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General Software Discussion / Re: Verifying if an email has been spoofed

« Last post by tomos on May 07, 2008, 01:00 PM »

I was searching the forum for topics about signing/verification of email and I came across this post, unanswered. I have recently set up my primary email addresses with GPG, so here's my advice. By a mile, using Thunderbird with its Enigmail extension is the simplest and least painstaking way of implementing email signing. I cannot offer advice outside these two applications, though i should be able to answer any basic questions you have. Perhaps the quickest way to get started with Thunderbird and Enigmail would be to follow their Quick Start Guide. I didn't use it, but it seems to be very clear-cut and complete.

Hope this helps, Ehtyar.

-Ehtyar (May 01, 2008, 05:07 PM)

thanks Ehtyar - will check that out

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on April 29, 2008, 12:11 PM »

not sure I want to be known as the man who couldnt filter 

but hey thanks anyway Pierre

sounds great, big steps now!

are images supported in regular html export ?  (is it that you can export as mht file?)
or does one need "Word 2002 and up or BlockNote" for that

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Living Room / Re: mysterious Codex Transportica book found - i have the website to prove it.

« Last post by tomos on April 29, 2008, 05:19 AM »

Some lovely new pics, no longer pencil drawings (pen/biro?)

looking really nice anyway!
http://www.codextran...s-class-superlifter/

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Living Room / Re: If you get angry about frivolous lawsuits by big company bullies you'll love

« Last post by tomos on April 29, 2008, 04:52 AM »

Curt, you are lovely too

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General Software Discussion / Re: XPPro SP3

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2008, 02:57 PM »

I'm visiting a friend who is reconnecting to the netz after a long time
(a year and a half & they only had dial up before that)
I'm wondering in order to bring their XP uptodate do ye think that SP3 would be the best option?

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General Software Discussion / Re: XPPro SP3

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2008, 02:48 PM »

using a slipstreamed XP Pro with SP3.

-edbro (April 28, 2008, 12:49 PM)

what version of XP did you start with edbro - with SP2?

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Living Room / Re: If you get angry about frivolous lawsuits by big company bullies you'll love..

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2008, 02:29 PM »

Forgive me for being just a little off topic, but Denke's letter reminded me of HowTo Get Telephone Marketers Off Your Back. It is an entire book, for sale, but the essence has been extracted into this single page counterscript:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Curt (April 28, 2008, 01:45 PM)

Lovely Curt

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Insert System Date From Context Menu

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2008, 06:26 AM »

Phil ... chill!

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Living Room / Re: Help me build my shot glass collection - Receive a small trinket from overseas

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2008, 01:06 PM »

do you like kitsch ones as well Josh?
I'm not doing much travelling these days but next time I'm in Schwarzwald (Black Forest) you'd be in luck

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Insert System Date From Context Menu

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2008, 03:11 AM »

hmm I wonder is context menu hard

-tomos (April 26, 2008, 02:20 AM)

We were referring to hard as in hard-coded, and no, it is not hard-coded.  No rudeness implied. 

-Geminate (April 27, 2008, 01:23 AM)

no we wasn't
and I suspect it's not easily available cause it's difficult to do as Carol suggests

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: DBISAM Engine Error # 11949

« Last post by tomos on April 26, 2008, 02:21 AM »

'K

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Insert System Date From Context Menu

« Last post by tomos on April 26, 2008, 02:20 AM »

hmm I wonder is context menu hard

Again a hotkey controlled one from jgpaiva,
A very simple hotkey though, Alt+D - (can be changed as well) so unfortunately prob not what you want
Shows date and time but can be very easily changed to just show date (e.g. I removed seconds)
PasteDate.ahk:

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Living Room / Re: My New website ...

« Last post by tomos on April 26, 2008, 02:11 AM »

looks greatCarol
love the sheep intro and the banner eh, picture on top

I like the approach too - everything stated clearly -
that's good more trustworthy IMO

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: DBISAM Engine Error # 11949

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2008, 01:48 PM »

it's definitely CH&S - it shows up as CH&S when I alt+tab

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Error..
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DBISAM Engine Error # 11949 SQL parsing error - Expected NULL, Date, Time, or Timestamp expression but instead found '0000-00-00 03:22:57.500 AM' in UPDATE SQL statement at line 1, column 130
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OK   
---------------------------

noticed the time has changed, otherwise the same
it did seem to happen one day when I trying to paste in a web page
could it possibly be clashing with SQLNotes - wild guess simply cause of the "SQL parsing error" and also cause SQLN has html notes pane

Problem is the error warnings are always behind everything else (& I usually keep a full screen) so I've no idea when they happened

Been having a few problems on occasion with CH&S - ctrl+alt+v brings nothing for quite a few seconds, 10 or more, I've given up at that stage.. & pressed it twice or 3 times first it comes up later unexpectedly

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General Software Discussion / Re: Uninstallers - do any of them work?

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2008, 12:04 PM »

I just discovered an application sandbox program called Sandboxie http://www.sandboxie.com/.  It allows you to run programs in a virtual sandbox but without the full overhead of running a PC virtualization environment like VMware.  While the program runs, it'll still be able to read from your files if you set it to, but it will not be able to write or modify any files as well as the registry (it will think it has, but it really hasn't).

