Security is not an issue if the Workstation is NT4, 2000, or XP Pro. Log off.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramsour Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 10:26 AM Subject: RE: Mail question > I agree. Unfortunately it is a company policy for "security" purposes that > each workstation use a screen saver that is set to activate after no more > than 10 minutes of inactivity. My best bet is to use Tom's suggestion. The > down side to this situation is that I have found that factory people sneak > into my office at night and take a snooze or whatever. I have never seen > indication of any mischievous activity but it is possible if my computer, > which contains the master database and programs, were left open to "attack". > > Ultimately, if this is an issue with R:Mail, it would be ideal if it could > be fixed -- or whatever the appropriate term to use is. R:Mail offers a > wonderful world of opportunity and it certainly is a great utility. > > Thanks for all input. > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis McGrath [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:07 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Mail question > > > > > > > > > > > > I never use screen savers. In my opinion they are unnecessary these days. > > Have never seen screen burn-in on modern monitors. Eliminate the > > overhead, > > and the headaches. Cute isn't worth it either. > > > > -- Dennis McGrath > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Productivity Tools for R:Base Programmers > > http://www.enteract.com/~mcgrath/dennis > > > > -- Full time consultant with: > > SQL Resources Group > > Steve Hartmann > > Oak Park, IL > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Ramsour Mike > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: R:Mail question > > > > > > In using the R:Mail utility it appears that the screen saver prevents > > R:Mail > > from completing its operation. Each time that it has run with the screen > > saver on it won't do anything until the screen is deactivated i.e. I > > supply > > the password so that I can use my system. This is running with the latest > > version of R:Base for Windows under Windows 2000. I thought maybe the > > e-mail client (Outlook 98 on my system) was required to be running when > > R:Mail is launched. > > > > Has anyone experienced this situation? If so, is there a workaround or > > configuration setting that I can adjust? I currently have a program that > > runs at 5:30 AM that uses R:Mail when I get into my office at 7:30 R:Mail > > is > > attempting to connect to the e-mail client. As soon as I turn the screen > > saver off R:Mail completes its job -- and not until. It works great as > > long > > as there is no screen saver on. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks > > > > Mike Ramsour > > c/o AK Steel Coshocton Works > > > > Voice: 1-740-829-4340 > > Fax: 1-740-829-4211 > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
