[ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Mailing List Name was Re: British/UK

2009-08-16 Thread Dave Walker
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/8/16 William Anderson : > >> Whoever named that newsgroup needs a slap; British != UK. >> >> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > "ubuntu-uk -- British Ubuntu Talk" > > I brought this up nearly 3 years ago on this list:- > > https://lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/16 Liam Wilson : > Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my  default mail application for my > Emails (As  opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of > Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists > into folders, so each list has a folder of its own. Is

[ubuntu-uk] British/UK, was: Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/16 William Anderson : > Whoever named that newsgroup needs a slap; British != UK. > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk "ubuntu-uk -- British Ubuntu Talk" I brought this up nearly 3 years ago on this list:- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2006-October/000986.h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread William Anderson
Alan Lord (News) wrote: > [snip] > > I use gmane.org for most lists and mozilla provide their lists on a news > feed. > > Filters work fine too, but I find the "lists-on-news" keeps them out of > my inboxes and just suits the way I like to do things. I used to do this a long time ago, but it g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread William Anderson
James Milligan wrote: > [snip] > > 5. 'Match any of the following' > > 6. Subject -> Contains -> '[ubuntu-uk]' for the Ubuntu UK list (this one) This will fail if someone replies to you directly (i.e. not a reply to the mailing list) using a message you posted to the list, as unless the subject

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/08/09 20:30, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote: > On 16 Aug at 20:23, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > >> This message is being sent to Newsgroup: >> gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british > > Surely not a 'Newsgoup' in the set of accessed through usenet? > Yep. Good ole NNTP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nntp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No sound from Banshee?

2009-08-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/08/09 19:21, Liam Wilson wrote: > I downloaded Songbird, and I admit, I do like it, but I really need CD > ripping and Podcasts, too (For the Ubuntu UK podcast, obviously!), So > when Songbird has those features, I'll definitely use that, but since > they aren't implemented yet, I'm gonna st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 16 Aug at 20:23, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > This message is being sent to Newsgroup: > gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british Surely not a 'Newsgoup' in the set of accessed through usenet? -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/08/09 18:51, Liam Wilson wrote: > For example, If I created a folder and called it UBUNTU-UK, would it be > possible to have all mail from this list sent automatically to that > folder as soon as it downloaded? The same goes for my other lists, such > as UBUNTU-GAMING and GNU-GENERATION, cou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Wilson wrote: > Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail application for my > Emails (As opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of > Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists > into folders, so each list has a folder of its own. Is i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No sound from Banshee?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 14/08/09 22:34, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey, after installing the earcandy package, I got no sound from banshee, >> so I decided to uninstall earcandy, but still no sound from Banshee, >> even after a restart. I can't really use any other media player, as >> Rythmbox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
James Milligan wrote: > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail application for my >> Emails (As opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of >> Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists >> into folders, so each l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread James Milligan
Liam Wilson wrote: > Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail application for my > Emails (As opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of > Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists > into folders, so each list has a folder of its own. Is i

[ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail application for my Emails (As opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Lists into folders, so each list has a folder of its own. Is it possible, therefore, to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

2009-08-16 Thread doug livesey
> I disagree that everyone should use Plain English, however; if you're > not sure what a word means, look it up and extend your vocabulary :) +1 -- every day's a school day. 2009/8/16 William Anderson > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >>> I disagree. Making *everything* open s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anti-Virus for Ubuntu (Hard Heron 8.04)? Hardware diagnostics?

2009-08-16 Thread William Anderson
Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi All, > > Would anyone recommend an antivirus product for an Ubuntu Hardy Heron > 8.04 server? > > Also, I have a suspicion that our server may have a hardware fault. > This is because yesterday the server shutdown when I attempted to > establish a remote session with Sec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

2009-08-16 Thread William Anderson
Paul Sutton wrote: >> Alan Lord (News) wrote: >>> I disagree. Making *everything* open source would be pyrrhic panacea. >>> Competition is good. Competition is what has spurned the FOSS movement >>> and proprietary vendors alike. Trying to eradicate the proprietary >>> market is unrealistic and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

2009-08-16 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Tait wrote: > Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> I disagree. Making *everything* open source would be pyrrhic panacea. >> Competition is good. Competition is what has spurned the FOSS movement >> and proprietary vendors alike. Trying to eradicate the p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
The eSpeek package is only the voice, not the entire TTS suite. For the audio book scenario suggested, I'm not even sure that the quality of the voice would be sufficient. The entire TTS package, through the Gnome (only) desktop at the moment is through the Orca package. If you want to try it ou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

2009-08-16 Thread George McLachlan
On Sunday 16 Aug 2009 09:30:59 David King wrote: > Why is competition good? > Because competition drives innovation. For companies competition means they could lose market share and profit, unless they keep "improving" their product. So it's entirely seen as a threat to their bottom line.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

2009-08-16 Thread David King
Why is competition good? Personally, I think co-operation is much better. I though that FOSS was all about co-operation, and people making software that people actually need, rather than coming up with a new upgrade (like MS Office 2007) just because the makers need to make more money. Compet