Hello Roelof,
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 7:06:58 PM, you wrote:
RO Hallo Peter,
RO On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:45:31 -0400GMT (22-10-02, 23:45 +0200GMT, where
RO I live), you wrote:
PK I am a user only and are not that familiar with all the
PK technicalities.
PK Is message board same as a Usenet
Hallo Peter,
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:34:41 -0400GMT (23-10-02, 1:34 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
PK On the other hand, if someone wants the change why not Usenet
PK forum? This can be read on-line or off-line as desired.
Can easily be spammed. Lots of e-mail harvesters. You need
Hello Peter,
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 at 19:34:41 [GMT -0400], you wrote:
PK Based on your explanation of the Message Board I agree with you
PK 100%. The current system is much better, especially for people not
PK connected all the time (broadband). I can read it off-line.
This is really more a
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 10:34:23 AM, Thomas Fernandez wrote:
TF You apparently send the incoming messages to the folder with a filter.
TF In that filter, set Ply Sound under the Action tab.
Is there an advantage to using this process over simply setting the
sound in Folder Properties?
Dear Thomas,
Going back 19:26 22.10.2002...
Aehem. I was a manager for over 10 years and am an MBA student now. I
cannot let this pass. At least not in this general form. ;-)
You sure know the german saying the exception validates the rule ;)
Cheers,
Johannes
Hallo Deborah,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:59:43 +0100GMT (23-10-02, 14:59 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
TF You apparently send the incoming messages to the folder with a filter.
TF In that filter, set Ply Sound under the Action tab.
DW Is there an advantage to using this process over simply
Hello List,
if there is a need of a English spoken message board. I have on
running since some weeks. It is a part of my TheBat Info page which
is in the moment in German but will be translated to English soon. The
Board is English. So let me now if there is really a need and i will
configurated
On 10/22/2002, Peter Kerekes wrote:
On the other hand, if someone wants the change why not Usenet forum? This
can be read on-line or off-line as desired. Can download only messages
interested in and ignore others.
It's often difficult to start a new newsgroup. If you want to start one in
the
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:26:16 PM, Roelof Otten wrote:
RO Yes, you can use different sounds for e-mail from mum, dad, bro and
RO sis, while you're still sorting them into the same family folder. (Not
RO that I use any sounds...)
Ah, of course!
And yet another thing I didn't think of,
I have been having an occasional problem with receiving
mail.
Sometimes I will get double messages being downloaded from
the server. Its almost like when thebat checks the mail, it
doesn't delete it from the server, and then it retrieves it
again.
Has anyone else had this problem?
And is there
What does it mean to Park Messages ?
Could someone give me an example of how I would use this
feature?
thanks.
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Replying to your message of Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 10:05:19 AM:
~ What does it mean to Park Messages ?
Parking is used as a positive measure to make certain messages
'undeleteable'. I use it for import things like DNS or ISP settings.
That way I know no matter how much deleting I do I
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, ~John wrote in
mid:1333221675.20021023090519;semo.net:
~ What does it mean to Park Messages ?
~ Could someone give me an example of how I would use this
~ feature?
~John,
I use it in two ways. After mailing list messages get filtered to
various folders, I mark
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Hi ~John,
23-Oct-2002, 08:51 -0700 (16:51 UK time) ~John [j] in
mid:1432389599.20021023085127;semo.net said:
j Sometimes I will get double messages being downloaded from the
j server. Its almost like when thebat checks the mail, it doesn't
j delete
Gary,
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 10:55:48 PM, you wrote:
Gary which implies that the new mail is scattered throughout the message
Gary folder, perhaps to a point where one cannot even see the new mail that has
Gary arrived. This feature would be a key that takes you automatically to the
Gary
Okay, thanks allot guys for replying so fast.
This sounds like a great feature, I'm going to have to start
using that.
I wonder how many people are using this software and not
realizing the true power of it.
This program is allot like my favorite editor
(EditPlus2) Once I think I have it all
I've been noticing these problems every time I get an
incoming phone call on my regular phone line.
I bet when I stapled the telephone wire to the house one of
the staples cut too deep... I can hear on my phone when my
computer is dialing up.
