Re: [wdvltalk] OT: reading an external hard drive - firewire/usb

2006-12-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:35 AM 12/24/2006 -0600, you wrote: Hi, I think my computer is possessed, please I need some input. Short version of what's happened: External hard drive has been working fine via firewire cable hooked up to old puter and 3 new puters (don't ask - problems w/all of them). Came a

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: reading an external hard drive - firewire/usb

2006-12-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:35 AM 12/24/2006 -0600, you wrote: Hi, I think my computer is possessed, please I need some input. Short version of what's happened: External hard drive has been working fine via firewire cable hooked up to old puter and 3 new puters (don't ask - problems w/all of them). Came a

[wdvltalk] Re: [wdvltalk] OT –ProblemsW1z with Eudora

2006-06-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Peter, What version of Eudora are you running? I looked inside my registry entries for Qualcomm/Eudora and find no Launch... entry. However, I've been running Eudora version 4.2.2 for over five years now, having never seen the need for any more features than I already have. Some of my

RE: [wdvltalk] OT: sharing a printer isn't working

2006-03-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Mark, I've been watching this thread because I have had the same frustrating experiences with sharing printers over wireless networks for months! The link you included below is an invaluable resource! Thank you. That site has got to be the most valuable home networking resource site I've

[wdvltalk] Eudora (WAS: Re: Spam?? [Fwd: Your...)

2005-10-17 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Peter, I use an older version of Eudora - version 4.2.2 to be exact - and have that happen occasionally, myself. That being said, I don't think it is a 'Eudora' problem. When it happens with me, attempting to contact whichever of my domains generate the error via FTP usually fails, too. I

Re:[wdvltalk] Spam?? [Fwd: Your message to...]

2005-10-17 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 02:29 PM 10/17/2005 -0400, Scott wrote: Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - Henry Louis Mencken I LOVE that SIG! So true! LOL! BTW, I agree with you that the ISP isn't entirely at fault, but I think they

Re: Spam?? [Fwd: Your message to Automated Information Management has been blocked . [wdvltalk] Dell Axim update]

2005-10-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
That was probably bounced back to you from one of the WDVL subscribers' mail server, as I received both from the list. I'm beginning to see more and more of this myself. At first, I thought it was my own domains that were being blocked. The last block message I received was from an aweber

Re: [wdvltalk] Pictures suddenly not showing up

2005-10-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
file. Anything else I can try? Riva Cyberspace Publishing wrote: Riva, I think Sheila may be on the right track. However, the place to look for the .htaccess file would be inside the 'images' directory rather than the 'root' directory for this type of problem. Some hosts allow a .htaccess

Re: [wdvltalk] Pornographic e-mails

2005-09-28 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Riva, If it wasn't for MailWasher Pro, I'd have given up on email entirely by now. I've been using it since version 1 (3 or 4 years now) and would not do without it! I stopped using its 'bounce' feature a year or so ago, but for filtering email *before* it is downloaded to my computer,

Re: [wdvltalk] Mouse drifting

2005-09-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:06 PM 9/19/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hi all, I just noticed now that my mouse pointer seems to slide a little now and then. For example, I will move it up to a button and it will slide a little past the button (and my aim is fine.) It is an optical mouse, Belkin. Any ideas what is

Re: [wdvltalk] Free web development software

2005-09-15 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 01:06 PM 9/15/2005 +, you wrote: Hey i am sort of new at web design. Can anyone suggest some good free web authoring software with help files. I an interested in HTML PHP CSS and Database management software. You might like HTMLKit from http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ It has tutorials,

Re: [wdvltalk] Sound file plays oddly - update

2005-09-08 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Joseph, I'm sorry to report that I still get the same results - first time crashes IE6 and all subsequent attempts result in simply a short 'squeak'. I've had mpeg4 files crash my browser, but when they do, Microsoft states that I don't have the correct CODEC for the file type. I've never

Re: [wdvltalk] Looking for Virtual Tour Software

2005-09-08 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:44 AM 9/8/2005 -0400, you wrote: Yes, I Googled for the same thing and came up with many possibilities. I was hoping someone that has used a couple of them could possibly help narrow the playing field. Thanks, Hal Hal, Did you try the example at the link I sent in my last post to

