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Date: 25 Feb 2004 12:49:03 -0500
From: Paul Bishop
Subject: Introduction of Ser. 5
I bought my ser. 5 on 10th July 1997 -- it still works but kept as a spare machine only.
Dixons told me it was introduced that week.
Paul Bishop.
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 13:25:08 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Spam / junk,
Answer to: Chris Handley
Re.: Spam / junk - How do I cope ? At work I use (ADSL line and instant email) Spam Inspector - a free program - that filters 99% of the junk, and with Freeserve / Compuserve I now use Spamache which also filters out 99% of the junk.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 13:25:10 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: netBook switch problem, Alarm+, Email program, Emulator hints, CronTab,
Answer to: Christopher Holly
Re.: netBook switch problem - To me it appears to be the micro switch and not the switch on top of the keyboard. Sometimes I also have that I need to try twice or three times to switch off the mBook. I now have as said the automatic switch on upon opening switched off and it appears (sofar) to work. Chadis works on the 5MX equally well. There are other programs, I just didn't try them all.
Answer to: Rick Gillyon
Re.: Alarm+ - Hmmmm, the "solution" could be "the problem" you say ? Thanks, I'll keep an eye on that one and might try it if it happens again.
Re.: Email program - Wow, that is a lot of negatives <G>. But when do you really use all of these ? My signature I have got in Assistant, quoting there are several little macros / programs for, overloading is not a problem for ME as I never keep my emails long. But, if you need those features regularly than EPOC emailing is not the program to use.
Answer to: Chris Handley
Re.: Emulator hints - Interesting another digest member did receive it, but NOT from me, I did not send it out yet, will do so over the week-end. Secondly, I kindly asked whoever interested to send me an email ..... (see my other answer with explanation).
Answer to: Jaap Laméris
Re.: CronTab - I don't seem to have this problem. CronTab at 4.00 am brings my Agenda program to the foreground and sets it to Today and switches off again without problems. Maybe try a way around it and set CronTab to start a macro and let the macro start Fastbackup ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 14:18:13 -0500
From: Philip S. Adkins Potter
Subject: Mailboxes
Hi Owen (and other folk),
You said:
"So, if you don't use the (eMail) address and all you receive on it is viruses, why bother checking it at all? Just let it sit there and fill up. Sooner or later it'll start returning "over quota" and maybe you'll then be able to persuade the ISP to delete it when it's taking up a few mb or space on their server."
Unfortunately my ISP *won't* close this account. It usually takes less than an hour to go "over quota" so I usually don't bother with it. Steve Litchfield had a similar problem (but worse) and now uses a different eAddress.
As far as my ISP is concerned this is not their problem despite the virus eMails coming mostly from their own infected customers (other ISPs have had the same problem). Also my ISP will only send customers eMail to their *original* eAddress - even eMails saying the mailbox they're sending it to is full.
It's a Windoze virus - ergo I haven't been infected. So it's obviously my fault!
When I subscribed to n-Dream those da**ed eMails weren't blocked even with every option chosen and only eMails specifically for me referred back to the (non-existent) sender. But if I want a clean(ish - ISP generated spam is sent to primary mailboxes) mailbox I will have to open a completely new ISP account.
Happy days,
Phil.
"Beware of altruism.
It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil."
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 16:07:29 -0500
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Re: Phoneman & emulator
Chris Handley replied to Peter Rand:
>> PhoneMan Pro works on the emulator, IR and all? <<
> I haven't actually tested it, but I don't expect it to work... Just tried - and no joy :( <
There is a seperate PhoneMan version for the emulator. No idea whether that has become freeware as well...
Astrid
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 16:22:24 -0500
From: Carlos Rodriguez
Subject: Compuserve Düsseldorf
>Date: 24 Feb 2004 14:51:29 +0000
From: vlad a
Subject: Compuserve # 456 (1)
> Carlos Rodriguez wrote on 24.2.2004:
>2 late cents jic it may be useful:
> ..Try all the numbers with a 0211-prefix.
>0211 is Düsseldorf. Köln is 0221.
> ... Or call the CS hotline?
>... don't. It costs a heap and is not very helpful ;-) >best,
>vlad a
Oops, sorry. Typo, evidently. - Let us know how it worked out, will you? Regards
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 18:47:28 -0500
From: Paula1323
Subject: A Table Application
I am interested in a Table application to insert in Word. Something to make simple charts and/or organize information in a memo. Sheet includes too many cells. I want to select the number of cells. Thanks.
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 19:16:50 -0500
From: Boudewijn
Subject: Older version of Opera
Hello all,
Having read the postings about the older version of Opera, version 3.62, I wonder if someone can tell me where I can find it?
I tried Opera's own website but did not succeed so far.
Boudewijn.
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 19:41:56 -0500
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Revo Belt Case
Howdy!