I have both phone lines running on the same wire, 2
This is what I am using on my Reply Template so that it
will clean up the message that I am replying too.(see below)
My question is What could I add to this so that it
would also Wrap the message that I'm replying too?
You know, so that the message is all together with no extra
lines?
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Thomas,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:34:23 AM, you wrote:
Thomas You apparently send the incoming messages to the folder with a filter.
Thomas In that filter, set Ply Sound under the Action tab.
Thanks to the folks who suggested this approach. Unfortunately it has some
difficulties, for the
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 5:38:30 AM, Mark wrote in message
mid:11746040813.20021022213830;ahsoftware.net
MW What happens if you double-click on the batch file itself? That
MW *should* launch TB with no logo. If it doesn't, there's an error in
MW the batch file. If it does, then something's
Hello Gary!
On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 7:29:07 PM you wrote:
I too agree in total with Thomas, and for additional reasons, one that
being a webboard is not email, or will be used by email, which is the
essence of TB! Also, by using and contributing to TBUDL, one can practice
with the
Hello ~John,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 6:11:58 PM, you wrote:
~ I've been noticing these problems every time I get an
~ incoming phone call on my regular phone line.
~ I bet when I stapled the telephone wire to the house one of
~ the staples cut too deep... I can hear on my phone when my
~
Hello Johannes!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 3:14:09 PM you wrote:
You sure know the german saying the exception validates the rule ;)
Sorry Johannes, the correct adage goes the exception *proofs* the
rule. The German does eventually say the same, only the German
bestÃĪtigt is a bit more
Hello Thomas!
On Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 7:31:42 PM you wrote:
So, no hidden taskbars for me any more. Only chocolate bars.
A matter of tastes. I very rarely encounter the difficulty you
describe.
--
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http://www.Write4U.de
http://Zoo.Write4U.de
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Hello Roelof,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:26:16 PM, you wrote:
RO Yes, you can use different sounds for e-mail from mum, dad, bro and
RO sis, while you're still sorting them into the same family folder. (Not
RO that I use any sounds...)
Could possibly get a little noisy if they all have mail
Hello Jan!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 1:37:22 AM you wrote:
I'm sorry. I don't get it. What's the
advantage to that over this forum?
Well, to people completely new to e-mailing a web site with posting
capabilities (nothing more than a not-so-fancy database application)
it would be
Hello Leif,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 1:35:51 PM, you wrote:
LG I can see value added in having a web board to support complete
LG newbies, where they can get their feet wet. However, what I
LG foresee in this, is that one, you're going to have to have a
LG pretty dedicated staff of
Hello Jonathan!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 3:37:19 AM you wrote:
Hrm... curious... I tested it here (unfortunately I don't have a
hotkey here, so I'll have to test it with that at work) and it loaded
without splash. I'll get back to you on that... I'm most confused now
:)
Does Anne
Hello Anne!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 4:50:19 AM you wrote:
Win95 can handle up to an 8Gb drive Thomas :-)
Even more - if the drive is partitioned with asuitable tool (like
PartitionMagic).
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Hello Mark!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 6:45:06 AM you wrote:
Not entirely. If the BIOS supports it, Win95 can use big drives.
However, it doesn't do it very well. Once you get over 2GB the cluster
size takes a quantum jump.
Did you use FAT or FAT32? The last one seems quite good.
Hi Dierk.
At 12:20 PM on Wednesday, October 23, 2002
you [DH] wrote the following about 'Proposal:
The Bat! Message Board':
DH A point made by Thomas F. various times
DH whenever this issue comes up (about once
DH in six months).
Oh... must have missed it.
Thanks.
--
Jan Rifkinson
Hello Peter!
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 7:07:07 PM you wrote:
Telling what? I'm more anonymous there? I don't think I'm really
anonymous there [1]
That was my point. Although I do use my real name and a valid e-mail
address I always get into discussions about posting anonymously or
Hi Simon,
VN Solutions I have tried (none worked):
Are you by any chance using EFS? I had problems like the ones you described
when encrypting the mail base folders and then using multiple profiles and
checking mail so I stopped using it.
No I'm not using EFS. I only compress the folders when
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'Lo Vishal,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:27:40 -0700 your time, you authored this:
VN Could you tell me how you have your own machine set up, so I can
VN compare?
