From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 00:02:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1103 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 01 May 2005 Number 1103 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Need a virus : Ian Manners" 2 Re: Need a virus : Mike O'Connor" 3 Quiet Harddisk makes : Ed Durrant 4 Re: Quiet Harddisk makes : Kris Steenhaut 5 Re: Quiet Harddisk makes : Ed Durrant 6 Re: Quiet Harddisk makes : Kris Steenhaut 7 Thunderbird : Dennis Nolan 8 Re: Quiet Harddisk makes : Ed Durrant 9 Re: Quiet Harddisk makes : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" 10 Re: ADSL : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" 11 Re: Thunderbird : Michael/Gail Peters" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 00:40:13 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: Need a virus Hi Mike Yes, got a couple of virus sent to me by Paul Smedley, then I realised that though I'd modified clamfilter.cmd to use CLAMD so that the speed of scanning incoming email is lightning compared to starting the program up for each and every email, I'd forgotten to actually put the file in my weasel directory :) The clam filter is also setup to NOT send a return email telling the wrong person that they just sent a virus, I tend to call that spamming these days. I've put the original, and my version, in http://os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/server/filter clamfilt.zip <= original clamfiltv2.cmd <= my version Now thats sorted out, I must look at a way to stop Voyteks email bounces re the above subject line being a spam email, so that it stops giving the digest mode a heartattack. Now, this is a wierd one..... Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Windows is like quicksand, except there's nothing "quick" about it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 02:09:27 +1000 From: "Mike O'Connor" Subject: Re: Need a virus Ian Manners wrote: >Hi Mike > >Yes, got a couple of virus sent to me by Paul Smedley, then I realised >that though I'd modified clamfilter.cmd to use CLAMD so that the speed >of scanning incoming email is lightning compared to starting the program >up for each and every email, I'd forgotten to actually put the file in my >weasel directory :) > >The clam filter is also setup to NOT send a return email telling the >wrong person that they just sent a virus, I tend to call that spamming >these days. > >I've put the original, and my version, in > http://os2site dot com/sw/internet/mail/server/filter > >clamfilt.zip <= original >clamfiltv2.cmd <= my version > >Now thats sorted out, I must look at a way to stop Voyteks >email bounces re the above subject line being a spam >email, so that it stops giving the digest mode a heartattack. >Now, this is a wierd one..... > >Cheers >Ian Manners >http://www.os2site dot com/ > >Windows is like quicksand, except there's nothing "quick" about it. > Hi Ian, Shouldn't your last line above be more likened to the La Brea Tarpits in LA? Glad you were successful. Wish you luck with the weird one! -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, * dot com, *.bat, *.reg attachments] [Please use zipped versions of above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 09:19:01 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Quiet Harddisk makes Hi All, Do any of you have a recomendation as to which make / model of EIDE drive is the quietest ? My wife has a Compaq Deskpro, which has a Seagate Barracuda harddisk and when accessed it makes almost a schreeching noice. The drive is pretty old however I don't think the noise is because of a head failure rather the bearings. I have heard this noise before on other systems and they've run for years like this - so I think this is simply a design restriction of this model. As it's old, I'm looking to replace it with something faster and quieter hence the question. The current drive is 12.5GB, of which she's only using 7GB so a 10 GB or greater drive is what I'm looking at, probably 7200 RPM rather than 5400 RPM to improve system performance. Any recomendations ?? Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 02:10:34 +0200 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: Quiet Harddisk makes Ed Durrant schreef: > My wife has a Compaq Deskpro, which has a Seagate Barracuda Old stuff. > The current drive is 12.5GB, Very old stuff. > of which she's only using 7GB so a 10 GB or greater drive is what I'm > looking at, probably 7200 RPM rather than 5400 RPM to improve system > performance. You are aware you can't purchase anything new at less tha 60 Giga (if not 80 Giga), aren't you? Anyway, all the new thinghies from any brand are at low noise. Even scsi disks are. -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 10:45:45 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Quiet Harddisk makes Kris Steenhaut wrote: > > > Ed Durrant schreef: > >> My wife has a Compaq Deskpro, which has a Seagate Barracuda > > > Old stuff. > >> The current drive is 12.5GB, > > > Very old stuff. > >> of which she's only using 7GB so a 10 GB or greater drive is what >> I'm looking at, probably 7200 RPM rather than 5400 RPM to improve >> system performance. > > > You are aware you can't purchase anything new at less tha 60 Giga (if > not 80 Giga), aren't you? > Anyway, all the new thinghies from any brand are at low noise. Even > scsi disks are. > Hi Kris, I realise new drives start at around 60GB - that's why I said a minimum of 10GB. So your comment would be there's no real difference between makes as regards sound output these days ? Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 02:56:11 +0200 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: Quiet Harddisk makes Ed Durrant schreef: > > So your comment would be there's no real difference between makes as > regards sound output these days ? > Indeed. Of course, I do exclude Hitachi disks (disguised as IBM). I take it for granted every one knows by now this brand had to be avoided. But the Seagate, Western D, Fujitsu, Maxtor disks, all are fluid damped, hence you won't hear them at all, unless you are using a fanless power supply and super silent CPU cooler (that's why I still can hear my scsi disks). More of a problem could be whether the mobo the 12.5 giga is on now will be able to take 60 Giga or more. -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 17:33:22 +1000 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Thunderbird Hi all I seem to have a problem with Thunderbird, It won't compact folders. The result is that my mail file keeps growing. Deleting files does not result in disk space recovery. I suspect that it makes it worse as the deleted file appears in the trash folder. All messages are kept in the one file and it only seems to grow larger. I also deleted two mail accounts, and though they did not show in the accounts list, there were still directories and date for them in