Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #72 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 02 May 00 Volume 17 : Issue 72 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#529/01-May-00 a couple of e-mail related queries... DVD and PowerBook Info-Mac Digest V17 #71 Remove items from munu bar Studio Display with Older Macs Zip drives and Powerbook sleep - how to re-recognise drives? The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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We also note the availability of AOL 5.0, Palm Desktop 2.6, and Virtual PC 3.0.3; Apple's free release of iMovie; and major Internet security issues found in FileMaker Pro 5. Topics: MailBITS/01-May-00 Modifying the Macintosh Startup Sequence Email Spam: The Bandwagon Plays On, Part 2 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-529.etx; 34K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 14:23:27 +0100 From: Andrew Churchill Subject: a couple of e-mail related queries... Hi, I have two e-mail related queries. 1) I have an aged 14.4bps modem at work and suffer when people send me large attachments, despite my request that no one sends me any. Is there any way I can refuse to accept an e-mail that is, say, over 200k in size, and delete it on the POP server. At the moment when I am sent a large file I am forced to download it before I can get to any mail that has been sent after it. I am using Outlook express 5.0, if that helps. 2) Outlook express seems to be a law unto itself, and insists on trying to connect to the internet every so often when I am reading old mail in my Hotmail account or looking at old newsgroup messages. This seems to occur despite the fact that I have not selected the 'connect automatically' option in the remote access control panel (OS 8.6). Is there any way I can stop this, I seem to have to tell Express to stop trying to connect about 10 times a day. cheers, Andrew Churchill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:17:51 -0500 From: Mark Geerdes Subject: DVD and PowerBook Dewey, Actually, this is where Apple was smart, their drive allows you to switch zones a limited amount of times, I think it's the first 10 DVD's, but be careful, because after you put that last one in, it's permanantly that zone, so buying a US made Powerbook is not a problem, just don't buy any US DVD's, wait until you get home. On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:05:02 +0100, "Dewey Markham, Jr." wrote: >Hello All, > > I am considering the purchase of a PowerBook in the US to bring back >to France where I live and work, but I have a question regarding the DVD >drive. To try and limit the global bootlegging problems that exist with >videocassettes, DVD players have a built-in zone identifier which prevents >DVDs purchased in one zone from being played on a DVD player purchased in >another zone. The US is in a different zone from Europe, so I shall be >unable to view any DVDs rented or bought over here on my US-made PowerBook. > Here are my questions: is the zone information hard-wired on the DVD >drive itslef, in which case if I purchase a replacement drive here in >France my problems are over; or is the zone identifier registered in the >DVD or system software, in which case a little tinkering with ResEdit might >allow me to get around this? > Thanks for any help. > >Dewey > Mark Geerdes Duplication/Audio Engineer BGEA Multimedia Director BPEFC Personal e-mail should go to: ICQ #4326472 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:37:55 -0500 From: Theresa Freilicher Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #71 >>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 15:53:48 -0400 >From: "abrody@smart.net" >Subject: (C) Washington DC/Baltimore area in need of another Mac support > >Dear Digest, >The only support group in our area is the Washington Apple Pi, which >has meetings only monthly, on weekday evenings, and rarely on >weekends. Being located in Bethesda, it is too far for us to drive >from places such as Laurel, Burtonsville, and Silver Spring. It's >annual membership costs are too high for the services provided. >Exclusionary appears to be its motto. With the moving of >MacUpgrades to Gaithersburg, the only Apple repair specialists are >CompUSA, and Apple directly, for people who work weekdays, and only >have weekends and evenings off. I would like to help form another >group, but don't know anybody else who owns a Mac who would want to >join the group in the area. Perhaps somebody here could point me in >that direction? > >Thank you. >Sincerely, >abrody@smart.net >-- > >Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: >http://www.index-site.com > >------------------------------ Date: May 2, 2000 From: theresa@smart.net Subject: (C) Washington DC/Baltimore area in need of another Mac support In response to abrody@smart.net Computers on Demand in Chevy Chase is an excellant place to go for help. Located on Conn. Ave, just off the beltway. Owned and operated my Mitch Galen, an certified Apple/Mac tech. 1.800.909.6227 301.718.0822 BTW, your assesment of WAP of very accurate. The money of many supports the habit of a few. Ciao, Theresa ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 14:57:52 -0400 From: "John Hachey" Subject: Remove items from munu bar Hello, I installed AIM on my machine , then uninstalled it; but the AIM icon remains on my menu bar. Any way to get it off of there? Thanks, John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 21:37:28 -0700 From: James Hays Subject: Studio Display with Older Macs Does anyone have experience using an Apple 17" Studio Display with a PowerMac 7600? Apple recommends G3 or newer. What problems may I run into? Are there workarounds? I'm not ready to abandon my old Mac yet, but I'd like to buy a monitor that will fit well with a newer Mac in the future. I know that a VGA-to-Mac RGB will be required. Thanks, --Jim Hays -- ********************************************************************** Jim Hays jhays@iname.com 3381 W Foxes Den Drive (520) 903-1634 Tucson AZ 85745 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:31:39 +0100 From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" Subject: Zip drives and Powerbook sleep - how to re-recognise drives? Hi.. I have a Wallstreet PBook and recently got a SCSI Zip250 drive. (Running 9.0.4, and latest Iomega drivers installed). Great, of course. Except that what I usually do is that I turn the PBook on, do some work, and then put the machine to sleep until I next come back to it - which can be hours or a day or whatever. The Zip drive, though, seems to think that the PB going to sleep means that it has been permanently disconnected. Any clues? Should I (sudden light bulb over head) be using something like AutoRemounter, or the Chooser? (Until I came to type this I hadn't thought of either of those, but I'm presently at work rather than on the PB at home.) Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Independent newspaper on the Web: http://www.independent.co.uk/ It's even better on paper Live in the US? Get a new worldview: http://www.independenceavenue.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************