Vintage Macs list on Google Groups

Members of the Compact Macs, Quadlist, and Vintage Macs list on Maclaunch, This is the final message posted to these lists. These lists have been replaced by a unified Vintage Macs list on Google Groups that covers all 680x0-based Macs. The Vintage Macs list FAQ has been updated to reflect the

Moving to Google Groups

igion and Windows advocacy. We are building helpful Mac communities, so we try to avoid divisive issues. -- Dan Knight, president /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Cobweb Publishing, Inc.\ / No HTML/RTF in email <http://cobwebpublishing.com> X No Word docs in email <htt

Moving to Google Groups

IL PROTECTED] will be the posting address. I'm updating the Vintage Macs List FAQ to reflect these changes. I look forward to seeing most of you there next week. Dan Knight, listmom -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:/

New Low End Mac email lists

We've created some new email lists, but they're different from the old ones. We're using Google Groups, which means you can sign up, change your status, and read postings using your browser. I hope to eventually move other lists to Google Groups as well. The Macintel list, which covers all Inte

Fraudulent request from List Mom

u. I appreciate the notes of encouragement, but the posting was fraudulent. Someone spoofed my return address, and we are investigating. Dan Knight, List Mom, LEM Lists -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | E

New email address for listmom

updating links in the headers and footers. Reminder: Be sure to mention which list(s) you're on when corresponding. With 30 lists, there's just no way I can dig through them all looking for yor subscription. Dan the List Mom -- Dan Knight, president /"\ ASCII Ribbon C

Challenge and Response Clarification

t messages, not to individual correspondence with list members." Dan Knight, listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com>

Anti-spam services and Low End Mac lists

st members." Remember, one warning. I ask that anyone posting to the list who receives a challenge and response email forward it to me with "anti-spam" in the subject line. Thanks! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwe

Re: Color Classic

am features. I used both EIMS and SIMS -- and found both worked just fine. These are all compliant with Internet standards, so your mail server will be compatible with Windows, OS X, the classic Mac OS, Linux, Unix, and anything else that understands Internet email protocols. -- Dan Knight,

Re: Shreve Systems Re: Update on LEM finances

ur garage sale, and if we have to substract the cost of a few copies of ClarisWorks and shipping to make a few of those buyers happy, it's still not a bad deal. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com>

Missing Digests

Due to corruption of my mail database, I've lost several digests from August 28 through September 2. If anyone on the list can redirect or forward copies to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'd really appreciate it. Missing Digests: 1789 through 1792 Thanks! Dan the listmom --

Notes from the list mom

your subscriptions, responding to warning messages, etc. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> &

Update on LEM finances

The Mac community has been more than generous in its support of Low End Mac. In ten days, we have lined up a buyer for our TiBook, have some promising leads for selling our two 333 MHz Rev. D iMacs, and have received donations covering over $5,000 of our roughly $6,000 debt load. For the first

Low End Mac's Financial Crisis

For more details about Low End Mac's financial situation and links for the above, go to <http://lowendmac.com/musings/03/0814.html> Thank you for your ongoing support of Low End Mac. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <ht

Re: fed up rant was Re: Notes from the List Mom

;t think of one, since you seem to have nothing to do but bitch about perceived failings in the way the list is run -- even if your perceptions are wrong. Perhaps we should ask for five reasons to keep someone on the list who seems to be too lazy to use the shift key Dan the listmom -- D

Notes from the List Mom

owendmac.net services is one way you can help that become a reality. Thanks for your support! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

- maybe a 7100 or 5400. Sell a truckload? Despite perhaps millions of LC, LC II, and Color Classic machines out there, I doubt Sonnet has come close. There are too many economical ways to replace the motherboard or the entire computer for less money. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing,

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

ut it let Apple get more use out of the motherboard designed for the blue & white G3 Always a shame when marketing trumps engineering. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> &l