Re: [wdvltalk] Looking for Virtual Tour Software

2005-09-07 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Check out Total Web Audio here... http://ibiwebmedia.com/track.php?action=atrackid=205track=56 Yes, that is my affiliate link. I purchased it myself and I think it is such a good value that I am endorsing it. Watch the video from the site. Virtual real estate tours is just one of the

Re: [wdvltalk] Sound file plays oddly

2005-09-07 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Every time I tried to access it, I got nothing but a short 'squeak'. You might want to look at 'Total Web Audio' here... http://ibiwebmedia.com/track.php?action=atrackid=205track=56 That's my affiliate link. It's not just the best 'audio' playing system for web pages, but also great for

Re: [wdvltalk] Antivirus problem (RESEND)

2005-09-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I'm having to resend this because even though it was sent as straight text, the list seemed to think otherwise and rejected it. :( At 11:00 AM 9/1/2005 -0400, you wrote: Hi all, I am on my way out the door but a friend just called in a panic. She clicked on a pop-up window (yeah, I know)

Re: [wdvltalk] Audio as bg, inherit property

2005-07-31 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Hi Joseph, I'm unsure of the answer to your 'no inherit' question, but for your audio question, I recently purchased, and became an affiliate for, what is rapidly becoming the best value for the money for web audio solutions. You can have mp3 (or Ogg) files play at page load, or be triggered

Re: [wdvltalk] Have you heard of . .

2005-07-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 01:18 PM 7/24/2005 -0400, you wrote: Thanks Deb and Rudy. I kinda figured when I couldn't find the website . . . Are there any good articles about submitting sites to search engines? Riva Have her join the forum at http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/forum/ There's a SEO - Search

Re: [wdvltalk] OT: Firewall problem

2005-07-01 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Check out Sygate's Personal Firewall Standard Edition. It's free and easy to use. It seems to ride well with XP/SP2's built-in firewall. http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm If you need VPN firewall protection, you may want to get the Pro edition.

Re: [wdvltalk] wireless connection unavailable

2005-06-17 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I've been setting up wireless networks for over a year now. Move your router to somewhere close to the center of the house and you should be fine. Wireless routers have a range of around 60 feet (about 20 meters) indoors. The signal radiates out in the approximate shape of a donut. Some

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Looking For Assistive Software Reccomendations

2005-03-18 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Hi Steve, Take a look at TextAloud at http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ HTH, Tom Fosson At 09:41 AM 3/18/2005 -0500, you wrote: Hi all, I'm going tomorrow to try to set up an old friend of the family who is blind and has recently lost her voice (seemingly permanently) with some assistive

Re: [wdvltalk] pulling my hair out

2005-02-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
The solution is probably not this simple, but are you uploading the script in 'ascii mode' or 'binary mode'? Most scripts should be uploaded only in 'ascii mode'. HTH, Tom Fosson At 05:03 PM 2/26/2005 -0500, you wrote: This is one of those problems where I am totally lost as to what to do. I have

[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:[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: [wdvltalk] OT Paypal

2005-01-13 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I get quite a few of these every week - from PayPal, eBay, CitiBank, SunBank, USBank, etc. Needless to say, I don't even have accounts at most of the banks, and I get these messages at email addys not even registered with those I *do* have accounts with. When I get those claiming to be from

[wdvltalk] CDR FAQ (was: Help with a stubborn CD)

2004-12-10 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:26 PM 12/10/2004 +, Peter MacGregor wrote: . . . Can anyone reading this point me to a site that gives a good non-technical (or where the technology is clearly explained) guide to making disks or transferring camcorder video to disk and/or DVDs for beginners? Thanks for the help Ross

[wdvltalk] SP2, Malware, and DRIVE-BY DOWNLOADING (was: Trojans)

2004-08-31 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I read through most of the thread on trojans with interest because, it seems, nearly 90% of my service calls over the past couple of months were due to client's computers being infected in one way or another. Before I begin, I'd like to mention some caveats regarding Microsoft's Service Pack 2

[wdvltalk] Eudora Personalities (was: Re: MODERATOR....)

