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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...

re: account activation

date posted 30th December 2002 22:24

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date posted 30th December 2002 22:07

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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. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01C2B035.E15FC360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C2B013.BCA592B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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

--part1_186.139949f7.2b41a739_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C2AFE9.3D5F6D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TONY FORD, interface designer...

Re: FN-FORUM Linux

date posted 30th December 2002 09:37

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C2AFE6.3091DE00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Given the pain yo...

Re: FN-FORUM text attachments

date posted 30th December 2002 08:50

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C2AFE0.D9D141A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TONY FORD, interface designer...

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

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2AFCC.23F05F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I presume you mea...

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

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D5_01C2AFF2.05125870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Can anyone te...

About CD writing .....

date posted 30th December 2002 05:48

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CA_01C2AFF1.6011BEB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Is there any...

Re: FN-FORUM M$ word question

date posted 30th December 2002 05:28

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C2AFEE.98B3C270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dear, 1) Inser...

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...



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