Notes from Mom

ervention. When action is required, the list mom and nannies will act in accordance with our Rules of List Management. This page also defines terms (ban, block, flame, troll, etc.) and lists the responsibilities of subscribers." The rules are posted at <http://lowendmac.com/lists/rules.ht

Missing Vintage Macs digests

his is the end of these problems. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.ne

Bugbear virus and LEM lists

cs for production and *nix servers for our site and mailing lists. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <htt

Re: Network

bably make this more costly than finding a IIsi ethernet card. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://refor

Random Notes from the List Mom

opic on our lists. If the question involves a computer covered by the list, it's almost undoubtedly on topic. This includes getting software and printers to work. If it involves politics, it's definitely off topic. Let's try to stick to Macs and the programs we run on them and the perip

Read the FAQs and archives

knows where else on the Internet, growing the body of helpful Mac information out there. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http:/

Great uses for old Macs

ac Plus is such a great writing machine. Article should include minimum and recommended hardware requirements and OS requirements. Discuss this on the lists -- and if you'd like to write an article on one of these topics or something else of this type, email me at my listmom address. Thank

Re: My lil' LC

on't have it. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Microsoft Windows? How 2

Scope of Vintage Macs list

PUs. Still, it helps keep the focus of each group to a family or two of mostly similar hardware. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com&g

Unknown video card, accelerators for sale

would be nice if I could avoid trying it in known dead ends. Thanks in advance for any help on this one. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http:/

Re: fax/answering machine software

;d love to learn if the second part is possible on any vintage Mac, as I'd love to have a much better answering machine that the stupid things they sell in stores. More voice mailboxes -- one per family member -- and the ability to save your main message would be very nice features. -

Re: Missing Vintage Macs digests

Ignore the previous message. The emails I received did *not* contain the digests, only the indexes from the missing digests. If anyone on the list can redirect (a feature some email programs have and others don't -- it's different from forwarding) copies of the following digests to me, I'd real

thanks for Vintage Macs digests

A big thank you to whoever sent me copies of all the digests I missed. :-) Dan the listmom -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Notes from the List Mom

ing styled text or a message with an attachment. You can only post from a subscribed address, and the server has been instructed to refuse anything other than plain text email. Dan the Listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lo

Missing Vintage Macs digests

g digests to me, I'd really appreciate it. Vintage Macs Digest #1566-1569 Vintage Macs Digest #1571-1573 Thanks! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <

Missing Vintage Macs digest

The lemlists.com mail server was down for a while last week, so Vintage Macs Digest #1555 never reached me. If someone on the list could redirect or forward a copy to me at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I'd be most grateful. Thanks! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publ

Low End Mac, MacZone, list error messages

d not intend the email about MacMall, MacZone, etc. sent to several lists as a conversation starter. It was intended as an update on our current circumstances since these email lists are intimately bound to Low End Mac. Please, lets not get into debates about religion, politics, and free speec

Making choices

se to boycott any of these businesses, you might want to tell them why. What goes around comes around. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://

End of spurious subscription messages

ists one by one to make sure these addresses are removed. This should be the end of the matter, but if you do get any confirmation emails after this, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http

Re: MASSIVE PILE OF

T A PLACE FOR >BUYING AND SELLING. PLEASE CONFINE YOUR ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY Ah, but buying and selling of list-related stuff is allowed. Once per year per subscriber. That said, replies should definitely be going to the seller, not to the list. Pay attention, folks. Dan the listmom -- D

Mom on confirmation messages, SpamCop, servers

any of you can suggest a good hosting service that will let us sell email addresses at reasonable annual rates, sell online space to users, etc., I'd be happy to hear more -- please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (If that doesn't work due to SpamCop, try [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Dan

missing vintage digests

most grateful. Thanks! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net>

November notes from Mom

nd all the other stuff for a few days. Clear my head. Let the nannies handle the lists. Maybe even find some time to do some programming, photography, reading, etc. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http:

Top vs. Bottom Posting

One of my pet peeves -- and something a lot of you have probably received a note about -- is people who quote the entire original message right down through the footer. The header. The ads. Everything. I go through each digest, scrolling past screen after screen of quoted material. It's too muc

Re: [swap] not getting messages

e? I think not. I am also posting this to a few of our other lists so that swap list subscribers can know what Apple is up to and request that they stop blocking this list that you've subscribed to. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpub

missing digests

return address -- Claris Emailer has this feature), please redirect a copy of each of these messages to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] email address. Thanks! Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <

Notes from the list mom

s job will pay a lot better than retailing cameras. On the minus, it will take me away from LEM more hours during the week. With site income where it is, this is a necessary tradeoff. Another plus: I won't have to work Saturdays. I can have my weekends back. :-) -- Dan Knight, president

New at the Low End Mac Online Store

bought through Cafe Press in the past, and about 10% of the sale price comes back to Low End Mac. Pop on over to <http://www.cafepress.com/lemstore> to see the vast selection of t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, totes, etc. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebp

Warning messages from list server

done, and we will release it as open source once it's up and running. But until we can manage things like reading incoming email and sending it out again, managing subscription requests, etc., we're stuck with the current setup. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishi

Notes from the listmom

In response to some recent issues, I've added the following paragraphs to the list FAQs: What about anti-spam services? We already take the steps necessary to keep spam off our lists. Whatever filtering you do with your email software and your email service is up to you. That said, we take a

Re: Mac IIci & Daystar Accelerator Comments

the pickle writes: >At 16:20 -0600 on 07/10/02, Andrew Main wrote: > >>All my DayStar cards & adapters will soon be posted on eBay for >>auction; will notify the list. > >Per list policy it might be better if you didn't. >From the netiquette page: "You many mention a specific item you are aucti

List server update

Just a note to let you know that Maclaunch has made some updates and the list server is now able to send daily digests again. On most list (except for Mac UK), that's set to 3:30 p.m. East Coast time, so if a digest hasn't already been sent during the day, one will go out then if there are any

Re: Mac Color Classic

or Classic. He's having fun with the old computer again. :-) -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://

Re: Rime or reason, digest size

Dwight Hines writes: >Sometimes the Vintage Mac digest has a bunch of emails in it. Other times >it only has three or four or five. It does not appear time based so it is >the total number of lines that determine when a digest gets sent out? Sorry, but the list server is broke. It lets us set

Digest size adjustment

Looking over list traffic for the past week, I've adjusted the digest size to 32 KB and 20 messages maximum. I think this should get things back on track -- if we don't have another dry spell. Dan the listmom -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electroni

Calling all Net savvy users

bers and punctuation. The new password on my personal PayPal account (not hacked, thank goodness!) covers the whole spectrum. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphi

Good-bye, Steven

on Low End Mac lists. >Therefore, I'm leaving. My last post... Hope you can find a moderated forum somewhere else, because we simply don't work that way here. Good-bye. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.co

lemlists.com progress

he PHP imap_open function to open our test mailbox. But we're working on it -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com>

Re: "Classic" Macs for Sale

ntosh Guy. His list have different rules than mine. Dan the listmom -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <ht

Addressing digest problems

Maclaunch is aware of the problems we've been having with digests -- but hasn't heard back from Communigate yet. Until then, I've adjusted digest size downward on the less busy lists, from 20 messages max. per digest to 10 or even 5. Hope this gets things moving again.

