More iinet. Was tedious now boring and tedious.

2003-05-15 Thread Bill Parker
Message: 11 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:17:20 +0800 From: James Kunz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More iiNet Queries. be happy i receive up to 95% of my mail as spam...James Kelly Duffy wrote: Hi all, Seeing as there's been so much discussion about iiNet's service I have a related

For Sale: Various Items (IXUS, Fireball, EasyHDD)

2003-05-15 Thread Przemek Radzikowski
Hi All, A couple more items to add to the collection Canon IXUS, 2.1Mega Pixel, 2x zoom, 3.2 Digital Zoom. Awesome camera, brilliant photographs. Has served me extremely well. All cables, battery, charger, 8MB compact flash memory card. http://capitalhead.com.au/4sale/ixus.htm Asking: $420 ono

Re: More iinet. Was tedious now boring and tedious.

2003-05-15 Thread Greg Hosking
On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 07:40 AM, Bill Parker wrote: 2. absolutely no problems at all before 6.30 am. EVERY time connect without fail. So I stay connected once in. many providers, such as highway1, provide a 'nightowl' service: log on between 6pm 8am - unlimited time downloads for

now if they would only tar and feather him as well

2003-05-15 Thread Mark Secker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30708.html and catch a few of his fellow spaming mates -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph#9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ ... the pupil is never educated to the degree of

Almost free gear

2003-05-15 Thread Vladimir James
Almost free gear: Mac LC 10MB RAM (2MB on motherboard); 512KB ROM: 1.44MB SuperDrive; no keyboard or monitor; worked fine with MacOS 7.5.3 but will require installation of new OS Yamaha Powered Multimedia Speakers YST-MS25; 3-unit setup (subwoofer + left right);one loose connection requires

Re: Copy Protection

2003-05-15 Thread Meg Travers
I am furious with EMI's Copy Control!! To add insult to injury, my favorite band (Afro Celt Sound System) have just released a new album. They're on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, but that's distributed in Australia by Virgin/EMI, so guess what - it's Copy Controlled and apparently won't

iinet vs. TGP mail server

2003-05-15 Thread Greg Hosking
Hi all, a question of curiosity: having recently switched from OS9/entourage to OSX/mail.app, one thing annoyed me: despite having mail.app set to remove copy from server after receiving message right away on both my home work machines, i still got all emails downloaded on both machines

Re: More iiNet Queries.

2003-05-15 Thread Kelly Duffy
Why should I be happy? You should be unhappy. By the way, can anyone who's using TPG let me know how reliable their service is, for modem in particular. I noticed a couple of changes and seeing as I'll need to change my email address anyway maybe a change of ISP wouldn't go astray. Kind regards,

Free / Cheap Data Base for OSX?

2003-05-15 Thread Antony N. Lord
An associate of mine here is trying to create a database of all their staff (DJs in this case) including all of their profile information based oon their exisiting paper records. Basic info is name / contact details and about 10 standard questions. Total staff are about 50. Anyone recommend

Re: Free / Cheap Data Base for OSX?

2003-05-15 Thread Shay Telfer
An associate of mine here is trying to create a database of all their staff (DJs in this case) including all of their profile information based oon their exisiting paper records. Basic info is name / contact details and about 10 standard questions. Total staff are about 50. Anyone recommend a

Anybody for a new Series 7 BMW..courtesy Macintouch

2003-05-15 Thread Bob Howells
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Security guards smashed their way into an official limousine with sledgehammers on Monday to rescue Thailand's finance minister after his car's computer failed. Ý Suchart Jaovisidha and his driver were trapped inside the BMW for more than 10 minutes before guards broke a

Calendar/scheduler compatible with pc

2003-05-15 Thread brett curtis
Does anyone know of a calendar/scheduler similar to Ical that is compatible with a pc? I use Ical because it has a very good repeat scheduler which can repeat entries in a way suited to my business. Problem is the laptop I have access to is a pc but my main office computer is a G4/400

Re: Calendar/scheduler compatible with pc

2003-05-15 Thread Shay Telfer
Does anyone know of a calendar/scheduler similar to Ical that is compatible with a pc? I use Ical because it has a very good repeat scheduler which can repeat entries in a way suited to my business. Problem is the laptop I have access to is a pc but my main office computer is a G4/400 running

deleting emails

2003-05-15 Thread brett curtis
Whilst trying to delete old emails in Apple Mail, I am left with 14 containing the message... The message from Norm Winton [EMAIL PROTECTED] concerning “[World] Robotic Squeegee” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it. Can anyone

