Unusual Spam

Hi all. I am getting what seems to be a novel and somewhat intriguing form of spam through my .mac account. The messages have no address, no subject and no content in the body of the message. Viewing with long header however, reveals plenty. The following is typical of what I am

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I just made a google search for smtpin138 and found http:// discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9192478. Seemingly this is a growing problem that those in the ' cloud' are failing to address. I have never before received any form of spam through .mac. I use this account only

More news re.'Unusual Spam'

I just made a google search for smtpin138 and found http:// discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9192478. Seemingly this is a growing problem that those in the ' cloud' are failing to address. I have never before received any form of spam through .mac. I use this account only

Dealing with PVR files from set top box HDD

Hi, My set top box has died so I put the 250 HDD out of it into a Lacie box. It mounts OK on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). There are 195 files on it alternatively titled .INF, .PVR e.g. 0ABC2000.INF 0ABC2000.PVR 0ABC2001.INF 0ABC2001.PVR 0ABCA001.INF ..etc And one 32 KB file called

Re: harddrives.

Evening, Due to the release schedules for most ICT it may take a few weeks before it gets to our shores. If you check most suppliers in a week or two you should be able to order them. Check eBay as prices seem to be quite good. :) Thanks, - Original Message - From: Hugh Griffiths

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Evening, Are you using virtualisation or boot-camp? Provided you have the drivers it should be identical to using a 'normal' computer (As described in places.. :)). Can you access the HTTP interface of the printer or ping it? Cheers - Original Message - From: Gerald Lloyd

Re: Dealing with PVR files from set top box HDD

On 25/03/2009, at 6:53 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, My set top box has died so I put the 250 HDD out of it into a Lacie box. It mounts OK on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). There are 195 files on it alternatively titled .INF, .PVR e.g. 0ABC2000.INF 0ABC2000.PVR 0ABC2001.INF 0ABC2001.PVR

Re: Strange behaviour

Robert Rereading your questions I see I didn't fully answer. I trashed com.apple.mail.plist and it was replaced without affecting the situation. Regards Ian - Original Message - From: Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Wednesday, 25

Re: Strange behaviour

Hi Rhonda Thanks for the suggestions. I quit Mail then found and moved the two MessageRules documents to the desktop, then re-opened Mail, quit Mail again and returned the documents to their usual place in Mail. Nothing had replaced them in the meantime and the viewer window of Mail was still

Re: Strange behaviour

On 25/03/2009, at 9:59 PM, ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Rhonda Thanks for the suggestions. I quit Mail then found and moved the two MessageRules documents to the desktop, then re-opened Mail, quit Mail again and returned the documents to their usual place in Mail. Nothing had

Re: Strange behaviour

On 25/3/09 10:57 AM, ianre...@westnet.com.au ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: I can't use Mail but fortunately have just discovered that I can use Westnet directly.So here goes. My problem is that the Mail window has somehow been minimised without its icon appearing on the RH end of the Dock.

Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

No! On 25/03/2009, at 9:25 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 25/03/2009, at 9:16 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Dual processor 1.42 G4 machine .Has two CD/ DVD drives. Both recognised under previous 10.4 system. Since installing Leopard 10.56 -now only recognises Superdrive Any Clues? Does

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Hello Gerald, You can browse for a printer being shared from a Microsoft Windows- based PC but may not be able to print to it. Adjust the shared printer's name so that it is less than 15 characters long. http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24949 Cheers, Ronni On 25/03/2009, at 9:02 AM, Gerald

Re: DVD Player/Burner not recognised

On 26/03/2009, at 5:37 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: No! So at a guess this may be a type of CD/DVD for which 10.5.6 does not provide a driver . Mactracker shows only 1 Superdrive on Original Mac , the second would therefor be an add on . You will need to open the case and establish

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Hi David I am using Parallels for running Windows stuff, But I used to be able to print straight from the Mac through windows printing thingy under the previous system. The updated system does not seem to work. Everything goes well re setup. just no action!! Thanks Gerry Lloyd

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Thanks Ronda Trouble is the printer is Science and less than 15. Possibly the address is longer?? Regards Gerry -Original Message- From Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au Sent Thu 3/26/2009 7:35 AM To WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject Re: Hello Gerald, You can browse for a

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Hi Gerry, Now that you mention Parallels - this rings a bell! I seem to remember I was printing OK from Parallels (but I use it infrequently) - then it stopped working - probably after upgrading either OSX or Parallels - I don't really remember. At the time, I did a lot of Googling and found

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Hi Gerald, In your original email to WAMUG you said you were: MacBook with system 10.5.6 Trying to use windows printing on a windows network. So we naturally all thought you were accessing a Windows Network in OSX 10.5.6, that's why I sent the support link relating to 'Windows- Shared