Re:TBUDL Current version?

> Surely this is simply a matter of reporting fact? What if I decide I > like the name "bob" instead of the impersonal "2.04.7"? At the moment, version numbers are in a hybrid format. For consistency the current (and future) versions should, in my view, either be in the form 2.4.7 OR 2.04.07 - no

Re: Question About Reply Templates

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Marck, On Saturday, February 28, 2004, 4:33:13 AM, you wrote: M> Dear Chris, M> @28-Feb-2004, 14:21 +1100 (28-Feb 03:21 UK time) Chris [C] in M> mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to tbudl: C>> have all text quoted like with %TEXT, but on the other h

Re: TBUDL Current version?

Dear Clive, @28-Feb-2004, 08:03 Clive Taylor [CT] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Surely this is simply a matter of reporting fact? What if I >> decide I like the name "bob" instead of the impersonal "2.04.7"? CT> At the moment, version numbers are in a hybrid format. For CT> consistency the

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello dAniel, > I have some more-traffic contacts that I want to be put into a single > folder and also realized that "folding by contact" is a common feature > request, at least for some people I brought to the bat. > You can, of course create a filter for all these people, but I wish it > was ea

Re: Question About Reply Templates

Dear Edgar, @28-Feb-2004, 11:47 +0100 (28-Feb 10:47 UK time) Edgar van Dijk [EVD] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck: C>>> have all text quoted like with %TEXT, but on the other have it C>>> all a different colour like in %QUOTES? M>> Yes. Use %QUOTES="%TEXT" EVD> Will this not enter the >

Re[2]: TBUDL Current version?

Hello Marck, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 4:49:04 AM, you wrote: >>> Current version is 2.04.07 | 'Using TBUDL' information: GS>> Shouldn't it be 2.04.7? MDP> Yes and no. The previous release was 2.04.03 and that is more MDP> logical to me. I'm calling this one 07 for now. I fail to see the l

Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

Hi T'Buddlers, Just been chatting about this issue with Allie and then found this on the wishlist from 2001 and think it needs a kiss of life. https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=376 Any more supporters? -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.04

Re: TBUDL Current version?

Hello Greg, >> Current version is 2.04.07 | 'Using TBUDL' information: > > Shouldn't it be 2.04.7? Does it make any difference if you owe me 7 or 07 beers? ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7 Cu

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello Peter, on Sat, 28. Feb 2004 at 03:42:31 +0100 Peter Ouwehand wrote: dh>> what do you think about a general filter (like ) where you dh>> select a destination folder and mark contacts from you address book(s) dh>> that you'd like to have moved to a special folder? dh>> This filter would then

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello MAU, on Sat, 28. Feb 2004 at 11:22:18 +0100 MAU wrote: >> You can, of course create a filter for all these people, but I wish >> it was easier. > It is already quite easy, I think. It is, of course. I'm not complaining, but suggesting. And expanding the filter, like I just wrote to Peter

Re: Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:15:15 +GMT (28-2-2004, 15:15 +0100, where I live), you wrote: MDP> Just been chatting about this issue with Allie and then found this MDP> on the wishlist from 2001 and think it needs a kiss of life. MDP> https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=

Time for a Newsgroup?

I have preferred this ML format to a newsgroup format, but IMO the volume of this list has now exceeded a busy person's ability to handle it in mailing list format. It would be easier to scan, store, read, and otherwise manage the growing volume if it were on the Usenet. What do others think of man

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Joseph, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 9:10:11 AM, Joseph N. wrote: JN> What do others think of managing the volume of this list? No. TB is an email program, and being on a mail list facilitates learning new features. This has been brought up several times in the past, and has never gotten o

RE:Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Greg, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 4:45:06 PM, you wrote: > Saturday, February 28, 2004, 9:10:11 AM, Joseph N. wrote: JN>> What do others think of managing the volume of this list? > No. TB is an email program, and being on a mail list facilitates > learning new features. This has been b

