RE:[wdvltalk] issues with email coming back that I did not send

2005-02-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 17:58 08/02/2005, you wrote: 4% sounds small. It's not small. I'll take 4% of a trillion dollars (USD) any day of the week. Very true!! I recall way back in the early 1980s when the first PCs appeared and software for them was not plentiful, someone (who shall be nameless) telling me: If you

RE: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 18:04 07/02/2005, you wrote: (wearing the brace while sleeping was part of my treatment plan). Glad my wife doesn't have to wear one of them - the way she thrashes about in her sleep sometimes, I'd wake up unconscious in the morning!! LOL Peter MacGregor PS - I realise the affliction is no

Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 18:07 07/02/2005, you wrote: i think it's because my desk is too high or my chair is too low A bit of free advice Rudy (and for everyone else) since we all help each other here. I'm principally a professional Health and Safety Consultant (80% of my income comes from this balance from

[wdvltalk] identifying OS X with javascript

2005-02-09 Thread Krawec, Mark
Hi all One of our sites features a number of PDFs that contain hyperlinks to other PDFs. OS X has a known problem with Acro 5.x that prevents users following PDF hyperlinks. I'd like to show a message that warns OS X users they need to get Acro 7. I've got an OS X machine to hand, but no other

RE: [wdvltalk] issues with email coming back that I did not send

2005-02-09 Thread Diane Schips
These returned emails are coming more and more frequently, and I'm getting very concerned. What can I do about them? How can I tell if there's a vulnerability on my machine? I have the headers in most cases, is there someone I can complain to? Shouldn't I be able to determine the host where

Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
Peter, I could have done with knowing you when I was an HS Rep.Though, frankly, I found those I represented were their own worst enemies on HS. Managers, mostly, would jump through hoops to avoid my going over their heads! That was public service though; I heard a lot of horror stories

[wdvltalk] identifying OS X - never mind

2005-02-09 Thread Krawec, Mark
Hi again Sorry, ignore that last message - navigator.userAgent does the trick. Mark • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your

Re: [wdvltalk] issues with email coming back that I did not send

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
Diane I am getting quite a few of these too. AVG tells me they all have viruses. It is just another device of the nasty creatures that are trying either to get your email address for their lists, or trying to lure you into giving private (financial) information, or maybe take over your machine.

[wdvltalk] Joe-Job (Was: Re: issues with email coming back...)

2005-02-09 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Hi Diane, Sorry to be coming into this late. I just went through the thread and saw no mention of joe-job. That's what sounds like is happening to you. I've had it done to two of my domains. Unfortunately, unless you can find out who is doing it, there's not a whole lot you can do about it,

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Scott Glasgow
Forgive me if I am missing an obvious Britishism, but what the hell does That Bill just ain't stable! mean? I'm seriously curious; two of my best friends are from Reading, England, and having known them for 10 years and never having heard anything resembling that phrase, my curiosity has the

Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 16:19 09/02/2005, you wrote: Peter, I could have done with knowing you when I was an HS Rep. Is there anything you HAVEN'T done for a living? (LOL) Peter -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 07/02/2005

Re: [wdvltalk] Joe-Job (Was: Re: issues with email coming back...)

2005-02-09 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 17:00 09/02/2005, you wrote: there's not a whole lot you can do about it, other than disabling your catch-all mailbox and letting everything bounce back. That's something I hadn't thought of! We do have lots of hidden brains on this list don't we!! (But that's the beauty of it of course!)

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Scott Glasgow
Hmm, it's odd that your mouse setting doesn't stick. I experimented a bit, and on both XP Home and Pro, both with SP2, any changes made in my mouse settings are persistent across restarts. No offense, but I wonder if perhaps it's not Bill (or more accurately, his many minions) that are not

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
Aha! Steve gets the prize for interpretation. Scott for analysis. Except... The first reference was a jokey aside on the increased speed (not on the placing of the control). The second was a serious annoyance that when I restart Xp the mouse control goes back to default; referencing the

RE: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Cheryl D Wise
On a side note Microsoft UK is based in Reading. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer Microsoft FrontPage MVP http://wiserways.com Office: 713-353-0139 -Original Message- From: Joseph Harris Except... The first reference was a jokey aside on the increased speed (not

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Bj
- Original Message - From: Joseph Harris I still find some difficulty in understanding the logic of paths and titles of various things. If you can get your head around clicking the 'START' button when you want to STOP Windows, the rest is easy • The WDVL Discussion List from

Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
At 16:19 09/02/2005, you wrote: Peter, I could have done with knowing you when I was an HS Rep. Is there anything you HAVEN'T done for a living? (LOL) Peter It's called being flexible ;-) Some things were done together, some were parts of the same role. Some are just

Re:[wdvltalk] secondary meanings, incorrect spellings, et cetera

2005-02-09 Thread rudy
One thing that always rings my bell when I see it is people who use mute when it is abundantly clear from the context that they mean moot, ... don't get me started among errors that annoy me most are loose for lose (verb transitive) and the spoken eck cetera rudy • The WDVL

RE: [wdvltalk] secondary meanings, incorrect spellings, et cetera

2005-02-09 Thread Steven Olson
expresso is another good one. -Original Message- From: rudy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:35 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re:[wdvltalk] secondary meanings, incorrect spellings, et cetera One thing that always rings my bell when I see

Re: [wdvltalk] Hosting Recommendations

2005-02-09 Thread Reg
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Re:[wdvltalk] secondary meanings, incorrect spellings, et cetera

2005-02-09 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
My biggest cringe is your for you're - I even see it used that way in newspapers! Don't they still use editors? Cheers, Tom At 06:35 PM 2/9/2005 -0500, you wrote: One thing that always rings my bell when I see it is people who use mute when it is abundantly clear from the context that they

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
Scott, Hm. Good thinking. I do have an Aiptek tablet as well as a mouse; otherwise I am not sure. I will start the search.I don't think I've touched accessibility, but I'll check. As to moot and mute -- please don't start me on the decline in English usage and teaching; as for

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
- Original Message - From: Joseph Harris I still find some difficulty in understanding the logic of paths and titles of various things. If you can get your head around clicking the 'START' button when you want to STOP Windows, the rest is easy I suppose I ought to be able

Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm

2005-02-09 Thread Joseph Harris
Thanks Cheryl; so at least one of my points is made ;-) Joseph - Original Message - From: Cheryl D Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] On a side note Microsoft UK is based in Reading. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer Microsoft FrontPage MVP http://wiserways.com Office: