From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:01:09 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 992 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Monday 29 November 2004 Number 992 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program : John Angelico" 2 Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program : Ken Laurie" 3 Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program : Ken Laurie 4 PDF file creation : Dennis Nolan 5 Re: PDF file creation : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:03:04 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:21:27 +1100, Ken Laurie wrote: >Hi All > >I have just uploaded to www.os2site dot com version 0.3 of my program to >update the dynamic dns service provider zoneedit. If you want to run a >web server etc from a dynamic IP address and use zoneedit to host the >dns information then this program will perform the updates for you. > Hey that sounds like a good idea Ken. Could I use that for running a mail server on a DHCP cable connection too? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... Useless Invention: Flame-retardant gasoline. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:07:32 +0000 From: "Ken Laurie" Subject: Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program John Shouldn't be a problem. I use unwired for my internet access and I am running a web server and mail server. You just configure zoneedit to point to the same IP Address. I have a www.graeleah dot com and a mail.graeleah dot com. If you are setting up a mail server (I use weasel) make sure you check to see if you are not acting as a mail relay. When I get home I can send you a URL to check to see if you mail server will act as a mail relay. regards Ken On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:03:04 +1100 (AEDT), talldad at kepl dot com dot au wrote: >On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:21:27 +1100, Ken Laurie wrote: > >>Hi All >> >>I have just uploaded to www.os2site dot com version 0.3 of my program to >>update the dynamic dns service provider zoneedit. If you want to run a >>web server etc from a dynamic IP address and use zoneedit to host the >>dns information then this program will perform the updates for you. >> > >Hey that sounds like a good idea Ken. > >Could I use that for running a mail server on a DHCP cable connection too? > > >Best regards >John Angelico >OS/2 SIG >os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or >talldad at kepl dot com dot au >___________________ > >PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico >.... Useless Invention: Flame-retardant gasoline. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:47:08 +1100 From: Ken Laurie Subject: Re: Zoneedit DDNS service update program John The web site to use to check if you have configured you mail server as an open relay is http://www.abuse dot net/relay.html If you are going to run an email server make sure you use this site to check as you don't want to end up being blacklisted for being an open relay mail server. regards Ken Ken Laurie wrote: >John > >Shouldn't be a problem. I use unwired for my internet access and I am running a web server and mail server. You just configure zoneedit to point to the same IP Address. I have a www.graeleah dot com and a mail.graeleah dot com. If you are setting up a mail server (I use weasel) make sure you check to see if you are not acting as a mail relay. > >When I get home I can send you a URL to check to see if you mail server will act as a mail relay. > >regards >Ken > >On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:03:04 +1100 (AEDT), talldad at kepl dot com dot au wrote: > > > >>On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:21:27 +1100, Ken Laurie wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi All >>> >>>I have just uploaded to www.os2site dot com version 0.3 of my program to >>>update the dynamic dns service provider zoneedit. If you want to run a >>>web server etc from a dynamic IP address and use zoneedit to host the >>>dns information then this program will perform the updates for you. >>> >>> >>> >>Hey that sounds like a good idea Ken. >> >>Could I use that for running a mail server on a DHCP cable connection too? >> >> >>Best regards >>John Angelico >>OS/2 SIG >>os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or >>talldad at kepl dot com dot au >>___________________ >> >>PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico >>.... Useless Invention: Flame-retardant gasoline. >> >> >> >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:25:26 +1100 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: PDF file creation Hi all Has anyone had any success in creating PDF files. I installed Ghostscript and Ghostview, Installed ePDF and a printer object to use it. I create a document in Maul with the ePDF print subsystem enabled and print the document to a file. Well actualy the subsystem is for imbedding PDF tags into the text. When I try to open the document in the Adobe reader, it complains that the file does not begin with %PDF When I open it in Ghostview I get an error saying there are more pages than indicated in the document but then allows an internal correction and displays the file, with an extra blank page. The document is just a double sided brochure, nothing fancy. As printers seem to be accepting PDF files, which are more or less device and OS independent, I hoped to be able to do it in OS/2. I looked at the header and my document has %!PS-Adobe at the start of the file. A normal PDF file started with %PDF-1.2 I was under the impression that Ghostscript not only read PDF files but also was able to convert a Postscript file to PDF. Regards Dennis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:22:05 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: PDF file creation On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:25:26 +1100, Dennis Nolan wrote: >Hi all > >Has anyone had any success in creating PDF files. > Hi Dennis. Yes I have. >I installed Ghostscript and Ghostview, Installed ePDF and a printer >object to use it. I use GSView and GS, not ePDF. >I create a document in Maul with the ePDF print subsystem enabled and >print the document to a file. Well actualy the subsystem is for >imbedding PDF tags into the text. I set up a Postscript printer object, and set it to Print to File ONLY. Then I print to the PS object, which asks me for a filename. I specify a path to a Temp folder and a name with .ps extension [CRITICAL!]. >When I try to open the document in the Adobe reader, it complains that >the file does not begin with %PDF >When I open it in Ghostview I get an error saying there are more pages >than indicated in the document but then allows an internal correction >and displays the file, with an extra blank page. I open the .ps file in GSView, and I notice that it is only a one-page piece. THEN I use File/Convert with the PDFWrite driver, and specify a .pdf extension for the output file. This is the file which Acrobat/Acroread can handle. > >The document is just a double sided brochure, nothing fancy. > >As printers seem to be accepting PDF files, which are more or less >device and OS independent, I hoped to be able to do it in OS/2. Yep. No probs. GSView creates quite compact files too. I use this technique for generating PDFs to put on our business website fo customers to download. See if this works for you. Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... Definitions #751: Printout: A document to verify data you know is wrong anyway. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------