread chicagofan
hawker wrote: On 5/25/2010 9:22 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: Guess I'll pay the 8 bucks a month for giganews. If eternal-september is going to break down every few days even if free is not very enjoyable. I want something once you set it up you don't feel like you need to take a hammer to your c

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread hawker
On 5/25/2010 9:22 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: Guess I'll pay the 8 bucks a month for giganews. If eternal-september is going to break down every few days even if free is not very enjoyable. I want something once you set it up you don't feel like you need to take a hammer to your computer to make it

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Lee
On 5/26/10, Lucas Levrel wrote: > Le 25 mai 2010, Robert Kaiser a écrit : > >> David E. Ross schrieb: >>> Of course, she still has SM 1.1.19 since SM 2.x is not compatible with >>> Windows98. >> >> You or her choices don't make 1.x or Win98 any more secure, both (Win98 >> even >> more than SM 1.x,

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Phillip Jones
Philip Chee wrote: On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:14:31 +0200, Gerd Klaus Hafenbrack wrote: It is irresponsible to use Windows98 and SM 1.x on a PC connected to the internet. Is it also irresponsible to be unemployed and so poor that they can't even afford the few $ to upgrade their computer (or that

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Phillip Jones
Stéphane Grégoire wrote: Hi, Phillip Jones a tapoté, le 24/05/2010 19:36: when user agent string comes up double-click on and on the end */not Firefox 3.0* In about:config, I have : general.useragent.extra.xfake = not Firefox/3.5 Updating the user agent string may be lost when updating Seamo

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Lucas Levrel
Le 26 mai 2010, Robert Kaiser a écrit : Lucas Levrel schrieb: They'd probably be happy if you gifted them a more recent PC. What you call "choices" maybe are not if they can't afford one. Well, I can't change that an operating system that is 13 years old is insecure. I'd also be happy if you

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Lee
On 5/25/10, Robert Kaiser wrote: > Frog schrieb: >> ((Yes, I know, this problem does not exist in SeaMonkey 2; however, that >> introduces a new problem--how do I get her to switch to SeaMonkey 2. She >> seems entrenched on SeaMonkey 1.1.19 and getting her to move may be more >> of a problem than

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread David E. Ross
On 5/26/10 4:34 AM, Stéphane Grégoire wrote: > Hi, > Phillip Jones a tapoté, le 24/05/2010 19:36: >> when user agent string comes up double-click on and on the end */not >> Firefox 3.0* > > In about:config, I have : > > general.useragent.extra.xfake = not Firefox/3.5 > > Updating the user agent

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Robert Kaiser
Philip Chee schrieb: On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:14:31 +0200, Gerd Klaus Hafenbrack wrote: It is irresponsible to use Windows98 and SM 1.x on a PC connected to the internet. Is it also irresponsible to be unemployed and so poor that they can't even afford the few $ to upgrade their computer (or th

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Robert Kaiser
Lucas Levrel schrieb: They'd probably be happy if you gifted them a more recent PC. What you call "choices" maybe are not if they can't afford one. Well, I can't change that an operating system that is 13 years old is insecure. I'd also be happy if you don't try to insult me when I just want

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread Arnie Goetchius
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Phillip Jones wrote: Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Phillip Jones wrote: I've been working for last half hour to get anything from eternal-september. Now I am getting a can't find LDAP server. When you think you have a connection problem, check here: http://et

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Stéphane Grégoire
Hi, Phillip Jones a tapoté, le 24/05/2010 19:36: > when user agent string comes up double-click on and on the end */not > Firefox 3.0* In about:config, I have : general.useragent.extra.xfake = not Firefox/3.5 Updating the user agent string may be lost when updating Seamonkey. -- Stéphane http

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Philip Chee
On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:14:31 +0200, Gerd Klaus Hafenbrack wrote: > It is irresponsible to use Windows98 and SM 1.x on a PC connected to the > internet. Is it also irresponsible to be unemployed and so poor that they can't even afford the few $ to upgrade their computer (or that the few $ is the

Re: Installing Seamonkey "manually" vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-26 Thread Tony
NoOp wrote: On 05/25/2010 04:40 PM, Tony wrote: ... I have a related question - I have set up my laptop with Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and installed 2.0.4 from the Ubuntu Software Respository. Seems to be working fine but no mail/news just browser& composer. I think I see the appropriate files for mail/n

Re: Giving up on news.eternal-september

2010-05-26 Thread John Doue
On 5/26/2010 3:10 AM, Phillip Jones wrote: Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Phillip Jones wrote: I've been working for last half hour to get anything from eternal-september. Now I am getting a can't find LDAP server. When you think you have a connection problem, check here: http://eternal-sept

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Gerd Klaus Hafenbrack
Which capacity (CPU, RAM, hard disk) is not sufficient for Windows XP? Depending on the answer you should upgrade your wife's PC probably with a (used?) motherboard with CPU and sufficient RAM. You can get them used for a few $s. It is irresponsible to use Windows98 and SM 1.x on a PC connect

Re: about:config

2010-05-26 Thread Lucas Levrel
Le 25 mai 2010, Robert Kaiser a écrit : David E. Ross schrieb: Of course, she still has SM 1.1.19 since SM 2.x is not compatible with Windows98. You or her choices don't make 1.x or Win98 any more secure, both (Win98 even more than SM 1.x, by the way) have a list of vulnerabilities that can

Re: New computer.

2010-05-26 Thread Broadback
Errol Smith wrote: Broadback wrote: I have treated myself to a new computer, it comes, of course, with all the usual Microsoft stuff. However I would prefer to stay with SeaMonkey, so any tips for transferring email, addresses and newsgroups seamlessly would be appreciated. I will leave this fin