Update on lemlists.com

7;t already contacted Ryan, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not reply to me or to the list. We hope to have things up and running in a few days. Dan Knight, listmom, publisher of Low End Mac -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://ww

lemlists.com

an email to Ryan at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the subject "lemlists.com". Whether we go through with mailboxes or not, we will be working with Coleman Web to set up the Low End Mac List Server in coming days. I'm guessing this project may take several months of programming and debuggin

Re: APPLE II (OT)

Mark Benson writes: >Please can you guys tale this thread off-list. It is not even Mac >related, right company, wrong machines! FWIW, we do run a list for Apple II users. <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing,

Notes from Low End Mac

ely voluntary $1 per list per year suggested donation. If sending funds via PayPal, please reference [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com&g

Call to action re: MacSlash.com

ou can express your disappointment to Dotster <http://www.dotster.com/home/> if you can find an email link on their site. You can email Vicente Peiro Crespo at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I urge you to read up on the issue and put some pressure on people to get this resolved. Thank you. Dan

Attn: mac.com users

emailfiltering.html> I suggest those who use mac.com read the whole article. While I appreciate the fact that my mac.com email is essentially spam free, it disturbs me to learn that Apple may be filtering for more than just spam. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://co

Re: Getting noticed

the Web in search of new links. It visits the LEM home page daily, because it has learned that we have daily updates. News sites get visited even more often. Google also rates sites based on how many links there are from other sites, so the more Mac sites linked to your pages, the higher it wil

One more addition to list FAQs

reserve the right to unceremoniously unsubscribe them without advance notice when their content filters "quarantine" list messages. - - - -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com

Mom says "Please vote"

like Mac512K, System 6 Heaven, the pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ, etc. I urge all of you to take a few minutes and share your opinion of the site's your familiar with -- and maybe discover some new ones. <http://lowendmac.com/botmw/020326.html> Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishin

Re: MacPayForIt

states that you own whatever your write unless it's done as "work for hire" or you've otherwise given away your rights. If you and others who have contributed a significant amount to MacFixIt would like to make your material available elsewhere, I'm sure Low End M

Re: Please be careful not to quote *too much* of the original message

ne. Following a link to a Web page would require them to reconnect. Finally, by putting it in each message we make it that much easier for subscribers to find and use the information instead of postings unsubscribe messages to the list. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <

Update on swap policy

they are unusual and of special interest to that list, such as the Pina tomes covering vintage Macs. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica

Small list change

direction. We set up one list to try it, and the person who asked for it reports that it works just fine. If your email client supports it, this may help you follow some of the threads, especially on the busier lists. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://co

Re: Warning messages :P

I have a filter set to just delete them. Even without >me replying to them, I still get the digests just fine, s :P Do that enough times and you'll suddenly find yourself not receiving the list any longer. After enough bounces, the list server decides it's not wort

Re: Microsoft Works - alternatives?

-- much like Word and Excel did for word processing and spreadsheets, FileMaker for databases. You'd probably be very happy with ClarisWorks 3 or 4 on a Vintage Mac. Not sure, but suspect it can import MS Works files. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.c

Re: DayStar site

ven if it were true, strict HTML 4.0 breaks backward compatibility with older browsers. When you're supporting vintage Macs with vintage operating systems and vintage browsers, compatibility across a wide range of platforms is much more useful than being fully compatible with the latest

Re: Odd freebie trackball

<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> >> >> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com >> >

Re: Apple IIgs

Teuila & Bertie Hall writes: >Is this the list for info/help on the Apple IIgs? If not, could someone >direct me to one, please? Low End Mac runs Apple2list <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html>. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac

List administrivia

clude two or more nannies on each of the busier lists. As always, be excellent to each other. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Low End PC <http://lowendpc.com/&g

Re: Ethernet of a 6100

probably want to do a clean install of the Mac OS. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Low End PC <http://lowendpc.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http

Shameless site promotion

lls as an editor and publisher to try to give the huge number of PC users the same kind of resource Mac users have had for the past four years. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Low E

Re: german sneezing

f you can't handle that, you're on the wrong family of lists. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com/> publisher, Digigraphica

Free ISP for Mac users?

may be interested know that NetZero seems to be considering supporting up. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com/> publisher,

Re: what monitor sizes?