Re: Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

Hi Marck, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:15:15 +GMT, you wrote: MDP> (automatic signature check) MDP> https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=376 MDP> Any more supporters? Yes, absolutely! It works for S/MIME signatures, and it should work for PGP too. -- Cheers Peter R

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hi Joseph, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:10:11 -0600GMT, you wrote: JN> I have preferred this ML format to a newsgroup format, but IMO the JN> volume of this list has now exceeded a busy person's ability to handle JN> it in mailing list format. It would be easier to scan, store, read, JN> and otherwise

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hi Jurgen, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:01:41 +0100GMT, you wrote: > I don't have a subscription including newsgroups... and the few > newsgroups servers that I was able to find don't have lots of stuff > on them... so I stopped with that. Have a look at this one. It is for free after subscription. ht

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Joseph, > I have preferred this ML format to a newsgroup format, but IMO the > volume of this list has now exceeded a busy person's ability to handle > it in mailing list format. It would be easier to scan, store, read, > and otherwise manage the growing volume if it were on the Usenet. What

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Jurgen, > and the few newsgroups servers that I was able to find don't have lots > of stuff on them... so I stopped with that. Have you tried http://news.cis.dfn.de/ ? Its one of the best. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7 Winamp Playing: Kenn

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Peter, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 10:14:27 AM, Peter Meyns wrote: PM> I even installed MyGate to use The Bat! for newsgroups too. :-) When I'm reading newsgroups I read a news reader. TB is not a news reader. At least not yet. I can see where this thread is going so I might just as well

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Peter, > I don't have problems with it. Particularly with The Bat! it is so > easy to hit ++M to mark the whole thread read. I even > installed MyGate to use The Bat! for newsgroups too. :-) One of these days I'm going to have to explain what I do to Ignore and Watch threads. Works for both

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Peter, > I agree. It is about an e-mail client after all... Why do Ritlabs and some people use and support a web forum then? TB is not a web browser either, at least yet ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7 Winamp Playing: Jazzmasters - Heart

pulling an images from the explorer window into TB's email window (HTML)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo Fledermäuse, am I doing something wrong or I can really NOT pull images into the editor window (HTML mode) at the place of text where it should appear? - -- regards, Jurgen "It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind. For men it's called

RE:Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello MAU and Peter, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 5:25:42 PM, you wrote: >> and the few newsgroups servers that I was able to find don't have lots >> of stuff on them... so I stopped with that. > Have you tried http://news.cis.dfn.de/ ? Its one of the best. nopes, not yet. but will do so right

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Greg, > When I'm reading newsgroups I read a news reader. TB is not a news > reader. At least not yet. Aside of the protocols used, SMTP/POP or NNTP, what is the big difference between a newsgroup and a mailing list? :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Jurgen, > (But I still don't want the lists to appear there!) OK with me. I have already said I don't really care. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7 Winamp Playing: Aaron Neville - Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You (Smoothjazz.com - The worl

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hi MAU, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:31:15 +0100GMT, you wrote: >> I agree. It is about an e-mail client after all... M> Why do Ritlabs and some people use and support a web forum then? TB is M> not a web browser either, at least yet ;-) I really don't know. I have only come across this forum a coupl

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hi MAU, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:28:52 +0100GMT, you wrote: M> One of these days I'm going to have to explain what I do to Ignore and M> Watch threads. Works for both newsgroups and mailing lists :) I'll look for your post in eager anticipation! :-) -- Cheers Peter When we talk to God it's call

Re: Sumbission Forms

Hello MAU, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:51:22 +0100 GMT (28/02/2004, 06:51 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: > Agree. What menu navigator can you use to find out how to enable Menu > Navigator? ;-) I use the menu navigator often and with pleasure. Please do not vote it away. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der

Address picker (was; WISH: six made on bugtracker)

Hello dAniel, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:07:13 +0100 GMT (28/02/2004, 06:07 +0700 GMT), dAniel hAhler wrote: > - "edit" entry in context menu for AB entries in address picker > Desc: The "address picker" that can be used when writing a mail to > fill in the To:-header field should provide an easy wa

