Re: Mail Client Configuration, to SSL or not to SSL
Many thanks Ronni, again comprehensive and excellent advice. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 27/05/2012, at 5:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, IMAP (SSL) is my recommendation, others might disagree. Have a good read of The Case For Email Security at this link: http://luxsci.com/blog/the-case-for-email-security.html Especially Section 5: Securing Your Email With SSL or TLS Extract taken from the Article / SSL: It is simple and easy to use SSL to secure the communications between your computers and your email service provider’s computers. This works no matter who your recipients are. SSL improves security in these ways: It establishes that you are contacting your service provider’s computers and not someone else’s It encrypts the username and password that you use to login to these servers. This mitigates identity theft and other issues. It protects your message from eavesdroppers between your computer and your SMTP server. The easiest thing you can do to make your email more secure is to use an email provider that supports “Secure Socket Layer” (SSL) for their Webmail, POP, IMAP, and SMTP servers. TLS is a type of SSL that can be initiated during a mail session; unlike TLS, SSL must be initiated before sending the email (see SSL versus TLS – What’s the difference?). End of Extract/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.4 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 27/05/2012, at 11:02 AM, iCloud wrote: Good morning all, Due to the imminent demise of MobileMe web hosting I have transferred my web site to another host. I am setting up e-mail accounts such as i...@skehan.id.au and the like but cant figure out if I should use the Auto-Configure Mac Mail.app® for IMAP Access or the Auto-Configure Mac Mail.app® for IMAP Access (SSL) app provided by the hosting people. They also give manual settings; Supported Incoming Mail Protocols: POP3, POP3S (SSL/TLS), IMAP, IMAPS (SSL/TLS) and Supported Outgoing Mail Protocols: SMTP, SMTPS (SSL/TLS). It seems straight forward but to SSL or not to SSL is the question? Any advice will be appreciated. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com www.skehan.id.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Fwd: Hard Drive Question ?
Thank you to those who helped with my Step son's HD question re encryption. Begin forwarded message: From: David Ring dmr...@btopenworld.com Date: 27 May 2012 4:23:09 PM AWST To: Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com Subject: Re: Hard Drive Question ? Hi Stephen, I have purchased a 1TB iomega 'eGo' portable hard drive - Mac edition. A few reasons: 1. iomega offer encryption software for their hardware. 2. Mac specific so no reformatting required. 3. 3yr international warranty. 4. Bundled with a rubber case to protect it during transit. 5. Recent price drop! (Now about AUD$200) I'll see how I go with the iomega software initially and then consider Lion's FileVault if necessary. I had a look at the link provided below and the OSX option looks quite user friendly so a good plan B. Thank you to you and Carlo Ray for the help. Chat soon, David. PS Link if you want to check it out - http://go.iomega.com/en/products/external-hard-drive-portable/ego-portable-hard-drives-mac-edition/ego-black-mac/?partner=4745#overviewItem_tab. The reviews here look promising too - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/824085-REG/Iomega_35814_1TB_eGo_Portable_Hard.html On 10 May 2012, at 17:10, Stephen Chape wrote: And another one. Begin forwarded message: From: cm cm200...@gmail.com Date: 10 May 2012 1:53:09 AM AWST To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Hard Drive Question ? Reply-To: wamug@wamug.org.au Hi Stephen, Using an encrypted sparse bundle as outlined by Ray is indeed an option. If you son is running OS X Lion he also has the option of encrypting the entire external drive using FileVault. The new FileVault method has a few advantages over the older sparse bundle method but be warned that you will only be able to read the drive on machines running Lion. Here is a step-by-step tutorial for encrypting an external drive with FileVault. http://www.macworld.com/article/1161415/lion_encrypt_external_drive.html Note that the security scare regarding passwords being visible when using FileVault does not apply to this situation as you are using the Lion version of FileVault on Lion and not the Snow Leopard version of FileVault on Lion. (It does not apply to sparse bundle method either.) Cheers, Carlo On 09/05/2012, at 23:19 , Ray Forma wrote: Stephen, On any drive use Disk Utility to create a 'New Image' on that drive. The name you choose for 'Save as' will be the name of the .sparseimage file you are creating. The name you give for 'Name:' further down is the name of the virtual disk that appears whenever you open the .sparseimage file you are creating. If this is a bit confusing then create a small experimental image and play with it till you get the idea. The trash the experiment and build a new 'New Image'. Give the image a suitable name. Then use the following settings: For size choose the biggest size you think you'll need, but read about 'sparse disk image' below before deciding. Use 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)'. For encryption use 128-bit AES Encryption. Use 'Single partition - GUID Partition Map'. For Image Format use 'sparse disk image' so the image will grow in size as you add files to it, till it reaches the maximum size you chose earlier. Click on 'Create'. You will then be asked for a password for access to that image. Use a strong password and make it memorable because I suggest you don't add it to your keychain, especially if the image is going reside on a peripatetic drive. When finished, you end up with a file with a .sparseimage filename extension on the chosen hard disk. When you double click on that image file the Finder will ask