[COMMPOST] Seven Super Specials

2003-05-15 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All! Following from the great success of the first 4 specials I am doing the same 4 plus an extra 3 specials!! Read on for more details. PLUS if you purchase something listed in this email you will go in the draw to win a 256MB USB Flash Drives valued at $145! Specials run for two

Re: Anybody for a new Series 7 BMW..courtesy Macintouch

2003-05-15 Thread Mark Heeler
A subject of much mirth on several car messageboards. Unfortunately the BMW which locked in the owner wasn't a new one and did not have the iDrive system ! The car was a backup for the ministers normal car, a Mercedes, which had broke down ! As much as I would like to, we can't blame MS this

LC 520 system disks

2003-05-15 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Hi I have a friend with an old Mac LC520. At present he can't get it working so I brought it home to see if I could manage something!! He was given the LC, but it did not come with its system install disks. It had been working find for word processing etc, but recently crashed and now will not

Re: Anybody for a new Series 7 BMW..courtesy Macintouch

2003-05-15 Thread Matthew Healey
On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 12:47 PM, Mark Heeler wrote: As much as I would like to, we can't blame MS this time...! Since when has that stopped us before? - Matt -- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 Matt Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LC 520 system disks

2003-05-15 Thread Shay Telfer
Does anybody have install disks for this computer, or system 7 in general. Or, does anyone know where I might find them online. http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-International/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/ You want the 'Z-' systems for

Linux PPC

2003-05-15 Thread brierywine
Looking at buying a G4 and running linux, I would appreciate any positive comments about yellowdog or which system runs best on a dual 1.25 ppc

Re: Linux PPC

2003-05-15 Thread Matthew Healey
On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 04:16 PM, brierywine wrote: Looking at buying a G4 and running linux, I would appreciate any positive comments about yellowdog or which system runs best on a dual 1.25 ppc I managed to get DebianPPC up and running in a reasonable amount of time. I have played

Re: Almost free gear

2003-05-15 Thread Vladimir James
It has gone to a needy soul. :-) Thanks to all who replied. Vlad James

Re: iiNet - SPAM and Webmail

2003-05-15 Thread Richard M.
Hi Kelly and all, Yes, I've noticed a remarkable increase in the amount of spam over the last week or so from iiNet. To add insult to injury, I've found that their Webmail program has a nasty little bug which deletes email from your inbox when using the back button on the browser. They have a

For Sale Blue White G3

2003-05-15 Thread Rob Findlay
400 Mhz CPU/ 256 RAM / 40 Gig HD / Grappler SCSI card OS9.2.2 and OSX 10.2.6 CPU only + Keyboard (no monitor) $500 Rob - 0414 487256

Re: Anybody for a new Series 7 BMW..courtesy Macintouch

2003-05-15 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear WAMUGgers Ok Matt, then try this bit that I've just frivolously posted to GMUG list! I thought this might reassure you, just as you've put down a deposit... not! I actually like the cover on the latest Aust MacWorld with the Apple horn button, mice lights on the dash and great

Re: iiNet - SPAM and Webmail

2003-05-15 Thread Ryan Jay Schotte
On 2003-05-15 20:28, Richard M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have asked for the location of an alternative version of Webmail, as I'm anticipating buying a new machine in the near future, and would like to administer my emails from work so there are not a billion to download when I configure

Re: LC 520 system disks

2003-05-15 Thread Greg Pennefather
Daniel I have a feeling that someone will suggest you download the system software from the Apple web site. An alternative is to order a replacement system CD from MacRabbit at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~koala1/macrabbit/maccds.html. I checked the site and they have a LC520 system CD for

inet Bliink almost perpetually on the blink

2003-05-15 Thread Michael Hawkins
Whoever named the Bliink series of accounts Bliink must have been in the know. Mine rarely works. I sent an email yesterday (Wednesday) because I could not conect using my Bliin 256 account. The green adsl link light was out. I tried unplugging the modem for a couple of minutes and rebooting the