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] - [Samstag, 28. Februar 2004, 17:14:27]: > I don't have problems with it. Particularly with The Bat! it is so > easy to hit ++M to mark the whole thread read. I even > installed MyGate to use The Bat! for newsgroups too. :-) Hi Peter, OH-MY-GOD. Thank you so much for mentioning

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Joseph N. wrote: JN> It would be easier to scan, store, read, and otherwise manage the JN> growing volume if it were on the Usenet. What do others think of JN> managing the volume of this list? I welcome the idea. I prefer a newsgroup to a mailing list. My newsreader is better equipped to handle

Re: TBUDL Current version?

MAU- Saturday, February 28, 2004, 6:48:33 AM, you wrote: M> Does it make any difference if you owe me 7 or 07 beers? ;-) Or 007 (cue the theme music...) This is the silliest argument I've seen on the list in some time. Maybe we should designate Friday as official OT Day on tbudl. We could sing

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello dAniel, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:57:53 +0100 GMT (28/02/2004, 07:57 +0700 GMT), dAniel hAhler wrote: > Move to: > For: [x] Incoming [x] Outgoing > [ ] Read [ ] Replied > Name of subfolders: [ ] Firstname [ ] First Lastname > [ ] Handle [ ] Displayname >

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Shouldn't this be in the FAQ by now so we can just put it to rest? -- -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/theba

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

MAU wrote: Aside of the protocols used, SMTP/POP or NNTP, what is the big difference between a newsgroup and a mailing list? :) You're not using a true news client so the main differences aren't apparent to you. Two major differences come to mind: a) When I wish to review newsgroup posts I have

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Jurgen, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:01:41 +0100 GMT (28/02/2004, 23:01 +0700 GMT), Jurgen Haug wrote: > and in addition I don't have a subscription including > newsgroups... http://www.news.individual.de will give you a free subscription to the newsserver at TU Berlin. > and the few newsgroups

Re: How's THIS for an error message?!!

Hello Urban, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:22:57 +0100 GMT (28/02/2004, 07:22 +0700 GMT), Urban wrote: >> Select the Bayesit plug-in. I then get an Error window saying "It >> seems that something is present in your registry, but it is not >> enough or corrupted!" > Delete everything in your registry an

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

Mark, On Saturday, February 28, 2004, Mark Wieder wrote in : MW> Shouldn't this be in the FAQ by now so we can just put it to rest? No, it shouldn't. See, in particular, the responses by Allie and Frank de Bruin , both of w

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Mau, @28-Feb-2004, 17:31 +0100 (28-Feb 16:31 UK time) MAU [M] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Peter: >> I agree. It is about an e-mail client after all... M> Why do Ritlabs and some people use and support a web forum then? That's an easy one. Having a forum scores points on TUCOWS rating

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

* "Joseph N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have preferred this ML format to a newsgroup format, but IMO the > volume of this list has now exceeded a busy person's ability to handle > it in mailing list format. It would be easier to scan, store, read, > and otherwise manage the growing volume if

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Joseph, @28-Feb-2004, 11:19 -0600 (28-Feb 17:19 UK time) Joseph N. [JN] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Mark: MW>> Shouldn't this be in the FAQ by now so we can just put it to MW>> rest? JN> No, it shouldn't. See, in particular, the responses by Allie JN> and Frank

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Marck D Pearlstone, [MDP] wrote: MDP> Although newsgroups have their benefits, I'm still reluctant to MDP> reflect the list that way while there is strong resistance. I MDP> don't see anyone threatening to leave *unless* it becomes a MDP> newsgroup or gains a newsgroup echo. So a mailing list it w

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

Marck D Pearlstone wrote: MDP> Although newsgroups have their benefits, I'm still reluctant to MDP> reflect the list that way while there is strong resistance. I don't MDP> see anyone threatening to leave *unless* it becomes a newsgroup or MDP> gains a newsgroup echo. So a mailing list it will stay