I have multiple profiles set up for various uses. For example, I have a
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On Thursday, 24 October 2002 at 6:08 a.m. ~John wrote:
~ I apologize to everyone for turning my back on it for Outlook! Can
~ I ever be forgiven?
Absolutely not - that's inexcusable! ;-)
But welcome back anyway!
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Carren
PGP public key:
Darn it!
It looks like I'll just have to earn your respect...
uh... would it help if I said I was Drunk at the time?
To the Bat-Cave Robin :-)
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~John,
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- - - Carren Stuart wrote - - -
On Thursday, 24 October 2002 at 6:08 a.m. ~John wrote:
~ I apologize to
Hi
Yes, I've tried to find this in the help files. I realize I am
probably stupidly overlooking the answer, but need to know now so
can't spend more time stumbling around for the answer.
I need to send an e-mail to several hundred people. They are *not*
all in my address book (no, it isn't
It happens to me too, since v1.59. I think it's been added to the
buglist, but there's no fix to it yet.
TF The Connection Center is being completely overhauled, and the bugs and
TF wishes are closely looked at.
I guess you're talking about the misterius version 2. But I think this
bug should
Hello Kitty,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 1:57:15 PM, in a galaxy far, far away, Kitty wrote:
K Hi What is the easiest way to get the addresses into TB
K without having to put a separator between each name? I want
K to do this so that recipients do not see all the other e-mail
K addresses.
I
Hello Spike,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:21:09 PM, in a galaxy far, far
away, Spike wrote:
S I would suggest you create a group in your address book and use
S the Import address list (text) and specify the file which has the
S addresses. I'll try this by dumping the smallest of my Yahoo
Hi John,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:08:40 -0700 (23/10/2002, 18:08 my time),
you [~] wrote in mid:357023484.20021023100840;semo.net :
~ This program is allot like my favorite editor
~ (EditPlus2)
Editplus rocks!!! :)
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Hello Bat Folk.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2894850,00.html
[...] if you try to open a zip file which
holds a filename longer than 255 characters
[/...]
Apparently a virus can be embedded in such
a file get by un-noticed.
Don't know if it applies here but
Hello Don,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 1:46:18 AM, you wrote:
DZ The author of Pocomail (probably the best client besides the Bat) runs a
DZ support forum for his program, and it sees dozens of posts daily.
I thought it was a puzzle how Slaven could support people through that
webboard.
DZ
Hello Jonathan,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:02:13 AM, you wrote:
JA The program wouldn't load at all if that was the case ;) Plus I
JA missed the off so to use short paths, something which works in
JA all versions of dos I know... try going:
JA cd\progra~1\
JA then type
JA dir
JA and
Hello Kitty,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 7:57:15 PM, you wrote:
K Hi
K Yes, I've tried to find this in the help files. I realize I am
K probably stupidly overlooking the answer, but need to know now so
K can't spend more time stumbling around for the answer.
K I need to send an e-mail to
Hello Allie,
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 10:55:52 AM, you wrote:
A What's all that stuff on the left side of the screen?
ACM You can drag your toolbar to any window edge you like. Just grab and
ACM hold the left edge of the toolbar (where the two double lines are
ACM and place it at the screen
Hello Dave,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 4:30:59 PM, you wrote:
DC The third is that the style of use I described has me bouncing from one
DC folder to another, with no consistent pattern. Hence, I need to be able to
DC sit back and look at the full range of folders (in the Accounts Pane) and
DC
Hello Adam,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 9:15:12 PM, you wrote:
A Will that be the same in Windows XP? I can't duplicate the above in
A XP.
Possibly because WinXP uses the NT kernel and there's no DOS any more
as far as it's concerned ??
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Best regards,
Barry2
Using The Bat! v1.61 on
Barry,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 1:38:25 PM, you wrote:
Barry2 I too have a number of folders ( though not as many as you have ) and
Barry2 the Blue Folder icon for un-read messages is about as clear as you can
Barry2 make it in the accounts pane !
If you have an online session that is
You can edit the Icons anyway you like by modifying the
glphs.bmp image (I can send you the one that I'm using) then
you just place it in your The Bat! directory.
Make sure you have High Colour Images checked in
preferences.