the profile directory. They at least can be deleted manually. And now for something completely different. Last night on Frost, his latest whiz bang assistant broke into a password protected windows machine with a USB memory stick. They didn't explain what happened but I reacted when I saw the computer booting up in Linux. Just got a glimpse of the directory listing and the root directory was a dead give-away. I assume that after booting up, linux had access to all the windows files, and applications to use all the windows data files. So how secure is Windows or any other OS when a USB memory stick can boot up and bypass the normal boot up password protection. When I bought my ThinkPad last week I was also supplied with a Transcend JetFlash memory stick. Software supplied with it indicates that it can be set up as a key for the notebook. ie If the stick is not in a USB port the computer cannot be used. Does anyone know if this system works at the BIOS level or the OS level. IBM also say that the forgetting of the supervisor password would require a motherboard replacement, and a hard disk replacement for forgetting the user or hard disk password. Seems that selecting a suitable password requires careful thought. I had to put installing eCS on the thinkpad on hold, the version of Partition Magic I have access to was the wrong version. I'll need to find someone with PMv8. Regards Dennis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 18:47:12 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Quiet Harddisk makes Kris Steenhaut wrote: > > > Ed Durrant schreef: > >> >> So your comment would be there's no real difference between makes as >> regards sound output these days ? >> > Indeed. Of course, I do exclude Hitachi disks (disguised as IBM). I > take it for granted every one knows by now this brand had to be avoided. > > But the Seagate, Western D, Fujitsu, Maxtor disks, all are fluid > damped, hence you won't hear them at all, unless you are using a > fanless power supply and super silent CPU cooler (that's why I still > can hear my scsi disks). > > More of a problem could be whether the mobo the 12.5 giga is on now > will be able to take 60 Giga or more. > Thanks Kris, Good point whether the motherboard will be able to see a drive > 32GB - I guess I'll simply have to try it to see (I'll also look for any fimware updates from HP-Compaq for the system). So avoid Hitachi, otherwise any of the big makes you listed - that's a good choice - thanks. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 19:14:58 +1000 (EST) From: "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" Subject: Re: Quiet Harddisk makes On Sun, 01 May 2005 02:56:11 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote: > > >Ed Durrant schreef: > >> >> So your comment would be there's no real difference between makes as >> regards sound output these days ? >> >Indeed. Of course, I do exclude Hitachi disks (disguised as IBM). I take >it for granted every one knows by now this brand had to be avoided. Why? -Chris WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2. Voice: +61-3-9395-1504 Internet: chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au FAX: +61-3-9395-7633 Web Page: http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 4293, Hoppers Crossing DC, VIC 3029, AUSTRALIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 19:16:16 +1000 (EST) From: "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" Subject: Re: ADSL On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:33:58 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote: >Peter wrote: > >> Compounding the problem is that I cant use the selective Archival boot >> feature because the OS/2 logo at top left-hand corner doesnt appear & >> alt-f1 doesnt work. >> >> I have Windows 98SE on another partition from which I can access Warp >> via Windows Explorer in case editing the config.sys file might solve >> the bootup problem. > >Hi Peter, > >I was rather intrigued to see the last statement above - would you care >to share with the rest of us how you are able to access Warp4 from Easy. Cann't you install warp 4 into a logical fat parition that Win X can see? -Chris WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2. Voice: +61-3-9395-1504 Internet: chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au FAX: +61-3-9395-7633 Web Page: http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 4293, Hoppers Crossing DC, VIC 3029, AUSTRALIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 11 ==========================** Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 20:43:16 +1000 From: "Michael/Gail Peters" Subject: Re: Thunderbird Dennis, I'm using Thunderbird . Try this: http://kb.mozillazine dot org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders Mike Peters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Nolan" To: Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: Thunderbird > Hi all > > I seem to have a problem with Thunderbird, It won't compact folders. > > The result is that my mail file keeps growing. Deleting files does not > result in disk space recovery. I suspect that it makes it worse as the > deleted file appears in the trash folder. > All messages are kept in the one file and it only seems to grow larger. > I also deleted two mail accounts, and though they did not show in the > accounts list, there were still directories and date for them in the > profile directory. They at least can be deleted manually. > > And now for something completely different. > Last night on Frost, his latest whiz bang assistant broke into a password > protected windows machine with a USB memory stick. They didn't explain > what happened but I reacted when I saw the computer booting up in Linux. > Just got a glimpse of the directory listing and the root directory was a > dead give-away. > > I assume that after booting up, linux had access to all the windows files, > and applications to use all the windows data files. > > So how secure is Windows or any other OS when a USB memory stick can boot > up and bypass the normal boot up password protection. > > When I bought my ThinkPad last week I was also supplied with a Transcend > JetFlash memory stick. Software supplied with it indicates that it can be > set up as a key for the notebook. ie If the stick is not in a USB port the > computer cannot be used. > Does anyone know if this system works at the BIOS level or the OS level. > IBM also say that the forgetting of the supervisor password would require > a motherboard replacement, and a hard disk replacement for forgetting the > user or hard disk password. > Seems that selecting a suitable password requires careful thought. > > I had to put installing eCS on the thinkpad on hold, the version of > Partition Magic I have access to was the wrong version. I'll need to find > someone with PMv8. > > Regards > Dennis. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------