Mike Dyer wrote (> ):
> does anyone know of a stockist of Revo belt
> cases? all the usual stockists seem to be sold
> out.
I use a belt case which came with a Garmin GPS48. It fits my Rako perfectly. The GPS45 used the same case. The difference is that on the case that came with the 48, the Garmin logo is sewed on so it can be removed. On the Garmin 45 case, the logo is printed on. I suppose having a Garmin logo on the case wouldn't be a huge problem... Maybe a non-Revo/Mako owner on the digest has a dead Garmin GPS and is willing to donate the belt pouch to Mike?
PS. a reasonably new dead Garmin should be sent to Garmin, as a corpse and a moderate amount of money will buy you a brand new GPS. My Garmin 48 is with Garmin UK right now being replaced with a brand new Garmin 76. The charge (repair fee) is £62 +VAT (if applicable).
You might also have a look at Lowepro camera pouches. The AW range have a built in rain coat hidden in the back, and they are well padded. I've got one for one of my cameras and am very happy with it. Best of all, they're well made and cheaper than much of the competition
Owen
Thought for the day:
Sex causes cancer. We'd wipe out cancer in one generation if no one had sex.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 19:42:29 -0500
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Email
Howdy!
Rick Gillyon wrote (> ):
> It seems bizarre to me that people are happy with
> EPOC's on-board email. It has poor quoting,
but with the addition of REM, it has the most configurable quoting options of any e-mail application I'm aware of.
> it's slow,
??? In what way? It's certainly able to keep up with my 9600baud GSM connection as well as my reasonably fast typing. When I used Outlook over the mobile a long time ago, it usually took around one minute to establish contact with the POP3 server. Email normally takes around 30 seconds from the call is initiated until the headers start coming through.
> it's too easy to overload and corrupt its
> indexes,
Has happened to me maybe three times in six years, and two of those were caused by keeping the Mail folders on the CF drive whilst using NiMH cells, which. As far as I remember, Psion specifically advice against using rechargeables. Many of us use rechargeables and are happy doing so, but we know that one of the limitations is that if you use rechargeables, you shouldn't keep your Mail folders on the CF. Outlook crashed on my mother's PC and she lost a couple of months worth of e-mails. Won't happen to me (famous last words) as I have them in SaveMail Data files.
> no multi-account checking,
You can check several accounts and you can have several POP3 mailboxes open in the same session. You can even send e-mails with different "from" addresses in the same session. What more do you want? What you can't do is automagically sort the inbound mail to different folders or tell it to download all mail on all servers without further user interaction.
> no ability to download automatically,
For which I am very grateful. I would be in deep shit if the Psion always grabbed everything in my mailbox without giving me the option to choose. In fact, there's a 450kb e-mail sitting in my mailbox right now, and I'm letting it sit there until I have a chance to get to an Internet café to download it.
If I open the mail server and when the headers come through, I want to download everything there, I hit a Merlin toolbar button which selects all the headers and moves them to the Inbox. A button in Email for this function would be useful, but the Merlin toolbar behaves almost like an integrated part of the application anyway. It wouldn't be any problem doing the same with Macro5 or any other task launcher.
> no filtering,
I don't really miss it. I use SaveMail to sort my inbound e-mais into diffrent EPOC Data files.
> no sigs,
REM will give you all the sigs you need. When I write a "new" e-mail rather than replying to one I've received, I insert the sig as a clip text item from Merlin.
> no decent address book with groups
Contacts?
> no one-button reading
Easy to solve with a macro if you want it. I haven't bothered. I use two-button reading instead. (Fn+down)
> no redirection
Aren't you expecting a bit much out of a pocket device?
> no decent headers
I'm not with you. If what you're missing is the ability to look at the header of inbound crap, you can find them in the logs if you've set up the log folders.
> It's usable, and has so few features it's not
> susceptible to viruses, but compared with a
> full-blown client it's a total pain to use.
I'm not in pain at all, except some times a touch of writers cramp...
I agree that the Email application has its limitations, but most, if not all are easily overcome by using free tools (Merllin isn't free, but you can use Macro5 instead).
I've been using the EPOC Email application for all my e-mails for years and this is in fact the most important use of my Psions. This is one of the reasons I've never seriously considered changing platforms. I don't believe there is any other handheld past or present that would give me the same versatility as I get with the EPOC Email application in combination with REM and SaveMail.
When the day comes that my last Psion dies and I don't have a replacement, it's good to know that I have all my e-mails from the past 5-6 years in EPOC Data files so I can export to text (in the WINS simulator if necessary) and read them on any platform.
Owen
Thought for the day:
Getting a date with a girl is a lot like getting a loan from a bank. To get one, you must first prove that you don't need one.
- Brad Kozak
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Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 19:42:47 -0500
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: CronTab & battery drainage
Howdy!
