Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday December 30th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM PNG support petition
date posted 30th December 2002 23:42
kai farnhill wrote:
> This enlightened me a little. I honestly thought there was full
> support.
AFAIK the main issues are with poor alpha channel support
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co.uk...
Come and idle!!
date posted 30th December 2002 23:42
Dont spend your new year working/drinking!
Come and idle at #freelancers on EFNET
(we moved as DALNET were crap)
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co.uk
POV-Ray News & Resources http://Povray.co...
Re: FN-FORUM Interesting IP issue
date posted 30th December 2002 22:59
Hi Nigell
> Surely the brand name etc would belong to the receivers and they can sell
it
> to cover the debts. I would enquire as to whether they are interested in
> selling to you if it is that good...
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date posted 30th December 2002 22:24
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RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 21:53
Richard Watt wrote: [... lots about his mail client]
Sounds interesting, but the two main questions I would have to ask before
spending time with it are:
1. Does it store the emails in plain text f...
Re: FN-FORUM Interesting IP issue
date posted 30th December 2002 19:59
Surely the brand name etc would belong to the receivers and they can sell it
to cover the debts. I would enquire as to whether they are interested in
selling to you if it is that good, or given that y...
Re: Re[4]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 19:21
Only viruses is correct. In Latin, the word is an unusual second declension
NEUTER, not masculine, noun without out a plural (in written records). It is
similar to pelagus (sea) and vulgus (crowd).
>...
RE: FN-FORUM Re: You can be next.
date posted 30th December 2002 18:58
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Beans - Beans good for the he...
Re: FN-FORUM Re: You can be next.
date posted 30th December 2002 18:14
zen spam, thats a new one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Overcreative" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM Re: You can be next.
There...
Re: FN-FORUM OT Copy typing vs OCR & NOW Happy New Year
date posted 30th December 2002 18:04
> If I don't get chance again, Happy New Year everybody and be safe and
> happy and, if it takes your fancy, extremely intoxicated indeed! :)
>
Happy New Year indeed! I dare say I shall be fairly into...
Re: You can be next.
date posted 30th December 2002 17:56
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There is no futur...
Re[4]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 17:41
I actually used both spellings just to be safe Kathy...
-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk
Monday, December 30, 2002, 5:07:27 PM, you wrote:
---------------------------------------
L> Who forgot to...
RE: FN-FORUM OT Copy typing vs OCR & NOW Happy New Year
date posted 30th December 2002 17:40
My little niece is called Kara-Jade. Lovely name you have!
Right, back to my forums…
I’m trying to get my head savvy – but why I’m bothering I do not know.
As we all know what’s tomorrow!...
RE: FN-FORUM PNG support petition
date posted 30th December 2002 17:33
This enlightened me a little. I honestly thought there was full support.
But have never really used PNG for HTML web design which explains my
ignorance; I tend to use PNG within Flash as there are gre...
Interesting IP issue
date posted 30th December 2002 17:32
Hi there
I've a number of customers that came along with me when my previous employer
went into receivership a few months back.
Now, some of those customers' websites run a product developed by my
p...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 17:12
Who forgot to set Outlook to use the restricted zone??? Tut, tut.
THE PLURAL OF VIRUS IS VIRUSES Grrrrrrrr!!!!
The best thing about the Bat is that it doesn't send HTML emails HURRAH!! (I
hope it ha...
Re: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 17:04
I have a 700 also, but I wouldn't run 4 machines of it...you'd not get
enough minutes of power to shut down cleanly.
You run Powerchute in server mode with Snmp to tell other machines to shut
down (t...
Re: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 17:02
I use APC smartups. For four machines you'd need a decent VA rating, though.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister f...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 17:00
Quite agree. It's a lovely MAPI client, but pretty dire for POP (although my
complaints would be quite different from yours), although it's got much
better for that in XP. It's now more or less useabl...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 16:57
It's IE6 sp1 extra security to prevent viruses and spybots in HTML mails
from running (allegedly). I didn't think it was on by default though.
Perhaps it is if you didn't have IE6 sans sp1. It's in to...