s. If you were to connect the LC III to a 15" or 17" multisync monitor, it might display 512x384, would definitely display 640x480 and 832x624, but wouldn't even give 640x870 as an option (since that's for a vertical tube). Hope that clears things up. Dan Knight, president

Lost and found Web resources

aster contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> about low cost site hosting or the possibility of moving the domain to Cobweb Publishing for the sake of posterity. (do not reply to the list - thanks!) Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowe

Mom says - Back to Macs

In light of the unparalleled situation on Tuesday, I chose to allow some discussion of the terrorist attacks on these lists. We all needed an opportunity to process our feelings, and for some people, these lists are their only forum. Many of those threads have run their course and some have go

Re: Zenith EasyPC

, VA, when the EaZy PC came out. It's also where I got my start selling Macs....) Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com/> publisher, Di

Re: Performa 575

0 processor, but I'd say 7.5.3 with the 7.5.5 update if the machines have 16 MB or less RAM. If budget allows and you have 20 MB or more RAM, you might find OS 8.1 to your liking. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.c

Re: the power of a vintage laserwriter

hen attached to the LaserWriter and that you have to manually install the fonts. Another clever hack from Apple! Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com

FPU in LC II

on a PDS card slower than installing >one on the logicboard? Since the motherboard and the PDS both run at 16 MHz with a 16-bit bus, it shouldn't make any difference. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/>

List Mom's Pet Peeve

ist is fairly representative of the other lists. Consider this your occasional reminder from the List Mom to be aware of how your email program works and be careful to quote selectively when replying to the list. Thanks! Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac

Re: kill teh frames kill the frames!!

the pickle writes: >>frames should be outlawed!!! > >For once, Jag and I agree. Frames suck. I can't think of a single >instance where a table-based layout doesn't work just as well and is more >broadly supported. > >The FAQ will NEVER use frames. Ditto

New lists coming soon

ion information when everything is ready to go. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http://digital-views.com/> publisher, Digigraphica<http://digigraphica.co

Note to Yahoo users

you can read it with your email program, not just via your Web browser.) /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Dan Knight, president\ / No HTML/RTF in email Cobweb Publishing, Inc. X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open St

Spammer headed off at the pass (mostly)

the last. Thanks to the two-step subscription process and Kyle's quick action only one list was subjected to the spam. Should anything like this happen in the future, please send a note to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" so I can deal with it as expeditiously as possible. Thanks! Dan Kn

Re: Musings

er to our passion for older Macs whether Apple loves us, hates us, or ignores us. At the very least, we advocate for the Mac -- new and used -- and do what we can to keep the installed base from shrinking. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac

Terms of Use

Over the weekend we updated out Terms of Use for the site. The following specifically applies to our email lists and forums: Those using our email lists and forums may not post any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others; which is unlawful, threatening, abusi

More on @home.com situation

I just put subscribers back on a half-dozen different lists -- all @home users. This is getting old fast. I'm also changing the way the list server handles bounces. The way it has been set, when it is unable to deliver a message due to a full mailbox or downed server, it temporarily unsubscrib

Re: Ongoing @home problems

eb, Code Red shouldn't be causing the subscription problems we're seeing, nor would saturation of the user's cable connection do that. For some reason, @home is marking email not just undeliverable, but fatally undeliverable, which is why the list server is unsubscribing peop

@home subscription update

subscribers seem to be immune, so switching to digest mode may be a workable alternative to moving to a new email address. Dan the listmom Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. publisher, Low End Mac<http://lowendmac.com/> publisher, Digital-Views.com <http:

Recommendation to @home users

For the past three days, we've been having far more than the usual problems with @home email addresses. List after list, subscribers with @home.com email addresses are being dropped because the @home mail server is reporting that those addresses have failed. I've been doing the only thing I ca

Ongoing @home problems

We're still losing @home.com subscribers like flies. Sigh. I'm just taking the "unsubscribe" reports from the list server and putting 'em back. I do hope this problem will be resolved soon. :-| Dan the listmom -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electron

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