From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:57 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1630 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 26 March 2008 Number 1630 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 cheap color laser : Voytek Eymont" 2 Re: cheap color laser : Chuck McKinnis 3 Re: cheap color laser : Voytek Eymont" 4 Re: cheap color laser : ken.laurie at graeleah dot com 5 Re: Email addresses : Alan Duval 6 Spam : Alan Duval 7 Re: Spam : Ian Manners" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:21:47 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: cheap color laser I don't know what driver it needs, but, I saw at Aldi Tally Genicom Color Lasers reduced from 199 to 99, as far as I can make it, it includes Ethernet and USB2 interfaces -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:39:59 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: cheap color laser Voytek Eymont wrote: > I don't know what driver it needs, but, I saw at Aldi Tally Genicom Color > Lasers reduced from 199 to 99, as far as I can make it, it includes > Ethernet and USB2 interfaces > What model? Is it Postscript? -- Chuck McKinnis http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/os2/ 505-286-3191 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians. 4:17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:57:07 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: cheap color laser > Voytek Eymont wrote: > >> I don't know what driver it needs, but, I saw at Aldi Tally Genicom >> Color >> Lasers reduced from 199 to 99, as far as I can make it, it includes >> Ethernet and USB2 interfaces >> >> > > What model? Is it Postscript? I've searched for some specs since: 8108N standard emulation: TallyGenicom Compressed Printer Language (?) that seems the only thing offered; according to some reviews I've found, it's a re badged Lexmark C500n -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:08:22 +1100 From: ken.laurie at graeleah dot com Subject: Re: cheap color laser Voytek The following is from the Linux Foundation OpenPrinting database "This printer uses Tally CPL (Compressed Printer Language) which is a proprietary protocol. Avoid this printer." More details can be found at http://www.linuxprinting dot org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=TallyGenicom-8108N regards Ken Quoting Voytek Eymont : > > >> Voytek Eymont wrote: >> >>> I don't know what driver it needs, but, I saw at Aldi Tally Genicom >>> Color >>> Lasers reduced from 199 to 99, as far as I can make it, it includes >>> Ethernet and USB2 interfaces >>> >>> >> >> What model? Is it Postscript? > > I've searched for some specs since: > > 8108N > standard emulation: > TallyGenicom Compressed Printer Language (?) > > that seems the only thing offered; > > according to some reviews I've found, it's a re badged Lexmark C500n > > > -- > Voytek > > > ============================================= > !DSPAM:2,47e9d7bc31247815311011! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:03:58 +1000 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: Email addresses Peter Moylan wrote: > On 25/03/08 22:42, Alan Duval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Where does Thunderbird and Mozilla store Email addresses? Having >> reinstalled all my programs on my new PC I'd like to copy all my >> Email addresses from the old PC to Thunderbird on the new PC. > > Find your Thunderbird profile in the MOZPROFILES\Thunderbird\Profiles > directory, and you'll find a bunch of *.mab files. I think it's > sufficient to copy those over to the new PC. > > Actually, I suspect that if you copy then entire contents of the profile > directory you'll also successfully migrate all the old mail, where you > were up to in the newsreader, etc. But I've never tried that, so back up > first if you want to try it. > > I've just noticed that Thunderbird has an "import" option to import > address books from other mail programs, but no "export". Presumably > that's to discourage people from migrating to another program. From the > format of the *.mab files, I suspect that it would be possible to > implement an "export" as a not-too-complicated Rexx script. In fact, > I've just remembered that I once put a script on Hobbes to do the export > from PMMail; it might just be a matter of modifying that. > Thanks Peter. I copied over the abook.mab file via USB stick and have all the addresses. Regards, Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:32:00 +1000 From: Alan Duval Subject: Spam Hi, I have noticed that my email address has been used to send spam as it has appeared in at least 4 emails that have been blocked by spam filtering used by Westnet. Can I do anything about this apart from changing my email address? Regards, Alan Duval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:58:52 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: Spam Hi Alan, >I have noticed that my email address has been used to send spam as it >has appeared in at least 4 emails that have been blocked by spam >filtering used by Westnet. Can I do anything about this apart from >changing my email address? Ignore it, happens to everyone thats on a spammers list, the current software simply randomly picks an email address from the database and sticks it in the "Reply To:" or From: fields. Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------