PNG support petition
date posted 30th December 2002 16:55
Having been reading an article on ALA, I thought you designer types out
there might consider signing the petition to persuade Microsoft to provide
full PNG support in Internet Explorer.
http://www.pet...
Re: FN-FORUM Copy typing vs OCR & proof reading
date posted 30th December 2002 16:53
I expect you also charge per printed page and for postage etc (as most VAs
do), so Tony, don't forget those in your calcs.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 15:57
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 01:14:35PM -0000, Tony Ford wrote:
> I always wondered why people always want to reinvent the wheel
> insyead of joining MS and making it a better one.
It's worth remembering...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 13:47
Good point - to clear my case I use Outlook (proper) from the Professional
Packet.
+*+** Seasons Greetings *+*+*
Tony Ford
Interface Designer
[EMAIL REMOVED]
www.tony-ford.co.uk
-----Original Mess...
Re: FN-FORUM Copy typing vs OCR & proof reading
date posted 30th December 2002 13:41
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I work as a freelance secretary, my rate is =A310.00 per 1,000 words...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 13:36
Am I doing something wrong?
I run Outlook express here, rather than outlook 'proper', but I don't suffer
in the way that Richard appears to.
I have several folders on my PII, 32Mb Windows ME dinosau...
RE: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 13:11
As Joe said, i was demonstrating how to send and recieve them. I haven't had
any problems with any as of yet. Most Hackers, crackers and spammers
wouldn't do it because it needs to be a legitimate HTT...
Re: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 12:57
I've decided to spend a few quid more than I had planned and will probably
go for this one
http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1000I&la
nguage=en&LOCAL.APCCountryCode=...
Copy typing vs OCR & proof reading
date posted 30th December 2002 12:55
Hi
I'm trying to put a costing together for a client.
Anyone got any figures for the cost of copytyping?
I'm assuming its a simple calculation based on number of words divided
by typists wpm multip...
Re: FN-FORUM About CD writing .....
date posted 30th December 2002 12:42
not easy, but you could encrypt the data on the CD using something like PGP
and provide the user with a viewer that decrypts this.
the viewer would need to know its looking at a cd-rom, plus you can...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 12:34
I cannot understand why anyone uses Outlook, I used it for four years,
before getting so pissed off at its ability to;
* Crash with fullish mailboxes (5000+ messages)
* Crash when mixing IMAP and POP3...
RE: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 12:20
Cheers Kathy,
Just started my own proxy and can now see the headers! Useful to know,
thanks
Mark Anderson
01202 775483
07802 404838 mob
Web Development and database design
[EMAIL REMOVED]
http://www....
Re: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 12:18
Hi Darren,
Can't make many reccomendations as I run my two servers from a home brew UPS
that I've had for a number of years.
However, first stage is to work out the power consumption - most modern
m...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 12:11
Yup, unless you manage to re-route your connection via a chain of
badly configured open proxies that dont foward that HTTP header, which
is about the only way to be 99% anonymous on the web.
-- Richa...
RE: FN-FORUM UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 12:05
I've got a SMART-UPS 700 on my server. Comes with PowerChute (which is
what you're looking for Daemon wise). It's got 4 power outlets on the
back (kettle type) but only one serial port for the comms....
Re: FN-FORUM About CD writing .....
date posted 30th December 2002 12:05
It's not anything you can do with CD writing software, but look around
for document encryption technologies -
http://www.reportlab.com/security/index.html will stop people cutting
and pasting from PDF...
RE: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 12:04
>
> You can't. Either read as plain text and get the attachment or
> see the HTML.
> Or change to another mail client. Blame the sender. Just ignore the
> attachments, I do.
>
Thanks Kathy
Is it...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 11:58
You can't. Either read as plain text and get the attachment or see the HTML.
Or change to another mail client. Blame the sender. Just ignore the
attachments, I do.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 11:54
Yup.
I know it works with the ASP equivalent - just get anyone on Blueyonder
cable (for example) to test it for you.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
htt...
UPS Recommendations
date posted 30th December 2002 11:49
Hi there
I had a power cut here yesterday and whilst I've not lost anything I've
decided that I can't risk all of my machines just getting switched off like
that again.