Re: Address picker

Hello Thomas, on Sat, 28. Feb 2004 at 23:47:22 +0700 Thomas Fernandez wrote: >> - "edit" entry in context menu for AB entries in address picker > This would also enable us to use an alternate address for this > contact. Maybe "Edit entry" is not what I am looking for, but "Open > entry". This wo

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Fj, @28-Feb-2004, 19:02 +0100 (28-Feb 18:02 UK time) Frank J de Bruin [FDB] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck: MDP>> anyone threatening to leave *unless* it becomes a newsgroup or MDP>> ... a mailing list it will stay for the present and for the MDP>> foreseeable future... FDB> Threate

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

On Saturday, February 28, 2004, 18:47:41, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > Although newsgroups have their benefits, I'm still reluctant to > reflect the list that way while there is strong resistance. I don't > see anyone threatening to leave *unless* it becomes a newsgroup or > gains a newsgroup echo.

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Jernej, @28-Feb-2004, 19:22 +0100 (28-Feb 18:22 UK time) Jernej Simončič [JS] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck: JS> Have you looked at http://gmane.org ? Yes I have. And someone put TBUDL up there once before. And people left and complained very loudly. So we removed TBUDL from gmane.

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

Marck D Pearlstone wrote: FDB>> Threatening to leave is not a very strong argument, is it? MDP> Of course it is - when it's existing members saying "no" to a MDP> newsgroup. It's called "not alienating the existing user base". MDP> Threatening to leave if a certain change *does* take place is a fa

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Marck! On Saturday, February 28, 2004, 12:28 PM, you wrote: MDP> Okay - let's see if anyone reading this thread still has strong MDP> objections (as they did before) to echoing this mailing list on MDP> gmane. I'm indifferent, especially if they have full address MDP> obfuscation facilities

Re: Configure X-Header field

GS> Transport Layer Security So that only helps if my email provider supports it. But unfortunately they don't :-( Carsten Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

Re: Sumbission Forms

Hello Thomas, > I use the menu navigator often and with pleasure. Please do not vote > it away. Don't worry, I won't. Once it is there it doesn't hurt me at all :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7

Re: TBUDL Current version?

Hello Mark, > Maybe we should designate Friday as official OT Day on tbudl. We could > sing TB songs, write TB poetry, annoy the moderators... ROTFL !!! :-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7 Curren

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Marck, > That's an easy one. Having a forum scores points on TUCOWS rating > system. I didn't know that. > It's still rubbish though. I only looked at it once when I learnt about it, and never again. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.04.7

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Mau, @28-Feb-2004, 20:35 +0100 (28-Feb 19:35 UK time) MAU [M] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck: >> That's an easy one. Having a forum scores points on TUCOWS rating >> system. M> I didn't know that. Yes, and newsgroups / mailing lists don't count :-(. -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlst

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Peter, > I'll look for your post in eager anticipation! :-) Oh boy! Am I getting old! I forgot that my Ignore function is already described in a personal web. Go to www.rancho-k.com Watch is based on same thing, looking at the References header line. And what I do is move the "watched" thr

Re: Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

On Saturday, February 28, 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated: MDP> Hi T'Buddlers, MDP> Just been chatting about this issue with Allie and then found this MDP> on the wishlist from 2001 and think it needs a kiss of life. MDP> https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=376 MDP> A

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello allie_M, > a) When I wish to review newsgroup posts I have to fireup my newsclient > and fetch the new headers. It therefore takes an action on your part to > go find new posts etc. You do not _have_ to. You can download all without looking at the headers, like you do with the mailing list.