2004-04-11 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 04:03 PM 4/11/2004 +0100, Peter MacGregor wrote: Have you found any way to change which of your Personalities is the Dominant one? I haven't and it is a pain. I run three companies and have to try and remember to change the From name with the drip-down box if I don't want to use my main

[wdvltalk] Re: Re : bouncy/7th try

2004-04-07 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:38 PM 4/7/2004 +0200, Elisa wrote: Dear Joseph and group, This was more than bizarre, I got bounced thrice from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then got a frowning message 3 times from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elisa, Don't feel targeted. :) This stupid list has put my account on hold (stopped sending me

[wdvltalk] Urgent virus warning from Tom Fosson

2004-03-03 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
There is a false email going out with a password protected attachment. The password is usually a 5 digit number. I've received three of these today at two different mailboxes. Two of them even had the audacity to put my own address in the From field! If you get one similar to it - Do not open it!

[wdvltalk] Re: Urgent virus warning from Tom Fosson

2004-03-03 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 07:22 PM 03/03/2004 +, you wrote: Yep - certainly a virus. However, no offense intended but I really don't think it's worth an urgent virus warning. At the end of the day it's yet another unsolicited, badly written email with a suspect attachment - it's obvious that it's a virus.

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Abandonware (Was: Re: Adobe Found!)

2004-02-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 01:51 AM 02/19/2004 +, you wrote: Tom, Just had a quick look at your 'what's new' page. At the bottom the tooltip to the 'what's new' links comes up behind the entity 7 - Web design banner. I assume this is the effect of layers. Here it looks like the difficulty of the banner

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Abandonware (Was: Re: Adobe Found!)

2004-02-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 01:04 AM 02/20/2004 +, you wrote: Tom, Sorry. I was a bit vague. It's the mouseovers for the navmenu. They get lost behind the 'ads by google' strip. On the 'what's new' page. I've sent a screenshot. I wonder how often people find these unexpected effects. Joseph Joseph, Thanks

[wdvltalk] [OT] Abandonware (Was: Re: Adobe Found!)

2004-02-18 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:01 AM 02/18/2004 -0500, you wrote: --- Jan wrote: --- : Tom : If you ever find the answer to your question below and it's ok, I : sure would like to share that program. : : Jan : When in doubt... Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware hth, Stephen

[wdvltalk] Where is Adobe? (Was: Re: Word V PDF (OT?))

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:18 PM 02/16/2004 +, you wrote: Here's another point: Adobe seem to have fallen to the same condition afflicting other free software suppliers lately. Version 5 wasn't bad, but have you tried Acrobat Reader 6? it's another of those bloated megalomaniac programs that wants to phone home

[wdvltalk] Re: Word V PDF (OT?)

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:18 PM 02/16/2004 +, BJ wrote: Here's another point: Adobe seem to have fallen to the same condition afflicting other free software suppliers lately. Version 5 wasn't bad, but have you tried Acrobat Reader 6? it's another of those bloated megalomaniac programs that wants to phone home

[wdvltalk] Re: Where is Adobe? (Was: Re: Word V PDF (OT?))

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
://www.mtank.com OK, This is really strange! I just clicked the link you provided above with the same result - Cannot find server or DNS error. Just now, I searched Google for 'Cyberspace Publishing' (without the quotes) and it comes up as #'s 1 and 2 on the first page listed as http

[wdvltalk] Re: Where is Adobe? (Was: Re: Word V PDF (OT?))

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Thanks, Jan, but no go! This is really baffling! I checked my 'hosts' file and the only entry in it is 127.0.0.1 localhost. I checked my 'connections' setting in IE's options and could see nothing amiss there. I have three different connectoids on my system and each goes through a *different* ISP

[wdvltalk] Re: Where is Adobe?

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -Original Message- From: Cyberspace Publishing OK, This is really strange! I just clicked the link you provided above with the same result - Cannot find server or DNS error. Just now, I

[wdvltalk] Adobe Found! (Was: Re: Where is Adobe?)