So, I'm after personal recomm...
Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 11:45
Nik,
I have written a little piece of software that runs every time I reboot my
machine, gets my IP address, writes a simple HTML file containing this
address and FTP's this to a webserver, so wherev...
Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 11:43
Hi Darren,
>http://www.proxybench.com/proxy/articles/httpheaders.asp
>I'm guessing that they only get sent if a proxy is involved?
That's my understanding as well. I think by checking for the exis...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 11:29
Ahhh....understood.
I'll just shut the fuck up then....:-)
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Norcott" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:09 AM
Subject:...
Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 11:25
> You've got me interested now, so how do you get HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR ?
I've
> just run my standard "show all server variables" page and it's not listed
> amongst the asp ones there!
I too was inter...
RE: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 11:19
>
> NO. I don't accept HTML mail and nor should this list!
>
This was precisely about to be my response. Thanks for the suggestion Tony,
but I don't want to change from plain text, just get rid of t...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 11:08
Aye, but Dan and Andy (The guys who's list this is) dont' like it because it
messes up the digest version of the email.
> I believe that Tony was demonstrating a point for someone.
>
> I guess it cou...
Re: FN-FORUM win2k bugging me!
date posted 30th December 2002 10:41
So you have a problem there - perhaps one of those viruses or spyware progs
that tries to disable av programs. The only time I've every had trouble with
Win2k or NT it's been spyware every time (even...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 10:41
I believe that Tony was demonstrating a point for someone.
I guess it could have been done offline, but it was quite a neat way of
helping people who DO wish to receive HTML mails. Given the number...
RE: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 10:31
Kathy,
You've got me interested now, so how do you get HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR ? I've
just run my standard "show all server variables" page and it's not listed
amongst the asp ones there!
Mark Anderson...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments in outlook
date posted 30th December 2002 10:30
Tell people not to send HTML or Outlook Rich Text mail or Enriched text mail
to you ;-)
Or, if you want to bypass that security/anti-virus measure, clear the Tools,
Options, Read, "Read all messages...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 10:15
NO. I don't accept HTML mail and nor should this list!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritati...
Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 10:11
> http://www.whatismyip.com/
Unfortunately, this gets it wrong as it doesn't use the right call to
differentiate between the real host and the ISP's proxy or cache. It just
uses REMOTE_ADDR /HOST in...
RE: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 09:50
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TONY FORD, interface designer...
Re: FN-FORUM Linux
date posted 30th December 2002 09:37
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Given the pain yo...
Re: FN-FORUM text attachments
date posted 30th December 2002 08:50
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Re: FN-FORUM Linux
date posted 30th December 2002 06:49
bind is the usual domain name server used in Linux.
You are best off using something like webmin to set it up and configure
it.
Ashar
At 10:55 AM 12/30/02 -0800, you wrote:...
Re: FN-FORUM Linux
date posted 30th December 2002 06:23
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Re: FN-FORUM Linux
date posted 30th December 2002 06:08
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Danish Umer wrote:
> Hi, Can anyone tell me that "what is Web Manager in Linux ? Is it free
> available online ?"
Are you talking about an online control panel? If so then look...
Linux
date posted 30th December 2002 05:53
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About CD writing .....
date posted 30th December 2002 05:48
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Re: FN-FORUM M$ word question
date posted 30th December 2002 05:28
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Re: FN-FORUM IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 01:12
> some clients
> just cannot (or are too busy to) remember how to get their IP, and it
takes
> 5 minutes to explain over the phone how to do this.
http://www.whatismyip.com/
--
Darren Beale - Acksys...
IP MAILER
date posted 30th December 2002 00:52
I know this is a bit OS, but This is the only useful forum I am conected
with. On the side (With Web Dev) I do some SOHO IT Admin. Most work I prefer
to do remotely (To keep costs down). The only prob...
text attachments in outlook
date posted 30th December 2002 00:26
Since upgrading to IE6 the other day (had to for 128-bit encryption
purposes), all emails now come through to Outlook with the message attached
in a text file, as well as displaying as usual in the me...