Re: Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

Dear Brothers, @28-Feb-2004, 15:03 -0500 (28-Feb 20:03 UK time) Wolffe [B] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: MDP>> https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=376 MDP>> Any more supporters? B> I would say yes. But isnt this more of a wishlist item than a bug? Yes. That's why

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Mau, [M] wrote: M> You do not _have_ to. You can download all without looking at the M> headers, like you do with the mailing list. What you're doing is shoe-horning TB! into doing something that a specialized news client will do better. Much better. It's like shoe-horning POP into doing what IMA

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Marck D Pearlstone, [MDP] wrote: MDP> Yes I have. And someone put TBUDL up there once before. And people MDP> left and complained very loudly. So we removed TBUDL from gmane. Hmmm. MDP> Yes, I know it's voodoo and there's nothing wrong with Gmane, but MDP> people's feelings are people's feelings

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hi Thomas, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 5:06:30 PM, you wrote: [SNIP] > I see no harm in an English-language newsgroup in addition to this > list, even though I wouldn't read it. It might get more publicity for !TheBat> Doug -- Doug Weller Moderator, sci.archaeology.moderated Submissions

Re: TBUDL Current version?

Hello Mark, Saturday, February 28, 2004, 10:57:48 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: M>> Does it make any difference if you owe me 7 or 07 beers? ;-) MW> Or 007 (cue the theme music...) MW> This is the silliest argument I've seen on the list in some time. MW> Maybe we should designate Friday as official OT

Re[2]: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello MAU, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 11:22:18 +0100 (2004-02-28 11:22:18 in .nl) in the message with reference you [] wrote (at least in part): M> It is already quite easy, I think. Just take this message and select M> it on the message list pane. Right click and select Specials

Re: Auto Sig-check wish - revisited

On Saturday, February 28, 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated: B>> I would say yes. But isnt this more of a wishlist item than a bug? MDP> Yes. That's why it's in the wishlist section of the BugTraq My apologies I didn't know that section existed. I always thought BT was for ... bugs. I have lea

Re[2]: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello dAniel hAhler, on Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:35:58 +0100 (2004-02-28 15:35:58 in .nl) in the message with reference you [dh] wrote (at least in part): dh> About subfolder names: dh> it would be best to have an input box beside the "put in subfolder" dh> checkbox that will a

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Allie, > What you're doing is shoe-horning TB! into doing something that a > specialized news client will do better. Much better. I don't exactly know what "shoe-horning" means, I'm just taking a guess. Quite some time ago I expressed my wish that TB would also handle newsgroups because I r

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello Peter, M>> It is already quite easy, I think. Just take this message and select M>> it on the message list pane. Right click and select Specials/Create M>> filter or, if you like keyboard shortcuts, hit Shift+Ctrl+F. Don't M>> you think it is easy enough? > > It is quite easy. But, remember

Re: WISH: general filter to move sent/received mails to contact-specific folders

Hello Peter, on Sun, 29. Feb 2004 at 00:21:36 +0100 Peter Ouwehand wrote: dh>> it would be best to have an input box beside the "put in subfolder" dh>> checkbox that will allow to set the subfolder's name, filled by dh>> default with the AB group name for whole AB groups subfolders and the dh>> A

Re: pulling an images from the explorer window into TB's email window (HTML)

Hallo Jurgen, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:33:25 +0100GMT (28-2-04, 17:33 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JH> am I doing something wrong No. JH> or I can really NOT pull images into the editor window (HTML mode) JH> at the place of text where it should appear? You can't do that (yet). -- Groetjes

Re: How's THIS for an error message?!!

Saturday, February 28, 2004, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > Dangerous advice. Jon: Don't do it, unless you are planning a complete > Windows reinstall anyway. Don't worry too much, Thomas. There is some kind of "restore last working configuration" in all Windows. But you're right I /should/ have added

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Saturday, February 28, 2004, Peter Meyns wrote: > Have a look at this one. It is for free after subscription. > http://news.cis.dfn.de/ They have changed to http://news.individual.net/ >> Switching TBgroups to newsgroups is not a great idea... > I agree. It is about an e-mail client after all..