Itamar Engelsman wrote (> ):
> I have now discovered that it is not CronTab that
> causes my problem. I switched off the automatic
> switch-on upon opening the mBook and it appears
> that the drainage of the battery without using the
> mBook has stopped.
I've had a similar problem with at least one 5ive Classic and a MC218. It was caused by faulty soldering on the little switch underneath the keyboard. The machine would switch itself off whilst I was typing and switch itself on when it wasn't in use. The only solution, until I had the time to open the machine and resolder the switch was to disable automatic on/off on opening and closing the case.
Owen
Thought for the day:
We may be alone.
We may not be alone.
Either way, the thought is staggering.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 13:25:08 -0500
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: MC218 behaves like a 5mx!, netBook Security , Power-off mBook, Psion emailing,
Answer to: Max Ozinsky
Re.: MC218 behaves like a 5mx! - Maybe first delete the file shell.ini, it might solve the problem.
Answer to: Jeanny Sewell
Re.: netBook Security - AFAIR delete the Opera program and download the earlier version 3.64 (or some similar number) which was better with accessing secure information.
Answer to: Jack
Re.: Power-off mBook - Thanks for the idea, but I have AlarmPlus installed already. It was not the alarm that caused the problem as I switched it off manually before leaving the Psion alone for a few hours.
PS: Pls do send me a short email as I keep the emails from everybody in a separate folder for sending over the coming week-end. Thanks.
Answer to: Antony
Re.: Psion emailing - Thanks for the answer. HTML messages there is no solution (personally I much prefer plain text, but that's personal ...) but the other "problems" you mention can be solved. I also use my Psion at home (either MochaPPP or wireless), work (MochaPPP) and on the road (mobile phone, modem card). I use three network settings (Compuserve outside the UK, Freeserve in the UK, and ADSL eclipse at home/work).
SMTP server : I use Merlin to put a toolbar in the email program. On the toolbar I have 3 options for each of the above networks. Each choice has got a small macro behind it going to the network to be used and set that one as the default mailbox. Accordingly it is a one press solution. You can of course do the same with the other similar programs that allow for shortcuts.
Multiple in-folders: Most email programs on a PC don't have this either. However, instead of just moving emails, use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X, go to the folder you want the emails to appear in and do Ctrl-V. Again, a small macro behind a shortcut will do it with "one touch" again.
Downloading : I don't understand your point about downloading headers first which takes more time. With the Psion you can either choose which ones to download while on-line or download them all (Ctrl-A and "move").
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 23:01:18 -0500
From: Nicholas Bloch
Subject: Interface problems resolved: 5mx & Windows XP Pro
Hi all,
Was unable to backup my 5mx for almost 1 year - because my PC refused to detect my 5mx!!
Both my serial ports on my PC were being used - one for an external modem and the other to monitor my UPS.
I found PsiWin 2.3.3 would not work with a USB to Serial convertor, no matter which type of configuration I used.
Finally, one of your contributers suggested purchasing a dedicated PCI serial card. I purchased one from ByteRunner (model number: PCI 210-H) and since then, I've had absolutely no problems!!
CopyAnywhere works, 5mx to PC synchronisation works, I do not have any conflicts between COM ports and my PC detects my 5mx - instantly - every time it is connected!
I am posting this email, to help any reader experiencing similar interface problems and I hope they will find this advice useful. I can be contacted on: nicholas_bloch
Regards,
Nicholas
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Date: 25 Feb 2004 23:06:55 -0500
From: Kevin Thorne
Subject: Date of original S5
Reply to Owen H. Morgan:
Subject: Getting old!
<Can someone remember what date the original S5 arrived on the market?>
I believe it arrived in the UK in late June 1997. They were very difficult to obtain at first, so much so that I even considered getting a 4Mb model as these were easier to get hold of! Naturally most people waited just a bit longer for the 8Mb model to become more available. I eventually got mine in October of that year. Interestingly, when the 5mx was released in the UK about 2 years later there were very few availability problems.
Regards
Kevin Thorne
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 02:47:32 -0500
From: "Antony"
Subject: netBook Security | My Documents | Floppy Screens
To: Jeanny Sewell
Do you have the latest OS.img? If not get it from Psion teklogix.
There is a TCPIP update which I think has been applied to the latest os image, but if not, you could install it. It too is on the tecklogix site in the NetPad section
If your machine consistantly freezes at the same point, it may be a java applet, javascript or a CGI script on the server that can not handle your browser type. I'd suggest viewing the HTML source using another tool such as a Windows PC. You can even install the same version of opera (for windows) on this. See if there are applets or javascripts running or see if the form action is to a cgi script. The problem is; Should you encounter one of these, the best you can do is report it to the webmaster and hope it gets fixed.