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:34 PM 02/16/2004 -0800, you wrote: I had a similar problem several months ago. It happened shortly after installing an MS critical update. I'm not sure what fixed it but flushdns was one of the tools I tried. Another trick I tried that worked was to type in the url in the cookies allowed

[wdvltalk] Re: Where is Adobe?

2004-02-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:55 PM 02/16/2004 -0600, you wrote: I've got the latest patches and am not having the problems reported. No problem getting to adobe.com by typing just that in my browser address bar, no http, no www. How large is your Temporary Internet Cache? Problems have been reported it if is large and

[wdvltalk] Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows' Trademark at Risk

2004-02-12 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols February 11, 2004 Lindows.com on Tuesday won an important early tactical victory against Microsoft in their ongoing trademark dispute. The judge ruled that 'windows' must be considered in its historical user-interface context.

[wdvltalk] Re: Best Resignation letter EVER!

2004-02-05 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 10:11 AM 02/05/2004 -0800, you wrote: At 10:25 AM 2/4/2004, Cyberspace Publishing wrote: 1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal for you to give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is I prefer not to comment. I will have friends randomly

[wdvltalk] Re: How is the virus?

2004-01-29 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:21 AM 01/29/2004 -0500, Yumin wrote: Hello all: It is said that new viruses navad/mydoom are flooding right now. Who in our list has been attacked ? How to prevent from that? Yumin I've had a few attempts with emails claiming to be notifications of bounced or failed messages and containing

[wdvltalk] $250,000.00 Bounty Offered For MyDoom Author!

2004-01-29 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1472272,00.asp The SCO Group Inc. isn't taking the upcoming distributed denial-of-service attacks from the MyDoom worm lying down. The company on Tuesday offered a reward of as much as $250,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the

[wdvltalk] Re: Strange e-mail

2004-01-27 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 07:13 PM 01/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hi all, I got an e-mail today with a subject line: [MailServer Notification] To Sender virus found and action taken. Check out the stories on the MyDoom virus. It's been wrecking havoc on the Internet worldwide since Monday and is positioning itself for a

[wdvltalk] MSWord Viewer (Was: RE: Word docs)

2004-01-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 06:29 PM 01/26/2004 -0500, you wrote: Thank you Chris. Any idea for another format for people who don't have Word? You can place a link on your page directing them to where they can download a free MSWord Viewer from Microsoft. The link for grabbing it is (watchout for wrapping - should be

[wdvltalk] RE: Paint Shop Pro question

2004-01-23 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
You can download a 30 day fully functional trial from http://www.jasc.com/ I believe. Cheers, Tom At 02:17 PM 01/23/2004 -0500, you wrote: I don't have Paint Shop Pro . . . Riva On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:03:19 -0500 Trusz, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paint shop pro

[wdvltalk] Re: ssi text link for paypal form

2003-11-30 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 04:13 PM 11/30/2003 +, you wrote: . . . . But this all raises another problem that I suspect has no solution. If I open browser source, there - repeated as many times as I call the file - is the form code. In that code - so that paypal can send buyers to the download page - is the

[wdvltalk] Re: Spam help needed!!

2003-11-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 10:40 PM 11/25/2003 -0800, you wrote: . . . If it is any consolation, most ISP's now do use such blocking, and more are doing doing this, which should cut down on this problem over time. . . -Abigail I hear you Abigail. I use three ORDs, myself, which works for spam sent to *me*. :)

[wdvltalk] Re: Spam help needed!!

2003-11-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:11 AM 11/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: I used Mailwasher for a while but dropped it after discovering SpamPal. That tool may be worth investigating. -- Dwacon I looked at SpamPal. The problem with it is that it works on the *local* level, requiring you to download all that spam *before* you

[wdvltalk] Re: Spam help needed!!