Re: Address picker

dAniel hAhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @ 28-Feb-2004 1:07:37 PM "Address picker" > What I meant was the same, but "Open entry" is probably a better > name. To use the current nomenclature, the menu item should probably be "Edit Contact." -- Chris - Nun mi Esperanton lernas. Qu

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Mau, [M] wrote: M> I don't exactly know what "shoe-horning" means, Shoe-horning is a loose way of saying that you go around the bend to make something do what it isn't really designed to do. In this context you install MyGate and create sophisticated filters that probably required some serious th

Re: How's THIS for an error message?!!

Hello Urban, On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:39:06 +0100 GMT (29/02/2004, 07:39 +0700 GMT), Urban wrote: > Don't worry too much, Thomas. There is some kind of "restore last working > configuration" in all Windows. I've heard about that in XP (restores viruses on your computer after you have laready clean

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Allie, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:00:39 -0500 GMT (29/02/2004, 01:00 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote: > Even moreso there's the concern for e-mail address harvesting by > spammers. I use a dedicated email address for newsgroups. I receive about 100 emails a day on that address (I am not talking

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Marck, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:10:27 + GMT (29/02/2004, 01:10 +0700 GMT), Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > Allie's suggestion of a secure, private NG is a good one, Only if it is an NG seperate from this list and not a mirror. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Allie, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:36:45 -0500 GMT (29/02/2004, 03:36 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote: MDP>> Yes, I know it's voodoo and there's nothing wrong with Gmane, but MDP>> people's feelings are people's feelings. > I'm wondering if they're properly informed of how that system deals > wi

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello MAU, On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:02:52 +0100 GMT (29/02/2004, 03:02 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote: > Oh boy! Am I getting old! I forgot that my Ignore function is already > described in a personal web. Go to www.rancho-k.com Judging from the home page, you are a very good graphic designer, a real artis

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Thomas Fernandez, [TF] wrote: TF> No thanks, I don't want this ML mirrored on the usenet and have this TF> email address burnt as well. I don't know how secure a "secure TF> newsserver" is and don't care to try. There are public newsservers and there are private ones. Anyone can subscribe to any

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Thomas Fernandez, [TF] wrote: >> Even moreso there's the concern for e-mail address harvesting by >> spammers. TF> I use a dedicated email address for newsgroups. Are you subscribed to any public groups? You need only subscribe to one to make your address toast. -- -= allie_M =- | List Mo

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Allie, On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:13:37 -0500 GMT (29/02/2004, 12:13 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote: > There are public newsservers and there are private ones. Anyone can > subscribe to any public server group and post there. This is where > your e-mail address is vulnerable. I am subsribed to

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Allie, On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:15:40 -0500 GMT (29/02/2004, 12:15 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote: TF>> I use a dedicated email address for newsgroups. > Are you subscribed to any public groups? You need only subscribe to > one to make your address toast. Yes, de.comm.software.mailreader.th

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Dear Thomas, @29-Feb-2004, 12:28 +0700 (29-Feb 05:28 UK time) Thomas Fernandez [TF] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Allie: >> The server can be made read only so that no one can post to it. >> Posts are added only via the mailing list. TF> Address harvesters only need to read, they don't need t

Known filter special?

Hello TBUDLers, Yes, I know it *is* special, but I had an idea that I wanted a sound to be played when something was filtered by it - i.e. some *real* email has arrived. Alas, this does not seem to be possible? -- Cheers, Allister Current vers

Re: Filter as Junk?

Saturday, February 28, 2004, 10:43:15 AM, Allister wrote: AJ>>> I have one account which receives virtually nothing but spam - it's the AJ>>> account I use on websites when I have to. OK, so I know how to do all manner of things with email addresses *recorded on websites*. (And I know all those w

Re: Time for a Newsgroup?

Hello Marck, On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:41:20 + GMT (29/02/2004, 12:41 +0700 GMT), Marck D Pearlstone wrote: TF>> Address harvesters only need to read, they don't need to post. > ... not on news groups that mask addresses. gmane does this and even > has options to dump all posts from specific pe