To: Alan Morris
The My Documents folder is part of the users profile. A profile is a group of directories, documents and settings (.ini and registry hive) that make a users logon have unique characteristics. By default, every profile has a My documents folder as well as many others. With XP, the 'My Documents' is a shortcut typically to C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents. When a user logs off, their profile is saved and when they logon, retrieved. In situations where profiles are stored on servers, profiles are cached locally for performance reasons. When a profile is loaded, Xp performs integrity checks on the profile to ensure it is not corrupt. One of the integrity check may be the My documents folders existence. If it is not there, it may be created at logon time. You should therefore have 2 folders. My Documents and Carol's Documents, but where the My documents shortcurt would point to would be unclear and therefore not relied upon, so I suggest you check the users Documents and Settings subfolders.
To: Trygve Henriksen
> ... (You can only shrink the keys so far before they become unusable ... <
This is why I suggested the Nokia communicator. It is by no means a small phone and if folded out to contain simply a keyboard rather than screen and keyboard could have a large enough keyboard for most uses.
Antony Booth
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 09:16:30 -0500
From: Ketil Kristiansen
Subject: Re: replacements for WinXP apps?
Anthony Booth wrote:
> To: Peter Rand
>
> I forgot to include on my last message a good email client. This one is > quite good as it has lots of support due to its cross-platform nature. > Mozilla : http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/download/
>
> It's not just an email client, it is more of an internet suite,
> including a browser, newsgroup reader, IRC client and HTML editor.
Actually, the browser and email components have been separated out into separate projects, so it's now possible to download only the email client (which is called Thunderbird) and/or the browser (called Firebird).
> I think MS IE was based on it when first written, so it can't be that
> bad. Not that I'm endorsing IE, just stating there may be closer
> compatibility with IE than other browsers such as Opera.
IE was originally based on Spyglass' Mosaic browser, while Mozilla is based on Netscape's "Gecko" rendering engine, which was first introduced in Netscape 6. Note also that Netscape 6 was a total rewrite, so it actually has no connection to earlier versions of Netscape other than look&feel and the fact it came from the same company. (This may also be part of why Netscape lost the browser wars, and was ultimately bought by AOL - the rewrite took far too long, so users abandoned Netscape in favour of IE as Netscape 5 looked increasingly dated, feature-wise.)
Best regards,
-K (Who swears by - not at - Opera for web and Eudora for mail)
--
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 12:15:18 -0500
From: Philip S. Adkins Potter
Subject: OT: Windoze executable
Hi Folks,
I received an eMail today from li.garland_yz (at) arturipr.co.uk asking me if I sent a file final.txt.scr (22016 bytes, I think). It is a Windoze executable and I don't have a Windoze machine, though I wouldn't run it anyway. This (and the fact that I haven't sent anything to that address) makes me suspect that the file may harbour a virus.
I am loth to ignore this eMail. The sender may be legit. and honestly worried. But replying may validate *my* eAddress for all sorts of nasties. If my eAddress is being used to distribute nasties I want it stopped. I know my ISP will say (if asked) that it's not their place to even help, it's entirely my own responsibility and fault if someone is using my eAddress and/or their services (!). This has always been their response.
Has anyone any advice beyond simply ignoring this eMail?
Happy days,
Phil.
"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 12:24:10 -0500
From: Philip Carlisle
Subject: Nbook switch off/on
To Itamar
Have been away, so please forgive this late contribution.
I reported similar problems with my Nbook some months ago.
I do not use it for alarms, nor do I have CronTab.
I thought I had solved battery drainage problems (caused by 'phantom' switchings on) by not selecting 'Switch on when case is opened' (to prevent accidental switch on caused by vibration), by selecting 'Switch off when case closed', but by switching off physically anyway (the switch seems to work but have used Fn Off as well).
All seemed well, but after leaving the Nbook in an office drawer over Christmas, I returned to find it totally drained and needing, therefore, a full reboot. I am at a complete loss to explain this occurrence, but it does leave me with the thrill of the unknown every time I open the Nbook!
Regards
Philip Carlisle
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 14:06:23 -0500
From: Upton, Ray J
Subject: Nokia 9500
There's a small review in the Guardian today of the Nokia 9500.
Keyboard, Symbian OS, WiFi, it looks very promising?!
Cheers,
Ray Upton
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 16:23:18 -0500
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Dictionary files
I have noticed that both under Java Psion Link and during IR transfer that Psion dictionary/thesaurus files cause the link to drop. .sis files on the other hand cause no problem.
Iens9522.dat
Ifrf9531.dat
Iitf9540.dat
ISPF9533.dat
Lexicon.rsc
Reutc400.dat
Rfrtc450.dat
Rgrtc430.dat
Rittc400.dat
Rsptc400.dat
Anybody got an idea why?
T
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