for the password before opening the image as a virtual disk drive that shows up as a mounted disk. You can then save the files you want encrypted on that virtual drive. [A virtual drive is not a real physical drive. A virtual drive is a data structure that behaves as if it was a real physical drive, but that structure lives as single file on the physical drive of your choice]. Ejecting the virtual disk will make it disappear from your directory of available disks, but the data will be safely residing in the filename.sparseimage file on the chosen HD. Beware: Never drag the filename.sparseimage file to the trash or delete that file in any other way as you will lose all of the encrypted files contained in that image. Also, if you forget the password to open that image, you can say goodbye to all its enclosed files. The big advantage of the encrypted image file is that it is easy to back up onto another medium. On 09/05/2012, at 8:19 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, My step son who lives in Dubai bought a new external backup drive recently. It was an Iomega Prestige Portable 1TB. Because he is always travelling around the world, he needs the data encrypted. However when he got it home he
Application to extract multiple email addresses from pdf or text document ?
Hoping there's a solution for this. I'd like to automatically extract a bundle of email addresses from a pdf document (which I could easily convert to a Word or other text based document), exporting the email addresses to an ordered list. Each email address mentioned within the document obviously contains the '@' symbol, therefore I need an application which will find and copy or export all 'words' containing '@'. Any solutions out there for Lion? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Application to extract multiple email addresses from pdf or text document ?
Please ignore. Found an online solution which did the job ... http://emailx.discoveryvip.com On 28/05/2012, at 12:06 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hoping there's a solution for this. I'd like to automatically extract a bundle of email addresses from a pdf document (which I could easily convert to a Word or other text based document), exporting the email addresses to an ordered list. Each email address mentioned within the document obviously contains the '@' symbol, therefore I need an application which will find and copy or export all 'words' containing '@'. Any solutions out there for Lion? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Application to extract multiple email addresses from pdf or text document ?
Hi Steven, Another solution perhaps would be URL Extractor 3.4.1 URL Extractor is an app to extract and collect emails and urls in an automatic unattended way form local files or from the web It’s fully compatible with OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard and uses an internal multithread engine developed for OS X by Tension Software for the purpose http://www.pomola.com/products_urlextractor/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 27/05/2012, at 11:00 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Please ignore. Found an online solution which did the job ... http://emailx.discoveryvip.com On 28/05/2012, at 12:06 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hoping there's a solution for this. I'd like to automatically extract a bundle of email addresses from a pdf document (which I could easily convert to a Word or other text based document), exporting the email addresses to an ordered list. Each email address mentioned within the document obviously contains the '@' symbol, therefore I need an application which will find and copy or export all 'words' containing '@'. Any solutions out there for Lion? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Social Media Marketing
For those who think that Social Media Marketing has made life simple, have a look at the following site... http://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-marketing-landscape-complicated-2012-5?utm_source=twbuttonutm_medium=socialutm_campaign=advertising Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Social Media Marketing
Struth .. one look was enough for me. HA .. just had to tell my dictionary to learn struth ! On 28/05/2012, at 7:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: For those who think that Social Media Marketing has made life simple, have a look at the following site... http://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-marketing-landscape-complicated-2012-5?utm_source=twbuttonutm_medium=socialutm_campaign=advertising Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Social Media Marketing
Actually it is not really as complex as it looks. That diagram is what online marketing specialists show to business people to convince them that they need an online marketing specialist. Clear as mud?... Thats the point. Frankly only the most popular services are really worth using and chances are you already know the most popular ones. The has-beens and also-rans can generally be safely ignored for most businesses. Someone with a unique niche market may need to consider some of the lesser known tools but generally the main ones are sufficient. And hey there is always good old (ethical) email marketing which can still be used quite effectively. Regards Shayne Beach Global Upturn Websites that *work*. www.globalupturn.com.au On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Struth .. one look was enough for me. HA .. just had to tell my dictionary to learn struth ! On 28/05/2012, at 7:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: For those who think that Social Media Marketing has made life simple, have a look at the following site... http://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-marketing-landscape-complicated-2012-5?utm_source=twbuttonutm_medium=socialutm_campaign=advertising Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