2003-11-25 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Thanks for sharing, Elisa, and for the links, Andrew and Brewnetty! Elisa, I can relate to 'reporting yourself'!G I use Mailwasher religiously - I'm even an affiliate selling it - and I blacklisted myself when I first got spam with my own address in the From: field! Now, if I can trace the

[wdvltalk] RE: [OT] @ problem

2003-10-09 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Jan, Thanks for posting it again. I got it from someone else some time ago and have a local copy bookmarked in my browser so it's always handy. Glad to see people getting use out of it! Tom At 11:40 AM 10/09/2003 -0700, you wrote: Michael Glad to share it. Thanks to Tom too. Jan michael ensor

[wdvltalk] Re: Transferring data from one computer to another

2003-09-30 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 05:24 PM 09/30/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi Jan, 20MB drive? Is this a typo? If not, back it up to floppies. :) 20 MB, yes that's right, it's a very old computer. +1 It'll take 15 floppies maximum to back that up (probably a lot less if you're not taking any OS files), you could do it

[wdvltalk] Re: How to use?

2003-09-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:10 PM 09/25/2003 -0400, you wrote: Hi Jan and Tom: Thanks a lot for your responses. I prepare to use CD-RW because of some backed files or folds are changeable, and so to re-use the CD with backed files is more convenient and save CDs. I just want to know if the rewriting steps are the

[wdvltalk] Linux Lovers - Read this!

2003-09-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I just purchased the Premier 2003 Vol. 1 Issue 1 of LinuxWorld Magazine at my local Krogers. It ran $9.99 US, but included their Linux Resource DVD with a claimed value of $198. The DVD contains what appears to be a full install of Mandrake Linux version 9.1 with all the RPMs! That alone is

[wdvltalk] Re: Linux Lovers - Read this!

2003-09-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 07:11 PM 09/26/2003 -0700, you wrote: At 05:57 PM 9/26/2003, Tom wrote: What did an average guy do online last month that just earned him $12,540, and allowed him to *fire his boss* with his future earnings? http://tomfosson.com/answer.htm Hi Tom, Is this your home based web

[wdvltalk] RE: Linux Lovers - Read this!

2003-09-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
: i was under the belief/[knowledge] that you could obtain Mandrake, Redhat, Gentoo, or other linuxes for free anyway if you didnt mind not getting the tech support or product cds and manuals.. hmm.. sounds like a more cost effective plan to me -Original Message- From: Cyberspace Publishing

[wdvltalk] Koafar (was: Re: Linux Lovers...)

2003-09-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Koafar, I tried to reply to you off-list, but I got this... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is

[wdvltalk] Re: OT Use of English

2003-09-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Try tihs out for yseloruf! It wrkos jsut fnie! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it

[wdvltalk] RE: overlib tooltips

2003-09-20 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:47 AM 09/18/2003 -0700, you wrote: Tom, Your http://asnewyou.com/cardtrick/ site is great. Jan Thanks, Jan! :) It was sort of a weekend project just to see if I could do it in Miva. I don't do much in Miva anymore since my host stopped offering it. :( Cheers, Tom

[wdvltalk] Re: overlib tooltips

2003-09-20 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:21 AM 09/20/2003 -0400, you wrote: I also use it to display a 'magnified' image of cards in a cradtrick at http://aznewyou.com/cardtrick/ Fatal Error: Miva is configured for redirected use only okay, i see what happened on the entry page, it says If you aren't automatically taken to

[wdvltalk] Re: irritating colour problem in flash

2003-09-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 02:33 PM 09/02/2003 +, you wrote: hi list, can those of you running mas os have a look at http://www.irishphoto.com/index.html and tell me whether the flash movie in the top left corner has the same background colour as the web page? My client is getting a different bg color on his

[wdvltalk] Re: irritating colour problem in flash

2003-09-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I guess I was just talking to myself earlier... the Flash background and the page background are most definitely *different*! The difference is *visible* to me, and I was even 'classified' as 'color blind' 35 years ago! ;-) The Flash background is a solid hex#686868, whereas the page background