-kreatorr (April 25, 2008, 04:59 AM)

Giveaway of the Day - Returnil Virtual System Premium Edition
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
sounds very good

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=13170.0
a search (returnil) show up a lot from mid last year about it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Xara Xtreme 4 and Pro 4 released

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2008, 05:11 AM »

I am sad that there have been no new vector tools in any of the last major updates, Inkscape, Corel and Illustrator all have vector tools that Xara does not, but I do still stick with Xara for all my design needs, because the user interface is still second to none - it is just so darned fast and intuitive.

-Ampa (April 24, 2008, 05:11 PM)

I'm still sticking like glue to FreeHand but one of these days I'm going to have to move on...

Dissappointed to hear the first half there ("no new vector tools"),
but the "user interface is still second to none" sounds interesting and that it's fast is big plus - last time I tried illustrator it was like a slug to FreeHands hare, if you work on lots of files it can be painful waiting for illustrator to ... open ... save...

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Official Announcements / Re: DC Server Accessibility Problem - April 24th 2008

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 02:32 PM »

Presumably they both pass through the same router at some point, and that router is illin'.

-CWuestefeld (April 24, 2008, 02:05 PM)

would be interesting to hear what did happen .. or why - they thought it was AT&T this morning then saying it was some "backbone" (Dallas)

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Official Announcements / Re: DC Server Accessibility Problem - April 24th 2008

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 01:04 PM »

seems to be okay here too now

? did you remove the image from your first post in
Gorgeous Homebuilt PC Mod with instructions: Victorian Steampunk All-in One
https://www.donation....msg110877#msg110877

it got stuck on that image earlier and there's no image showing now

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: QuickNote Add???

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 12:58 PM »

What if i added a kind of reduced functionality quick-add clip feature.  When triggered it just lets you paste in some text, and it copies this text to the clipboard and adds it to the recent clips group.  So basically it's just a really quick and dirty way to add a clip to the list.  Maybe with checkbox to flag it as a favorite.

-mouser (April 23, 2008, 03:38 PM)

if you're pasting it it should already be in the recent clips group from just having copied it (?) - presuming CH&S is running
I wouldnt want the favourite option either - it would be nice to keep it seperate, keep favourites from getting cluttered.
Maybe with checkbox to flag it as a Note?

or as Tekzel suggests

... a new top level folder called "Notes", I would love to be able to select that as the home for QuickNotes, then when I add one it goes in there by default.

-Tekzel (April 23, 2008, 03:48 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Verifying if an email has been spoofed

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 08:29 AM »

If you make a habit of digitally signing your emails, spoofs are easier to detect.

-housetier (April 24, 2008, 04:39 AM)

any recommendations for how & where or a site that might be helpful in that direction?
had a look found a few summaries that were helpful for general understanding
e.g.

The process for creating, obtaining, and using keys is fairly straightforward:

   1. Generate a key using software such as PGP, which stands for Pretty Good Privacy, or GnuPG, which stands for GNU Privacy Guard.

   2. Increase the authenticity of your key by having your key signed by co-workers or other associates who also have keys. In the process of signing your key, they will confirm that the fingerprint on the key you sent them belongs to you. By doing this, they verify your identity and indicate trust in your key.

   3. Upload your signed key to a public key ring so that if someone gets a message with your signature, they can verify the digital signature.

   4. Digitally sign your outgoing email messages. Most email clients have a feature to easily add your digital signature to your message.

-http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-018.html

but something with a bit more detail would be helpful (public key ring )

I'm wondering:-

1) is it associated with a particular email address
2) could it cause any problems in terms of people accessing emails (from me .. if i were to use it )

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Living Room / Re: Low-cost Laptop cheat sheet

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 08:14 AM »

In Europe, for example, the marketplace has gotten too regulated for this to happen. The governments in Europe are squeezing the small vendors out for the benefit of the big companies and retailers. It's a sad story.

-phillfri (April 24, 2008, 06:19 AM)

? that true ? (I have no idea even though I live in "Europe")

I've seen some pretty cheap laptops on offer here in the last couple months
If you convert from euro to $ they wont seem cheap but in "real" terms based on earnings here they are cheap
mind you average wages around here have been taking a knocking the last couple years too but I guess that's another story...

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Official Announcements / Re: DC Server Accessibility Problem - April 24th 2008

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 08:08 AM »

perhaps taking things a bit off topic...

Perhaps people should try OpenDNS. I use it and DC works fine for me!

-Josh (April 24, 2008, 06:51 AM)

it's a case of everything gets routed through "OpenDNS" ?

what are the advantages of that (apart from being able to block sites)
they only have one server in europe - not trying to be negative   just curious ... and commenting

OpenDNS makes money the same way Google and Yahoo do — by showing relevant ads when we show you search results

seems fair enough - do they have their own search page or do they add them to other search pages?

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Official Announcements / Re: DC Server Accessibility Problem - April 24th 2008

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2008, 07:59 AM »

Perhaps people should try OpenDNS. I use it and DC works fine for me!

-Josh (April 24, 2008, 06:51 AM)

ironically that's one of the sites that's barely working (for me) but it does seem to load fully
earlier some dc pages kept trying to load - now they stop loading but there's still stuff missing...

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for April 23rd - Codename "Summer Feathers"

« Last post by tomos on April 23, 2008, 12:04 PM »

nice name
nice newsletter

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General Software Discussion / Re: title bar shortcuts

« Last post by tomos on April 23, 2008, 06:51 AM »

wow!
thanks cmpm
I'll have to try that out