Then restart thebat.
I have several styles that I can send you and you
I couldn't agree more!
Are you on our Edit+ yahoo group?
We have over 1,000 members.
Did you know Sangil Kim just released the updated version?
(2.11 build 1052)
I wish the bat had a button where you
could edit your messages in your editor of choice.
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Best Regards,
~John,
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Hello Adam,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, at 17:45:12 [GMT -0230] (which was 4:15:12
PM in NY, USA) Adam wrote:
JA cd\progra~1\
JA then type
JA dir
JA and see what it tells you The Bat! folder is. Mine shows as
JA thebat~1...
Will that be the same in Windows XP? I can't duplicate the above in
XP.
I'm afraid I had to delete the mails several people sent me in
response to my question because of the same problems I was talking
about. I can't remember what their names were, so I'll try and reply
to all of them here:
Someone suggested checking the User Depot registry settings to fix
this. I
My setup is essentially similar. I use a common data folder, not on a separate
partition though. I also set up the same TB accounts so that they use
the same mail base. I don't see any reason for TB to behave this way
:(
Could you tell me what your security permissions for the MAIL and TB
folders
Hello Don,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 at 00:04:17[GMT -0400](which was 05:04 where I
live) you wrote:
DZ Still, although I would like to stick a Bat Board up, there's no point in
DZ doing so if it just sits there with empty forums and no users. That's why I
DZ posted the idea to the list; to get an
Thomas-
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 6:26:04 AM, you wrote:
TM if there is a need of a English spoken message board. I have on
TM running since some weeks. It is a part of my TheBat Info page which
TM is in the moment in German but will be translated to English soon. The
TM Board is English. So
Hello Mark
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, you wrote
It's also loaded with annoying pop-up and pop-under ads. I won't be
going back there again.
-Mark Wieder
Which is why I said no to using a message board. It appears the
viable learning center for newbies remains this mailing list.
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'Lo ETM,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:23:44 -0400 your time, you authored this:
E Which is why I said no to using a message board. It appears the
E viable learning center for newbies remains this mailing list.
That board may have ads, but others
Hello Mark,
On Wednesday, 23. October 2002 at 16:15:37 [GMT -0700] you wrote:
Thomas-
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 6:26:04 AM, you wrote:
TM if there is a need of a English spoken message board. I have on
TM running since some weeks. It is a part of my TheBat Info page which
TM is in the
Hi Dave,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 2:41 AM, you mentioned about (no subject):
Gary next unread message.
D control right-arrow.
Thanks Dave, works perfectly..
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Gary
Today's thought: Chaos, panic, pandemonium - my work here is done.
Hi Thomas,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 4:34 AM, you mentioned about New Messages (was: no
subject):
arrived. This feature would be a key that takes you automatically to
the next unread message.
T You mean crtl-], I suppose. Whether it should move you to new messages
T also across
Hi Barry2,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 3:38 PM, you mentioned about New Messages (was: no
subject):
B If you go to [ View / Split Mode ] and select [ Full height account
B tree ] then this will give you more folders visible at the same time
B so might make the job easier ?
Do you know what
Hi Dierk,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 10:56 AM, you mentioned about Proposal: The Bat!
Message Board:
D BTW, this started with the reference to beginners. Do beginners -
D particularly the mentioned absolute beginners - really are served
D with a newsgroup or a message board?
Good
Hi Dave,
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 4:15 PM, you mentioned about New Messages (was: no
subject):
D If you have an online session that is essentially all day, then you
D cannot tell what email is new, for each pickup that TB performs.
D Frequently it is worth glancing at a folder, to see
A And one *I* just thought of: The time zones.
what do you mean by that?
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| Usando The Bat! 1.60c
Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL
Previously I mentioned an error that I occasionally receive. Slightly edited
from the original posting:
=
Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window message box appears. The TB title
bar goes blank (no icon or The Bat! title) and TB loses focus. If I then
toggle back to TB,
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=
Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window message box appears.
The TB title bar goes blank (no icon or The Bat! title) and TB
loses focus. If I then toggle back to TB,
Hello James,
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 11:29:09 PM, you wrote:
JS For XP, you can try the same method via command prompt. You can
JS get to the prompt by typing command (without quotes) in the
JS Run dialogue.