[wdvltalk] Re: irritating colour problem in flash

2003-09-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I forgot to mention... Running MSIE 6.028 on Win98SE with resolution set at 1024x768 at 16 bit High Color. Cheers, Tom At 08:44 PM 09/02/2003 -0400, you wrote: I guess I was just talking to myself earlier... the Flash background and the page background are most definitely *different*! The

[wdvltalk] Re: MailWasher

2003-08-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 12:28 PM 08/23/2003 -0700, Abigail wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2003, 10:54:04 PM, Cyberspace Publishing commented: CP Jon, I agree with this... *in theory*, but nearly all the spam I CP receive indicates that the majority of spammers don't perform CP Joe Jobs. They generally put random

[wdvltalk] Re: MailWasher

2003-08-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:04 PM 08/23/2003 -0700, Abigail wrote: On Saturday, August 23, 2003, 4:44:56 PM, Cyberspace Publishing commented: A spammer who is dishonest enough to steal a domain name and wants the email to get through is probably going to borrow names from fairly well-recognized domains. I mean, I see

[wdvltalk] Re: MailWasher

2003-08-24 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 10:31 AM 08/24/2003 -0400, Diane Schips wrote: Abigail wrote: But any spammer that cares enough to read and act on the bounce messages HAS researched and noted the exact format of the Mailwasher bounce. It is their business - and what a Mailwasher bounce tells them is that the email address

[wdvltalk] How I Survived Internet 'Hell Week' - Unscathed!

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I've posted a new article entitled How I Survived Internet 'Hell Week' - Unscathed! at: http://www.internet-marketing-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2534 I hope you find it both entertaining and educational! :) Cheers, Tom Fosson Let me give you a free ISP business to compliment you own!

[wdvltalk] MailWasher (was: RE: SoBig)

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:52 AM 08/21/2003 -0500, Cheryl Wise wrote: May have to break down, get and install mailwasher. I've been thinking about doing it anyway for my 5th grader's computer so his would have only whitelist mail get through. Cheryl D. Wise Cheryl, I just upgraded to MailWasher Pro a few weeks ago. I

[wdvltalk] Re: OT: Tom Fosson or whoever posted the email cloaking link

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 08:46 AM 08/22/2003 +1200, you wrote: I'm told I missed what could be a very important post, a link to a script for cloaking email. My source tells me she thinks it's Tom Fosson who posted it. Would whoever did, please repost it for me? Pretty please? By coincidence, I have been asked to

[wdvltalk] Re: MailWasher

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
! :) Cheers, Tom At 02:09 PM 08/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: On Thursday, August 21, 2003, 12:21:06 PM, Cyberspace Publishing commented: CP Before you shoot yourself in the foot with it, though, you might CP want to read my article Am I Dumb Or Dumber? posted at CP http://www.internet-marketing

[wdvltalk] Re: email cloaking link

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
/software/ It's called e-cloaker 2.0. Heather Laidlaw Internet Manager Seattle Repertory Theatre [EMAIL PROTECTED] (206) 443-2210 x1044 www.seattlerep.org -Original Message- From: Cyberspace Publishing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[wdvltalk] Re: MailWasher

2003-08-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
MailWasher Pro is doing what it claims to be doing or the spammers are slowing down! Anyone else believe that spammers are slowing? The numbers speak for themselves, Cheers, Tom At 04:25 PM 08/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: On Thursday, August 21, 2003, 2:59:15 PM, Cyberspace Publishing commented: CP Abigail, I

[wdvltalk] Is SoBig worm being helped by email harvester ebot???

2003-08-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
I've been getting bounces containing this WORM_SOBIG.F (that's what Trend Micro's newest SIG named it) since early this morning. Nearly 70 so far! Every single one of them come to me with one of five unique addresses in the From: field of the bounced message. Here's what leads me to believe that

[wdvltalk] Re: Is SoBig worm being helped by email harvester ebot???

2003-08-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 06:21 PM 08/19/2003 -0700, Abigail wrote: Me, too, and I have always thought that Sobig was a spammers tool. I don't think it is so much that Sobig harvests addresses from the web - it is that it harvests the addresses from cached files on the users machine. But Sobig also is a trojan that

[wdvltalk] Re: Now this is more scary than blaster and sobig........

