I agree, I've always used the Skype call test service as well, if for some reason I want to test my audio on Skype. On 2010-06-06, at 8:52 AM, Clare Page wrote:
> Hi! > I know this may perhaps seem a strange question to you, David, but why do you > need to call yourself to test Skype, when you can test Skype with its own > call testing service? If you have Skype 3, choose "Skype test call" from your > contact list, and if you use Skype 4, choose "Echo / Sound test service". > Calling that testing service was the first thing I learned to do when I first > got my own Skype two years ago, and I thought everybody knew about that. > Bye for now, and happy skyping, preferably to other people! (Smile). > From Clare > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Allen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 10:53 AM > Subject: [Skypeenglish] You can no longer call yourself > > >> >> Hi! >> >> I'm not sure when this changed. I used to call myself to test Skype on a new >> machine. >> >> I don't have a new machine to test tonight. I had other reasons for calling >> myself, but the long and the short is that I no longer can. The only way I >> can do it is sign into Skype on one or other machine with a different >> username. >> >> Don't believe I've read that here anywhere before, so thought I'd mention it. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