JS Start/Run/type command/Click OK
Works in Win98 too !! So the old DOS backbone
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In mid:958975235.20021023183957;myrealbox.com,
Vishal Nakra [VN] wrote:'
VN As a temporary fix, I've deleted all the shortcuts to TB from my
VN admin desktop so that I don't even TRY to use it from there :)
VN I'd really like to know how someone else
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, you wrote
'Lo ETM,
That board may have ads, but others don't. None of mine do, because I hate
them mostly, and the people that use them do also. So maybe 'the viable
learning center for newbies' seems to have switched back to a possible
message
On 10/23/2002, Richard Wakeford wrote:
But, from what I've been understanding you to be saying in your earlier
posts, the forums are more to attract *new* TB! users via search engines
and such than to take users off this mailing list where I, for one, would
prefer to stay as I've never really
TBUDL members
Can anyone on the list explain to me the rationale behind peculiar
behaviour of the mail editor? While the template editor behaves in what
I would call a normal manner, the mail editor
* has its own unique line wrap/autoformat behaviour
* treats each line as if it extends
Just started evaluating the Bat came across these 2 problems:
1) If you highlight several messages in threaded view with the
Bat then only the one selected gets deleted.
2) If you try to move to the next/previous message inside a
thread, it jumps out of the thread.
Any ideas on how to get this
ON Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 8:27:26 AM, you wrote:
RA TBUDL members
RA Can anyone on the list explain to me the rationale behind peculiar
RA behaviour of the mail editor? While the template editor behaves in what
RA I would call a normal manner, the mail editor
RA* has its own unique
Hallo Anne,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:55:24 +0100GMT (23-10-02, 2:55 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
A Where I have a problem is where the listowner has not opted to have
A replies go back to the list by default (this is entirely the
A listowners choice). In this case I have to use the reply
Miguel A. Urech recently typed,
MAU Marcus said to hit Ctrl+C. The Copy button you pushed does what you
MAU saw.
Hi Miguel!
Long time since we spoke
I am using CTRL-C and it is working fine, my reply implied that I
tried the Copy button thinking it would copy to the clipboard but
Thomas Fernandez recently typed,
TF The wish to be able to mark and copy
TF several, even all, filters is in the pipeline, though.
Now that would be useful - even more so if they could be exported to
text file ;-)
Tony Brookes
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Hallo Marcus,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:09:50 +0200GMT (23-10-02, 9:09 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
M 1) If you highlight several messages in threaded view with the
M Bat then only the one selected gets deleted.
That's intentional (I think) so that you only delete the messages you
see. To
On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 23:19, jwayne wrote:
MO Could it be that TB! or it's files are stored in a directory which
MO is encrypted or where you don't have normal access priviligies? A
MO long shot, but at least a shot :-)
No encryption. It's a Windows 2000 system, but FAT32 so there are
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 05:37, Thomas Fernandez wrote:
I don't know what this is. I also wonder why you can send the message
at all, if you are required to log in first.
That's why I was guessing on POP authentication which shouldn't affect
the possibility to send mails. But that
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 06:28, Allie C Martin wrote:
JA - Open Notepad (Start - Programs - Accessories - Notepad)
JA - Put:
JA c:\progra~1\thebat~1\thebat.exe /nologo
^
shouldn't a space be there? Why not write the
line
Hello Gary,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:55:48 -0500 GMT (23/10/02, 12:55 +0700 GMT),
Gary wrote:
Another thought is perhaps making a small customized wav file, uniquely
identifying that folder, which would automatically play when new mail
arrived in that folder, thereby having audio notification
Hallo Allie,
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:28:25 -0500GMT (23-10-02, 6:28 +0200GMT, where
I live), you wrote:
JA c:\progra~1\thebat~1\thebat.exe /nologo
ACM ^
ACM shouldn't a space be there? Why not write the
ACM line like this?
ACM
Hello Allie,
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:20:54 -0500 GMT (23/10/02, 11:20 +0700 GMT),
Allie C Martin wrote:
Here's an example of one that's well developed:
Here is another one that works well and is also well-frequented:
http://www.batworld.de/cgi-bin/batboard/ikonboard.cgi
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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