2003-08-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 03:18 PM 08/20/2003 +1200, you wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32406.html Thanks for that link, Michael - that confirms my suspicions! Here's some more headlines... Network Associates Avert has raised the consumer risk Assessment rating to High! Check out some of the news

[wdvltalk] Re: Is SoBig worm being helped by email harvester ebots?

2003-08-19 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:51 PM 08/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: At 03:18 PM 08/20/2003 +1200, you wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32406.html Thanks for that link, Michael - that confirms my suspicions! Whoops, wrong link! Here's the confirmation that my earlier suspicions were correct! Remember, you

[wdvltalk] Re: Web-hosting info request

2003-06-04 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Roel, Check out http://www.lifetimewebhosting.com/cyberpub as described in my SIG below. They have two plans - both are initial setup fee and no future fees ever, if I am reading it correctly. I have one hosting site with them and so far, so good! :) Cheers, Tom Fosson PS: Yes, I do receive a

[wdvltalk] RE: bandwidth theft

2003-06-04 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 01:55 AM 06/04/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi Joseph, 'Traffic Usage' has shot up to 201MB and 360MB. The host so far have not taken my point and say it is simply a change in the recording method (to include ftp as I understand it). I think what's happened is that your host used to measure

[wdvltalk] [HUMOR] You know it's time for a site redesign when...

2003-05-27 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Got this from today's WebProNews... You know it's time for a site redesign when... Bob Villa wants to put you on This Old Homepage. Spammers refuse to send you email. Your reflective water applet freezes over. Your ping comes up no way, I'm not going there. People visit your website only to

[wdvltalk] Re: Totally OT: DVD Burners

2003-03-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Not external, but Sony's new entry solves the format confusion as it works with all formats - DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW and CDR/ CDRW formats... and all for about $350. Just doesn't do DVD-RAM - whatever that is. HTH, Tom Fosson At 02:17 PM 03/26/2003 -0600, you wrote: Sorry for the off-topic

[wdvltalk] Re: Online faxing?

2003-03-12 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
FWIW, I've been using a 'free' efax number for a number of years now with no problem whatsoever. I don't know about their fax sending service as it requires the paid subscription upgrade which I have never bought into. For sending out faxes, I still use a pre-Symantic version of WinFax Pro v7.

[wdvltalk] [OT] Vir. Warning: C-Nile

2003-03-08 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
New virus warning? It is called C-Nile. Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of it so be warned. It appears to mostly affect those of us who were born before 1959. Symptoms of C-Nile Virus 1. Causes you to send same e-mail twice 2. Causes you to send blank e-mail

[wdvltalk] RE: Website Design Evolution

2003-02-26 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Thanks, Rudy. :) I thought it interesting in that it promotes a viewpoint that most Website designers would rather disagree with, but can't it be denied forever. I guess I'm going to have to learn more Flash and DHTML. ;-) Cheers, Tom At 07:16 PM 02/26/2003 -0500, Rudy wrote:

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] danged files

2003-02-25 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Two suggestions I found are 1. Conversions Plus from http://www.dataviz.com/ and 2. KeyView from http://www.keyview.com/ (but the later now redirects to Verity.com so I'd probably recommend the former.) HTH, Tom Fosson At 10:37 PM 02/25/2003 +, you wrote: I have been using WordPro97 (I hear

[wdvltalk] Re: OT .cab files moved by accident need help returning them

2003-02-17 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Deb, I've recommended Windows Commander (now called Total Commander) from http://www.ghisler.com/ several times on this list. I don't know if it will open your particular 'cab' files, but it does a good job on all I've ever tried using it on. I believe they have a free trial period for the

[wdvltalk] RE: Baffled by a shopping cart

2003-02-04 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Based on Jon's suggestion and your response, I'd check the 'new' computer to see if a firewall is installed blocking outbound ports. Many cable companies require one - though some (Adelphia) don't tell you that until they shut you down after your computer becomes infected. The new Mac may have

[wdvltalk] [OT] Invitation to marketers on list

2003-01-31 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
With this being the beginning of the weekend, I hope no one minds if I extend an invitation to the marketers on the list (I know there are one or two ;-) to join an Internet Marketing Forum at http://www.internet-marketing-forum.com/ powered by phpBB. I've been a member of the forum for a couple

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] CD and DVD drives

2003-01-29 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 09:26 AM 01/29/2003 -0600, Tim Furry wrote: ...although, for Murphy's sake, I'd probably make two of them. Tim Always! :) CDRs are so inexpensive (sometimes, even free with the right rebates) that there's no excuse to not do so. With double CDR backups, you can keep one copy handy for when

[wdvltalk] Re: Hi everyone

2002-12-30 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 05:18 PM 12/31/2002 +1300, you wrote: Hello, I have just officialy joined the list, I have been reading over a friends sholder for quite but never really had a need to know all this esoteric HTML stuff. Hi Sally! A big 'Welcome' to the list. You'll find a lot of knowledgeable and helpful

[wdvltalk] Re: Reseller Hosting

2002-12-16 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Have a look at http://www.sellinternetaccess.com/ They have several good packages - some are even free. Depends on how far you want to go with it. You can even be your own DNS and have control of your own server if you want. I went with Choice 5, myself. Cheers, Tom At 02:15 PM 12/16/2002

[wdvltalk] [OT] Useful Links

2002-12-02 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Here's a couple of useful links I ran across today that may help some of you. If you've been considering any of the Make Money offers being sent out, you may want to look here first to see if it is listed. It just *might* save you 'a buck or two'. :) http://www.worldwidescam.com Being web

[wdvltalk] Re: New Forums Open

2002-11-20 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
One of the most useful reasons for keeping NS4.7 around. :) Tom At 03:33 PM 11/20/2002 -0600, you wrote: Sherry, come on back out of hiding. :) Your NS4.7 has pointed out a probable problem with our table markup. While we try to fix it, you can view the forum using IE. :) Thanks, Linda

[wdvltalk] Fwd: Spyware or Trojan either way it's an invasion of privacy

2002-10-30 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
From: Lynne Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:14:32 +1100 Subject: Spyware or Trojan either way it's an invasion of privacy You Win the Loss of Your Privacy. Software at iWon Web Site Tracks Users Even After Removal... The iWon removal instructions left the spyware on our

[wdvltalk] RE: Determining user location

2002-10-30 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
CountryHawk (http://www.cyscape.com/products/country/intro.asp) is a commercial server program for determining a viewer's country in real-time. Sorry, but I know of none for doing the same for a City. Cheers, Tom Fosson At 09:57 AM 10/29/2002 -0600, you wrote: Denise, I'm no expert on how the

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] suggestions for proposal needed

2002-10-29 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
At 11:41 AM 10/29/2002 +, you wrote: •perhaps better knowledge management system for client overall (for Sorry this has nothing to do with the question, but it touched a personal 'pet peeve'... rant Computers are incapable of *knowledge* management - only *humans* can have *knowledge*!

[wdvltalk] [OT] Fwd: News story from MSNBC

2002-10-29 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: News story from MSNBC Here's a link to the full story: http://msnbc.com/news/826033.asp?0sl=-41 Here's the beginning of it: Oct. 25 - It's part spam, part pop-up porn ad software, part

[wdvltalk] RE: Win98 memory limit

2002-10-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Andrew, thanks for the references! They may prove to be very valuable when I get around to increasing my RAM to 1 or 1.5 gig. It appears from the articles that problems for Win98 begin above the 512MB mark, but are overcomeable with some system.ini settings. I printed out the articles (and

[wdvltalk] RE: Win98 memory limit

2002-10-21 Thread Cyberspace Publishing
Whoops! Personal biomemory glitch - the 384MB system was on a 1998 MSI MB with an AMD K6/2 500 mhz processor. The RAM was correct, though. :-0 At 02:17 PM 10/21/2002 -0400, you wrote: [clip] BTW, the system I had 384MB on was using a 1996 Tyan motherboard with a P133 and 3 128MB PC100 SDRAMs.

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